Manchester City vs Sevilla LIVE: Result and reaction as City win Super Cup via penalty shootout
Man City 1-1 Sevilla (5-4 pens): The Champions League winners defeated the Europa League champions
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Your support makes all the difference.Manchester City win another trophy. It should have been inevitable given the superiority Pep Guardiola’s team have over, pretty much, every other team last season. City are treble-winners and won the elusive Champions League for the first time. They came into the Uefa Super Cup as massive favourites but needed a penalty shootout to get the job done.
Sevilla struck first. They were the better team in the opening 45 minutes as City failed to get up to the tempo of the match. Youssef En-Nesyri leapt above Nathan Ake to meet Marcos Acuna’s cross and nod the Spaniards in front. That goal saw them go into half-time with the lead but it woke City up.
Guardiola’s men then pushed on in the second half and equalised through Cole Palmer. Like En-Nesyri he slotted home a fine header and drew City level. The match went to a penalty shootout and the Champions League winners were perfect. They scored all five before Nemanja Gudelj missed his spot kick and gifted them the trophy.
Relive the action as Manchester City defeated Sevilla in the Super Cup:
Manchester City vs Sevilla team changes
Josko Gvardiol is handed his first start for Manchester City since joining in the summer as Pep Guardiola makes four changes from Friday’s 3-0 win at Burnley.
Cole Palmer, Mateo Kovacic and Jack Grealish also come in with Kevin de Bruyne unavailable after suffering a hamstring injury against the Clarets.
Sevilla boss Jose Luis Mendilibar makes two changes to his side who lost 2-1 against Valencia in La Liga. Fernando and Suso drop out with Joan Jordan and Oliver Torres coming in.
Manchester City vs Sevilla line-ups
Here are the confirmed line-ups for tonight’s match:
Man City XI: Ederson, Walker, Akanji, Gvardiol, Ake, Rodri, Kovacic, Foden, Palmer, Grealish, Haaland
Sevilla XI: Bono, Navas, Bade, Gudelj, Acuna, Jordan, Rakitic, Torres, Ocampos, Lamela, En-Nesyri
Manchester City vs Sevilla
Good evening and welcome to The Independent’s coverage of Uefa’s Super Cup which sees Manchester City take on Sevilla in Athens.
The Champions League winners have the opportunity to pick up more silverware when they face the Europa League champions in a one-off clash tonight.
Pep Guardiola’s men have never featured in a Super Cup before and will be up against a dogged Sevilla who have lost four times in the last nine editions of the match.
After missing out on winning the Community Shield 10 days ago, City will be hoping to return to Manchester with another piece of silverware before turning their attentions back to the Premier League.
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