Manchester City 5-3 AC Milan: Blues run riot in first half of mad Munich friendly
Manchester City 5-3 AC Milan: Blues run riot in first half of mad Munich friendly
Blues race into a five-goal lead, then concede three in six
minutes just before half-time as Audi Cup tournament starts with a bang
Corker, Kola! It's 3-0 to City as Aleksandar Kolarov scores
Alex Grimm
Manchester City beat AC Milan 5-3 in an explosive pre-season friendly
in Munich in which all eight goals were scored in the first half.
City stormed into a 5-0 lead before conceding three times in the final eight minutes before the break.
The
closest either side came to adding to the score in the second half was
an Alvaro Negredo shot that struck the crossbar 11 minutes from time.
The
first half of this Audi Cup clash had been breathless, David Silva
slotting home City's opener after just three minutes before two goals in
four minutes from Micah Richards and Aleksandar Kolarov had them 3-0 up
midway through the half. Deposed champions City
- fielding a stronger side than Milan and further on in their
preparations - added a fourth in the 32nd minute when Edin Dzeko got the
first of his brace.
The second duly rattled in four minutes later when he scored a fine volley on the turn.
But just in case they thought it was all too easy, Milan then scored three times in six minutes.
Stephan
El Shaaraway broke clear to get the first in the 37th minute and then
stayed alert to score a second two minutes later when City stopped,
waiting for a whistle that never came.
Andrea Petagna suggested a comeback was on when he made it 5-3 in the 42nd minute, but that would prove to be the final score.
New
City manager Manuel Pellegrini sounded slightly amazed they did so well
in the first half-hour, but was not impressed by what followed.
"It's not normal that we can be beating Milan 5-0 after 30 minutes," said the Chilean.
"But
I didn't like the last 15 minutes of the first half, because I thought
we relaxed before the end of the game and in football you can't do that.
"It's better that this happens now though rather than in the Premier League so we can sort out these things before it starts."
City
will now face hosts Bayern Munich in tomorrow's Audi Cup final after
the German and European champions saw off Brazilians Sao Paulo 2-0 in
the other semi-final.
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