UEFA SUPER CUP: Again Man City Win, Defeat Sevilla On Penalty 5-4 After 1-1 Draw
Manchester City returns in midweek action as they take on Sevilla in the Uefa Super Cup this evening.
Pep Guardiola tutored men triumphed in the thl Champions League final against Inter Milan back in June, securing a treble in the process, and setting up this one-off match against the Europa League winners.
Sevilla are City’s opponents tonight after the Spanish outfit won the Europa Leagu, yet again, by beating Jose Mourinho’s Roma. They are well versed in Super Cup games having lost four of these matches of the last nine seasons while tonight’s game will be City’s first appearance in the Super Cup.
The Champions League winners have a second chance in three games to collect some silverware after they were beaten on penalties by Arsenal in the Community Shield at Wembley 10 days ago. In the interim they got their Premier League season off to a wonderful start with a victory 3-0 over Burnley and will hope to return to Manchester with another trophy under their belt.
MANCHESTER CITY VS SEVILLA
- Manchester City win Super Cup via penalty shootout after Nemanja Gudelj misses spot kick
- The Super Cup is played between the current Champions League winners and the Europa League champions
- FULL TIME – The match ends 1-1 and is decided by a penalty shootout
- 63’ GOAL! – Palmer meets Rodri’s cross and equalises for City (MCI 1-1 SEV)
- 50’ CHANCE! – En-Nesyri scuffs a good chance into the hands of Ederson (MCI 0-1 SEV)
- 30’ CHANCE! – Lamela drills a shot across goal but misses the target (MCI 0-1 SEV)
- 25’ GOAL! – En-Nesyri rises highest and heads Sevilla ahead (MCI 0-1 SEV)
- 9’ SAVE! – Bono palms Ake’s header wide of the goal (MCI 0-0 SEV)
Penalties: Man City 5-4 Sevilla
Nemanja Gudelj can’t miss. The centre-back goes for power and smokes his spot kick onto the crossbar!
He’s missed and Manchester City win the Super Cup!
Credit to INDEPENDENT U.K and adopted from Michael Jones report.