#4 Gladbach missed a second striking option
City dominated possession, as usual, meaning that Gladbach were forced to sit back and hope that a loose pass fell for them. Each time they had the ball, however, they were confined to locating just Raffael upfront. He was left isolated for a fair portion of the game and badly needed a partner in attack to open up a promising goal-scoring chance.
Despite that, he did manage to carve out a shot or two at goal to test Bravo, but with a victory of paramount importance, Gladbach probably missed a trick by not committing two up front at least in the latter stages once the one-man disadvantage was wiped out. The manager’s decision to take Raffael off for Andre Hahn in the 84th minute left many Gladbach fans nonplussed.