Manchester City beat Borussia Monchengladbach 2-0 on Tuesday evening and Riyad Mahrez was one of many players who impressed. The Sky Blues breezed into the quarter-finals of the Champions League and Mahrez did everything but score on the night.
No player had more shots on targets, only one player created more chances, no player made more successful dribbles, only one player whipped in more crosses and no player made more tackles than the 30-year-old.
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Feel like Mahrez has really upped his game in the recent weeks, switching up his game just a little bit by not cutting in as much makes it so hard to defend him when his dribbling is so good
— Liam (@SKYBLUESZN) March 16, 2021
Mahrez was so good tonight
— Plastics only (@Y_musa1) March 17, 2021
Mahrez's first touch is actually insane
— R you mad? (@ruinyourplans) March 16, 2021
Mahrez’ first touch is unreal 🤮
— Pete 🐝 (@PGregsonMCFC) March 16, 2021
Mahrez has been awesome this season
— RayRay (@RaymondMuzembe) March 16, 2021
Mahrez is a serious baller
— eesa (@ees__a) March 16, 2021
mahrez is a baller
— Christos 🇨🇾 #FSGOUT (@LFCchristos) March 16, 2021
Mahrez is one brilliant baller
— Adnannn (@adnanumar70) March 16, 2021
Not mahrez day today but still class.
— No long Talker (@unrulyKoolkid) March 16, 2021
When will mahrez be considered as a world class winger
— b (@mcfcbill) March 16, 2021
Against Gladbach, Mahrez played for 90 minutes, had 65 touches, completed 74.4% of his 39 passes, created two chances and grabbed one assist, had five shots with 40% hitting the target, whipped in five crosses, made three tackles and had three successful dribbles (WhoScored).
The Algerian international has made 37 appearances in all competitions, scoring 10 goals and supplying six assists. He’s been a regular in the starting lineup since the turn of the year and has had a hand in seven goals in his last eight outings across the board (Transfermarkt).
Mahrez deserved a goal on Tuesday, so he’ll hope to deliver in Saturday’s FA Cup clash with Everton.
In other news, some fans hail ‘superb’ Man City man for his ‘masterclass’ in the UCL