Manchester City sealed their Champions League progress as group winners despite Riyad Mahrez missing a penalty and Erling Haaland being kept quiet on his return to Borussia Dortmund in a 0-0 draw.
Pep Guardiola s rode their luck at times on Tuesday and also wasted a glorious chance to claim victory at Signal Iduna Park, but they always knew a point would be enough to win Group G.
That did not always look a given, though. City could not handle Karim Adeyemi before half-time, the young forward teeing up team-mates three times and also missing a presentable chance of his own.
The away side looked brighter after Haaland s half-time withdrawal, but the Norwegian surely would have taken the penalty that Mahrez had saved; it had no bearing on City s main objective, howe…
Jose Gimenez has tested positive for coronavirus, Atletico Madrid have confirmed.
The Uruguay defender was the only player from Monday s tests to return a positive result, the club said in a statement on Tuesday.
Gimenez is now isolating at home, with Atletico confirming LaLiga s protocol has been implemented and the players will complete the next training session individually.
Head coach Diego Simeone also tested positive for the virus earlier this month and underwent a period of isolation, though he did not display any symptoms.
Atletico are due to start their new season at home to Granada at the Wanda Metropolitano on Sunday.
Simeone s men finished third in a disrupted 2019-20 campaign, while they were knocked out of the Champions League at …