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2022/23 UEFA Champions League
Group stage
Matchday 5
Borussia Dortmund v Manchester City
Signal Iduna Park
Dortmund, Germany
Tuesday, 25 October 2022
Kick-off is at 21h00
Manchester City will attempt to keep their unbeaten record in the
UEFA Champions League group stages intact when they lock horns with Borussia Dortmund at Signal Iduna Park on Tuesday, October 25.
The Citizens had won their opening three games in Group G before being held to a surprise goalless draw by FC Copenhagen in the Danish capital on matchday 4.
The point picked up against the Lions ensured their passage into the last 16, although Pep Guardiola's side will want to secure top spot in the group before they face Sevilla on matchday 6.
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City were forced to play with just 10 men for 60 minutes at the Parken Stadium following Sergio Gomez's red card in the first half and Guardiola hailed their resilience to stay in the contest despite the numerical disadvantage.
"Really satisfied - playing one hour 10 v 11 in Europe and not losing is really good," the Spaniard declared after the stalemate.
"We are going to recover, prepare for the next games, go to Dortmund and try to get results there and against Sevilla, to finish first in the group stage.
"After the situations - goal disallowed, penalties, sending off - the game changed and especially playing 10 against 11 for an hour is so difficult but we didn't concede much.
"But the players gave absolutely everything - and, yeah, it's a good point and we take it."
Dortmund trail City by three points in second place, having also gained a point in a 1-1 draw with Sevilla last time out.
Edin Terzic's team suffered a 2-1 defeat to the Premier League champions on matchday 2 as Erling Haaland got on the scoresheet against his former employers.
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Terzic insisted the draw against the Palanganas was a fair result after BVB struggled to get going in their own backyard and has warned they cannot repeat that performance when the Citizens arrive in Dortmund.
"It wasn't a really good game from both teams; it was a dogged game that didn't deserve more goals because there were too few chances," the German said in the post-match press conference.
"We were not clear and precise enough with our passing, needed too long to make decisions and must live with the draw. It wasn't good today. We need to play football more effectively, more precisely."
Head-to-Head:
Matches - 5
Dortmund - 1
Man City - 3
Draws - 1
UEFA Champions League matchday 5 fixtures
Tuesday:
18h45: RB Salzburg v Chelsea
18h45: Sevilla v FC Copenhagen
21h00: Dinamo Zagreb v AC Milan
21h00: Celtic v Shakhtar Donetsk
21h00: RB Leipzig v Real Madrid
21h00: Borussia Dortmund v Manchester City
21h00: Paris Saint-Germain v Maccabi Haifa
21h00: Benfica v Juventus
Wednesday:
18h45: Club Brugge v FC Porto
18h45: Inter Milan v Viktoria Plzen
21h00: Napoli v Rangers
21h00: Ajax v Liverpool
21h00: Atletico Madrid v Bayer Leverkusen
21h00: Barcelona v Bayern Munich
21h00: Tottenham Hotspur v Sporting CP
21h00: Eintracht Frankfurt v Marseille
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