Manchester City overruns Sparta Praha in a dominant performance
Manchester City convincingly beat Sparta Praha in the 3rd round of the UEFA Champions League group stage, with a final score of 7-0. The Citizens showed their superiority from the start, dominating ball possession and creating numerous scoring opportunities.
The first goal came in the 3rd minute, courtesy of Phil Foden, assisted by Manuel Akanji. Despite the red card shown to John Stones in the 7th minute for a yellow card, Manchester City kept pressing and could have extended the lead, but a goal by Nathan Aké was disallowed for offside in the 47th minute.
In the second half, Erling Haaland and Stones were responsible for increasing the lead, scoring in the 58th and 64th minutes respectively. Haaland added his second goal in the 68th, while Mateus Nunes put the score at 5-0 from the penalty spot in the 88th minute. Nunes was also instrumental in assisting the fourth and fifth goals.
Manchester City closed the scoring with a sixth goal in the 88th minute, courtesy of Nunes, and a seventh in the 90+2, scored by Julian Alvarez.
Statistics:
* Manchester City: 80% possession, 21 shots (10 on target, 3 off target), 7 corners, 4 fouls, 1 yellow cards, 0 red cards
* Sparta Praha: 20% possession, 5 shots (1 on target, 3 off target), 1 corner, 2 fouls, 1 yellow cards, 0 red cards
Match details:
* Date: October 23, 2024
* City: Manchester
* Stadium: Etihad Stadium
* Referee: Maurizio Mariani, Italy
* League: UEFA Champions League
* Season: 2024
* Round: Group Stage – Matchday 3
* Country: World
Substitutions sparta praha: at minute 46 E. Krasniqi came in and L. Haraslin went out., at minute 60 A. Rrahmani came in and V. Olatunji went out., at minute 73 K. Danek came in and V. Birmancevic went out., at minute 88 T. Wiesner came in and M. Rynes went out., at minute 88 M. Solbakken came in and K. Kairinen went out.
Substitutions manchester city: at minute 69 J. McAtee came in and B. Silva went out., at minute 69 M. Kovacic came in and I. Gundogan went out., at minute 74 J. Gvardiol came in and N. Ake went out., at minute 74 R. Dias came in and J. Stones went out., at minute 81 N. O’Reilly came in and E. Haaland went out.
The teams lined up as follows:
Manchester City
Sparta Praha
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