Man City defeat Sevilla in their quest for success in European competition lifting their first UEFA Super Cup in a very tight match from the Spanish side.
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It's another historic moment for this club. Cole Palmer is the star of the show as he scores the equalizer after En-Nesyri opens the scoring for Sevilla. The youngster gets the MOTM award after a special performance to get City back in the game in the second half.
15 MAJOR TROPHIES!
That's Pep Guardiola's 15th trophy at City. We are living through a true golden era for City.
POST-MATCH REACTION
JACK GREALISH TO TNT SPORTS 🗣
It was unbelievable. The manager made it so clear how much he wants this club to win this trophy. That gave us more of a nudge. This club has never won it so you can see what it means now. This club has been so successful and this is the one that we have been waiting for because we won the Champions League.
It was so hot and humid. We knew what they were good at with the crosses in the box. We had a lot more possession but they made it hard for us.
STATS TO WRAP UP THE MATCH 📈
Possession: City 74% - 26% Sevilla
Shots: City 23 - 8 Sevilla
Passes: City 592 - 180 Sevilla
Corners: City 8 - 0 Sevilla
Yellow cards: City 0 - 3 Sevilla
PENALTY SHOOT-OUT RESULTS (City 5 - 4 Sevilla )
22:10
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CITY WIN THE UEFA SUPER CUP!
Gudelj strikes the bar and City are UEFA Super Cup winners!
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WALKER!
The skipper squeezes it home under Bounou. 5-4 City.
4-4
Montiel guides it home. It's effectively sudden death now.
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DOWN THE MIDDLE
Grealish keeps his cool and Bounou dives out of the way. 4-3 City.
SEVILLA EQUALISE
Rakitic puts it in the side netting and just out the reach of Ederson. 3-3.
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IN THE CORNER
Kovacic beats Bounou with ease. 3-2 City.
SEVILLA LEVEL UP
Rafa Mir follows Alvarez into the top corner. 2-2.
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ALVAREZ!
Julian powers high into the top corner! 2-1 City.
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IT'S LEVEL
Ocampos equalizes for Sevilla. 1-1.
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CITY ONE UP
Haaland sends Bounou the wrong way.
FT' WALKER X RAKITIC MEET UP
The two captains are doing the coin toss as we speak. We'll find out who's taking first shortly.
PENALTY SHOOT-OUT NOW
FULL-TIME: Man City 1 - 1 Sevilla
For the second time already this season, City are going to penalties.
91'+2 DOUBLE SEVILLA SUB
Suso and Rafa Mir come on for Lamela and En-Nesyri.
90'+1 WALKER'S CURLER!
The No.2 hits it with his instep over the top of Bounou's net.
90' JUANLU BOOKED
The sub stands on Gvardiol's ankle and sees yellow for it.
89' KOVACIC!
The Croatian strikes at goal but Gudelj sticks out a leg that stops the goal.
85' REMINDER
If there are no more goals here, we'll go straight to penalties.
84' CITY SUB
Julian Alvarez replaces Cole Palmer. His energy could be vital in the last few minutes here.
82' HAVE THEIR MOMENT
After sitting deep all second half, the Spanish side are piling crosses into the box. City has done enough to keep them out, even with En-Nesyri and Ocampos throwing themselves at it.
78' BLOCKED!
Kovacic lays it off to Haaland but his shot is blocked! Walker then crosses but it escapes everyone. So close!
69' SEVILLA SUB
Oliver Torres is replaced by Juanlu. We'll have a water break too.
66' GVARDIOL SHOT DEFLECTED
Kovacic finds some space and feeds Haaland, who lays it off. Foden is blocked by two defenders but it bounces back to Gvardiol who sees his shot diverted behind.
65' FREE KICK CLEARED AWAY
Foden's free-kick is defended well by Sevilla. The Spaniards have been so careful back there. We've done well to carve as many chances as we have.
63' GUIDED HOME
Rodrigo crosses from the left and Palmer races in behind to loop it over Bounou and into the far corner. Brilliant from the Academy graduate!
62' GOAAAAAAL
Palmer heads it home!
61' AKE FOULED
Lamela barges right through Ake as the Dutch defender clears a bouncing ball. He gets a yellow.
60' FAMILIAR PATTERN
Sevilla have returned to their compact setup in their own final third that makes it so, so difficult to break through.
52' RODRIGO BOOKED
The defensive midfielder brings down Ocampos and is shown a yellow. Sevilla have a free-kick in an attacking position.
48' EDERSON!
Ocampos leads a Sevilla breakaway and cross for En-Nesyri. The Moroccan fires at goal but Ederson makes the save with his leg! Another big moment on the European stage from the Brazilian.
BOXED IN
Sevilla have defended stoutly so far. This is a typical scene in their final third.
Half-Time: City 0 - 1 Sevila
ALL THE STATS 📈
Possession: City 74% - 26% Sevilla
Shots: City 9 - 4 Sevilla
Passes: City 312 - 96 Sevilla
Corners: City 4 - 0 Sevilla
Yellow cards: City 0 - 1 Sevilla
SPANISH HERITAGE 🏆
Spanish sides have lifted the UEFA Super Cup more times than clubs from any other nation. They have won it 13 times, with Sevilla lifting it just once in 2006.
32' HAALAND BROUGHT DOWN
The Norwegian looks to be played in before he's hauled to the floor by Bade. That could easily have been a red! Yellow card for Sevilla.
25' STUNNING HEADER
The Spaniards go from back to front before Acuna's left-sided cross is powered home by En-Nesyri. We saw the Moroccans do exactly that in the World Cup last winter.
24' GOAAAAAAL
En-Nesyri opens the scoring for Sevilla.
20' PEP X JUANMA
The boss is enjoying having his assistant back alongside him. The two are deep in discussion.
16' GREALISH FIRES AT GOAL
The No.10 cuts inside and curls at the far post! It's tipped wide by Bounou. Lovely stuff.
11' GVARDIOL SWINGS IT HIGH AND WIDE
Bounou punches the ball out and Gvardiol swings at the loose ball with his right foot. It goes a long way over.
8' AKE HEADS AT GOAL!
The corner is played short and eventually crossed into Nathan Ake. The defender gets a good head on it but Bounou parries away. So close!
0' GREAT REPRESENTATION!
There are loads of City fans in Athens! Incredible support.
MINUTE'S SILENCE
We'll pay our respects to a Greek football fan who died during last weekend's games before we start tonight.
Team Line Up:
CITY XI: Ederson, Walker (C), Akanji, Gvardiol, Ake, Rodrigo, Kovacic, Foden, Palmer, Grealish, Haaland
Subs: Ortega Moreno, Carson, Dias, Phillips, Stones, Laporte, Alvarez, Bobb, Gomez, Perrone, Lewis, McAtee
SEVILLA XI: Bounou, Jesus Navas (c), Bade, Gudelj, Acuna, Jordan, Rakitic, Oliver Torres, Ocampos, Lamela, En-Nesyri
Subs: Dmitrovic, Gattoni, Pedrosa, Montiel, Suso, Rafa Mir, Corona, Sow, Gomez, Juanlu, Kike Salas, Bueno
PREVIOUS MEETINGS WITH SEVILLA 🤜🤛
City 2-1 Sevilla, 21 October 2015
Sevilla 1-3 City, 3 November 2015
Sevilla 0-4 City, 6 September 2022
City 3-1 Sevilla, 2 November 2022
Pre-match Talk:
PEP SPEAKING TO BT SPORT 🗣
On our chances tonight: "Europe is Europe! Another chance. To have to play this final, you have to win the Champions League or Europa League so it's a huge chance."
On who will step up instead of KDB: "Another one. We miss him but we will be close to him and we have incredible doctors. Another one is coming in."
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