Foden strike sends City into Champions League knockouts
Soccer Football - Champions League - Group C - Olympiacos v Manchester City - Karaiskakis Stadium, Piraeus, Greece - November 25, 2020 Manchester City's Phil Foden in action with Olympiacos' Ousseynou Ba REUTERS/Alkis Konstantinidis
Manchester City midfielder Phil Foden finished off a brilliant team move as his side saw off Olympiakos Piraeus 1-0 away from home on Wednesday to book their place in the Champions League's last 16.
After dominating possession with little reward, City found a breakthrough in the 36th minute when Gabriel Jesus trapped a crossfield ball and fed Raheem Sterling, who produced a sublime backheel pass for Foden to slam the ball into the net.
The Greek side stayed in the game and were not far from finding a late equaliser when Konstantinos Fortounis pulled his shot just wide of the far post from a tight angle, while defender Pape Cisse headed over the bar in added time.
Soccer Football - Champions League - Group C - Olympiacos v Manchester City - Karaiskakis Stadium, Piraeus, Greece - November 25, 2020 Olympiacos' Mady Camara in action with Manchester City's Phil Foden REUTERS/Alkis Konstantinidis
City's fourth consecutive win in Europe's elite competition left them top of Group C with 12 points, while Olympiakos are third with three.
(Reporting by Richard Martin; Editing by Toby Davis)
Soccer Football - Champions League - Group C - Olympiacos v Manchester City - Karaiskakis Stadium, Piraeus, Greece - November 25, 2020 Olympiacos' Mady Camara in action with Manchester City's Phil Foden REUTERS/Alkis KonstantinidisSoccer Football - Champions League - Group C - Olympiacos v Manchester City - Karaiskakis Stadium, Piraeus, Greece - November 25, 2020 Manchester City's Ruben Dias and John Stones celebrate after Phil Foden scored their first goal REUTERS/Alkis KonstantinidisSoccer Football - Champions League - Group C - Olympiacos v Manchester City - Karaiskakis Stadium, Piraeus, Greece - November 25, 2020 Manchester City's Phil Foden celebrates scoring their first goal with teammates REUTERS/Alkis Konstantinidis
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