Dusan Vlahovic and Weston McKennie led Juventus on Wednesday to a 2-0 victory in the Champions League against Manchester City, a difficult blow for the hopes of the English master, a place in the first eight in the group phase of the European elite competition to secure.

City, which won the Champions League Cup 2023, continued its weak form and only brought a win in the last 10 games in all competitions.

“You can see that we sometimes miss the ball with an action or lose a duel, and then we see that we fall immediately,” City midfielder Ilkay Gündogan told Amazon Prime.

“It has such a big impact on us at the moment. At the crucial moment we do the wrong things. “

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Vlahovic scored a tight hit in the 53rd minute when Kenan Yildiz swung the ball into the goal and the header of the Serbs from a short distance past City keeper Éderson and shot just over the line, according to the goal line technology.

City accelerated the pace in a desperate attempt to achieve the equalization and sent numerous players forward, but Juve used the capital to expand the lead against the course of the game when McKennie in the 75th minute the flank of Timothy Weah with a magnificent Volley shot shot into the goal.

Pep Guardiola’s team missed several chances, one of the best was the narrow missed shot from Erling Haaland towards the end of the first half. Kevin de Bruyne sent a wonderful steep pass to the Norwegian, who pushed behind the defense before trying to parry goalkeeper Michele di Gregorio, who raised his arm to ward off the shot.

Gündogan unleashed a brilliant long -range shot that di Gregorio just put past the goal.

Since two games remain in the group phase of the Champions League, Juventus is 14th place in the table, while City fell to the 22nd place, three places before the automatic resignation from the competition.

Since the beginning of November, City has conceded more goals in all competitions (21) than any other team in the five big leagues in Europe, the worst phase in Guardiola’s otherwise shiny coaching career.