UEFA Champions League

Manchester City vs Sparta Prague, 2024-25 UEFA Champions League, League Phase

· UEFA Champions League
Manchester City
  • 3': Phil Foden
  • 58': Erling Haaland
  • 64': John Stones
  • 68': Erling Haaland
  • 88': Matheus Nunes (P)
FT
5 - 0
Sparta Prague

    Haaland nets acrobatic wonder goal as City rout Sparta Prague

    Erling Haaland back-heeled home a stunning strike, the first of two goals on the night for Manchester City's goal-scoring machine, as City cruised past Sparta Prague 5-0 on Wednesday to remain unbeaten in their Champions League campaign.

    Match Timeline

    • 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
    • 0': First Half begins.
    • 3': Goal! Manchester City 1, Sparta Prague 0. Phil Foden (Manchester City) left footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Manuel Akanji.
    • 7': Offside, Sparta Prague. Victor Olatunji is caught offside.
    • 7': Attempt blocked. Ilkay Gündogan (Manchester City) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Phil Foden.
    • 7': Foul by John Stones (Manchester City).
    • 7': Lukás Haraslín (Sparta Prague) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 7': John Stones (Manchester City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 9': Attempt blocked. Veljko Birmancevic (Sparta Prague) left footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Lukás Haraslín.
    • 10': Attempt saved. Erling Haaland (Manchester City) header from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Bernardo Silva with a cross.
    • 10': Corner, Manchester City. Conceded by Peter Vindahl.
    • 17': Attempt missed. Ángelo Preciado (Sparta Prague) right footed shot from more than 35 yards is too high following a fast break.
    • 18': Attempt blocked. Erling Haaland (Manchester City) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Phil Foden.
    • 19': Delay in match because of an injury Lukás Haraslín (Sparta Prague).
    • 19': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
    • 22': Attempt saved. Erling Haaland (Manchester City) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top left corner. Assisted by Rico Lewis.
    • 24': Corner, Manchester City. Conceded by Peter Vindahl.
    • 25': Attempt blocked. Erling Haaland (Manchester City) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Ilkay Gündogan with a cross.
    • 25': Attempt blocked. Manuel Akanji (Manchester City) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Erling Haaland.
    • 25': Attempt missed. Erling Haaland (Manchester City) left footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left following a corner.
    • 25': Corner, Manchester City. Conceded by Veljko Birmancevic.
    • 26': Attempt blocked. Erling Haaland (Manchester City) header from the right side of the six yard box is blocked. Assisted by Matheus Nunes with a cross.
    • 26': Attempt saved. Veljko Birmancevic (Sparta Prague) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Lukás Haraslín.
    • 26': Corner, Sparta Prague. Conceded by Stefan Ortega.
    • 29': Attempt missed. Lukás Haraslín (Sparta Prague) right footed shot from the left side of the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Ángelo Preciado with a cross.
    • 31': Attempt missed. Veljko Birmancevic (Sparta Prague) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Lukás Haraslín with a cross.
    • 36': Attempt saved. Phil Foden (Manchester City) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Savinho.
    • 36': Hand ball by Savinho (Manchester City).
    • 37': Attempt missed. Savinho (Manchester City) left footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Rico Lewis with a through ball.
    • 42': Corner, Manchester City. Conceded by Martin Vitík.
    • 43': Attempt missed. Phil Foden (Manchester City) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Savinho following a corner.
    • 44': Foul by Matej Rynes (Sparta Prague).
    • 44': Savinho (Manchester City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 45'+1': Fourth official has announced 1 minutes of added time.
    • 45'+2': First Half ends, Manchester City 1, Sparta Prague 0.
    • 45': Second Half begins Manchester City 1, Sparta Prague 0.
    • 45': Substitution, Sparta Prague. Ermal Krasniqi replaces Lukás Haraslín because of an injury.
    • 47': Attempt blocked. Ilkay Gündogan (Manchester City) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Savinho.
    • 47': Corner, Manchester City. Conceded by Qazim Laçi.
    • 47': Attempt saved. Nathan Aké (Manchester City) left footed shot from very close range is saved in the centre of the goal.
    • 47': Hand ball by Nathan Aké (Manchester City).
    • 47': GOAL OVERTURNED BY VAR: Nathan Aké (Manchester City) scores but the goal is ruled out after a VAR review.
    • 48': VAR Decision: No Goal Manchester City 1-0 Sparta Prague.
    • 54': Corner, Manchester City. Conceded by Asger Sørensen.
    • 56': Attempt blocked. Phil Foden (Manchester City) left footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Rico Lewis.
    • 57': Attempt saved. Erling Haaland (Manchester City) header from very close range is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Savinho with a cross.
    • 58': Goal! Manchester City 2, Sparta Prague 0. Erling Haaland (Manchester City) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Savinho with a cross.
    • 60': Substitution, Sparta Prague. Albion Rrahmani replaces Victor Olatunji.
    • 64': Corner, Manchester City. Conceded by Martin Vitík.
    • 64': Goal! Manchester City 3, Sparta Prague 0. John Stones (Manchester City) header from the centre of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Matheus Nunes with a cross following a corner.
    • 66': Attempt blocked. Savinho (Manchester City) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Rico Lewis.
    • 68': Goal! Manchester City 4, Sparta Prague 0. Erling Haaland (Manchester City) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Matheus Nunes.
    • 69': Substitution, Manchester City. Mateo Kovacic replaces Ilkay Gündogan.
    • 69': Substitution, Manchester City. James McAtee replaces Bernardo Silva.
    • 74': Substitution, Sparta Prague. Krystof Danek replaces Veljko Birmancevic.
    • 74': Substitution, Manchester City. Josko Gvardiol replaces Nathan Aké.
    • 74': Substitution, Manchester City. Rúben Dias replaces John Stones.
    • 79': Foul by Matheus Nunes (Manchester City).
    • 79': Ángelo Preciado (Sparta Prague) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 81': Substitution, Manchester City. Nico O'Reilly replaces Erling Haaland.
    • 86': Penalty Manchester City. Matheus Nunes draws a foul in the penalty area.
    • 86': Penalty conceded by Ángelo Preciado (Sparta Prague) after a foul in the penalty area.
    • 87': Ángelo Preciado (Sparta Prague) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 88': Goal! Manchester City 5, Sparta Prague 0. Matheus Nunes (Manchester City) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the top left corner.
    • 89': Substitution, Sparta Prague. Tomás Wiesner replaces Matej Rynes.
    • 89': Substitution, Sparta Prague. Markus Solbakken replaces Kaan Kairinen.
    • 89': Albion Rrahmani (Sparta Prague) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 89': Foul by Manuel Akanji (Manchester City).
    • 90': Foul by Ángelo Preciado (Sparta Prague).
    • 90': James McAtee (Manchester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 90'+1': Fourth official has announced 2 minutes of added time.
    • 90'+2': Foul by Markus Solbakken (Sparta Prague).
    • 90'+2': Mateo Kovacic (Manchester City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 90'+2': Attempt blocked. James McAtee (Manchester City) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Josko Gvardiol.
    • 90'+3': Second Half ends, Manchester City 5, Sparta Prague 0.
    • 0': Match ends, Manchester City 5, Sparta Prague 0.

    Statistics

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    4 Fouls 5
    1 Yellow Cards 1
    0 Red Cards 0
    1 Offsides 0
    1 Corner Kicks 7
    5 Saves 1
    20.1 Possession 79.9
    5 SHOTS 22
    1 ON GOAL 10
    0.2 On Target % 0.5
    0 Penalty Goals 1
    0 Penalty Kicks Taken 1
    136 Accurate Passes 716
    189 Passes 767
    0.7 Pass Completion % 0.9
    3 Accurate Crosses 7
    7 Crosses 32
    0.4 Cross % 0.2
    43 Long Balls 16
    14 Accurate Long Balls 7
    0.3 Long Balls % 0.4
    1 Blocked Shots 9
    8 Effective Tackles 7
    17 Tackles 9
    0.5 Tackle % 0.8
    4 Interceptions 4
    37 Effective Clearances 8
    37 Clearances 8

    Game Information

    Competition: UEFA Champions League

    Venue: Etihad Stadium
    Location: Manchester, England
    Attendance: 50,116

    UEFA Champions League Table

    # TEAM GP GD PTS
    1 Liverpool 6 +12 18
    2 Barcelona 6 +14 15
    3 Arsenal 6 +9 13
    4 Bayer Leverkusen 6 +7 13
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    Line-Ups

    MNC Manchester City (4-1-4-1)

    No. Name
    18 Stefan Ortega (GK)
    25 Manuel Akanji
    5 John Stones Yellow Card
    19 Ilkay Gündogan
    6 Nathan Aké
    82 Rico Lewis
    20 Bernardo Silva
    47 Phil Foden
    27 Matheus Nunes
    26 Savinho
    9 Erling Haaland
    Manchester City Substitutes:
    Ederson, James McAtee, Scott Carson, Josko Gvardiol, Rúben Dias, Nico O'Reilly, Mateo Kovacic.

    SPP Sparta Prague (3-4-3)

    No. Name
    1 Peter Vindahl Jensen (GK)
    27 Filip Panak
    25 Asger Sørensen
    41 Martin Vitík
    20 Qazim Laçi
    6 Kaan Kairinen
    32 Matej Rynes
    17 Ángelo Preciado Yellow Card
    7 Victor Olatunji
    22 Lukás Haraslín
    14 Veljko Birmancevic
    Sparta Prague Substitutes:
    Jakub Surovcik, Krystof Danek, Marcus Solbakken, Lukas Sadilek, Jakub Pesek, Ermal Krasniqi, Mathias Ross, Tomas Wiesner, Albion Rrahmani, Martin Suchomel, Vojtech Vorel, David Pavelka.

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