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Sane Double Helps Man City Beat Hoffenhiem And Top Group

By BBC
Football News Sane Double Helps Man City Beat Hoffenhiem And Top Group
DEC 13, 2018 LISTEN

Leroy Sane scored twice as Manchester City came from a goal down to beat Hoffenheim and finish as Champions League Group F winners.

City created most of the several clear-cut chances in an entertaining encounter, but they only came to life after Hoffenheim took the lead through Andrej Kramaric's 16th-minute penalty.

Gabriel Jesus and Nicolas Otamendi hit the post with headers for the home side, while John Stones had one brilliantly saved by the well-worked Oliver Baumann.

The equaliser came when Sane fired in a fierce 25-yard free-kick in first-half stoppage time. His second of the game - and eighth of the season - came just after the hour mark when he finished off a swift counter-attack.

City are the only one of the four qualified English teams to win their group, and as a result can only draw one of four teams in the last 16 - Atletico Madrid, Schalke, Roma or Ajax.

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