Premiership

Spanish Newspaper Player Ratings Real Madrid 2-0 Chelsea UCL 2023 QF First Leg April 12

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Here is a look at the paper player ratings for Real Madrid vs Chelsea from the likes of L’Equipe, Marca and Diario Sport following the former’s 2-0 win at the Bernabeu in the first leg. Real were better than Chelsea on xG, and the player ratings show what a disappointing performance it was from the Blues.

L’Equipe player ratings Real Madrid vs Chelsea First Leg Quarter Final Champions League

A 2/10 player rating for Wesley Fofana against Real Madrid from French newspaper L’Equipe. Joao Felix and Ben Chilwell got a 3/0 rating.

Real Madrid vs Chelsea 2023 Player Ratings L'Equipe

Marca Spain newspaper player ratings Real Madrid 2-0 Chelsea 2023

Spanish sports paper Marca thought Fofana, Thiago Silva and Felix weren’t worthy of a rating here!

Real Chelsea Player Ratings UCL Marca

Diario Sport Spanish paper player ratings for RMA 2 CFC 0

Sport had Camavinga as Real’s worst player against Chelsea.

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xG Man City vs Bayern Champions League 2023 First Leg | Expected Goals Stats MCFC 3-0 Munich

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Here is a look at the xG (expected goals) stats for Manchester City vs Bayern Munich (Attendance 52,257 in the first leg of the quarterfinal on April 11, 2023). A strong performance from City that saw them run out 3-0 winners.

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xG Man City 1.67-0.68 Bayern Munich shots map (Actual score MCFC 3-0 FCB)

1-0 Rodri goal vs Bayern xG 0.03
2-0 Bernardo Silva header goal vs Bayern xG 0.13
3-0 Haaland goal vs Bayern xG 0.34

xG Man City vs Bayern Munich Champions League 2023

34th minute Gundogan chance vs Bayern xG 0.35 (great save from Sommer)

For Bayern, not much in terms of chances. Half-decent ones to Musiala (26th minute xG 0.07) & De Ligt (55th minute xG 0.08) (he had scored a great goal against Freiburg over the weekend) were both blocked by City players, while another decent one for Sane (49th minute xG 0.08) was saved by Ederson

Manchester City vs Bayern Munich 3-0 Match Stats for comparison

(MCFC first leg stats on left; FC Bayern match stats on right)

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