English "Manchester City", for which the Ukrainian Alexander Zinchenko, defeated in the first leg of the 1/8 finals of the Champions League, the Swiss "Basel" 4: 0.

"Townspeople" opened the account already in the 14th minute of the opposition - midfielder guests Ilkay Gundogan successfully closed the canopy from the corner from Kevin De Breyne. Doubles of Josep Guardiola doubled after 5 minutes, when Bernardo Silva ferried the ball into the net of the opponent's goal from close range.

No sooner had the hosts come to their senses than the "mankunians" for the third time in this confrontation signed in their gates - Sergio Aguero in the 23rd minute calmly took the ball and sent him from the middle distance in the corner.

The fourth goal the leader of the championship of England spent at the very beginning of the second half of the meeting - Gundogan designed the double thanks to a beautiful kick to the goalie Tomas Vatslik, setting the final score on the scoreboard. As for Zinchenko, he did not appear in this game even in the application of the team.

Thus, having understood with "Basel", it seems that in this pair for "Manchester City" everything is already clear. The return match between these teams will be held on March 7, 2018.