A good recovery from Manuel Akanji, a blunder from Copenhagen goalkeeper Kamil Grabara and the deal was in the bag.
This Wednesday evening, Manchester City quietly qualified for the quarter-finals of the Champions League by winning at their Etihad Stadium against FC Copenhagen (3-1).
A victory which cannot be disputed as the Mancunians seemed above the rest, despite a largely overhauled team.
Pep Guardiola had in fact decided to rotate his squad.
Aside from Erling Haaland, established at the forefront, the Citizens' attack was largely rejuvenated, with the presence of Oscar Bobb, Matheus Nunes and Julian Alvarez.
Phil Foden, Bernardo Silva and Kevin De Bruyne were able to breathe on the bench.
Despite these experiments, the English started the meeting head to head.
On a corner given in the 5th minute by Julian Alvarez, Swiss defender Manuel Akanji took the ball perfectly to place it in the ceiling of the Polish goalkeeper from Copenhagen.
Four minutes later, a big mistake from the goalkeeper allowed the Argentinian to become a scorer.
As he tried his luck from the left of the area, his shot slipped through the fingers of Kamil Grabara, who was very clumsy on this one.
A calm second half
After the walk of the first leg (1-3), mass was said.
Mohamed Elyounoussi still reduced the gap by taking advantage of a nice combination with Orri Oskarsson.
But Erling Haaland set the record straight just before half-time by hooking his opponent and concluding his action with an unstoppable uncrossed shot for the Copenhagen goalkeeper.
The second half was just a long, quiet river.
Confident of its strength, Manchester City calmly controlled the proceedings, retaining the ball during endless sequences.
Courageous, the Danes tried to press their opponents from time to time, without success.
Despite this easy end to the match, Pep Guardiola will regret having lost Matheus Nunes, who came out with his finger completely turned around.
Title holders, the Mancuniens are therefore in the quarter-finals, and will know their opponent on March 15, during the draw at the end of the knockout phase of this Champions League.