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Champions League Group G result: Youngsters Rico Lewis and Julian Alvarez shine as Manchester City come from behind to beat Sevilla at Etihad Stadium

Champions League / Group Stage
Etihad Stadium / 02.11.2022
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Paul Hassall

Updated 02/11/2022 at 22:06 GMT


27'
MAN CITY CHANCE!
Gundogan drives into the box, plays a lovely one-two with Foden before seeing a low shot from the left deflect into the side netting.
25'
23'
SEVILLA CHANCE
Rafa Mir pulls off his marker but guides his header off target from Marcos Acuña's deep cross from the left.
20'
MAN CITY ATTEMPT!
Lewis takes down a half-cleared corner but rifles wide of target from 25 yards out.
17'
MAN CITY CHANCE!
Foden whips a wonderful free kick in from the left flank but Dias somehow contrives to guide it wide with his knee.
15'
TAKE A BOW, PEP!
Manchester City have won 81% of their home games in the UEFA Champions League since Pep Guardiola took charge of the club (26/32). Among managers with at least 20 home games in charge of a team in the competition, Guardiola’s Man City have the highest home win percentage in the competition’s history.
13'
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11'
HUMBLE BUT READY TO RUMBLE!
9'
CITY DOMINATING POSSESSION
No surprise that the hosts are dictating the tempo of the encounter so far. Most of the game has been played in the Sevilla half.
7'
FORTRESS ETIHAD
City are unbeaten in 22 European home games (W20 D2) since a 2-1 defeat to Lyon back in September 2018.
5'
THE MAN IN THE MIDDLE
Tonight’s referee is Orel Grinfeeld from Israel.
4'
PEP V SEVILLA
Guardiola has only lost two of his 13 games against Sevilla as a manager (W9 D2), with his teams averaging 2.5 goals per game (33 in total).
His only home defeat came in January 2010, when his Barcelona side lost in the Copa del Rey against Manolo Jiménez’s Sevilla (1-2).
3'
MAN CITY CHANCE
Palmer curves just over with a shot from the edge of the box after a shocking pass from Sevilla stopper, Bono allowed City to create an opening from nothing.
2'
SEVILLA CHANCE
Rafa Mir plays a neat one-two down the right and surges towards the penalty area before clipping a shot wide of target as Ederson looked to narrow the angle.
1st Half
1'
KICK OFF!
Sevilla get us underway.
19.55
JUST THE 15 YEARS AND COUNTING...
Sevilla’s last win over an English side in the group stage of the UEFA Champions League was in November 2007. That was a 3-1 victory over Arsenal, in which Jesús Navas started.
Since that night, Sevilla are winless in the last seven CL games (D3 L4), with the last two both being 0-4 defeats. Those came against Chelsea and Man City earlier in this group.
19.50
WILL THIS BE PEP AND CITY'S YEAR IN THE CL?
BT Sport's experts offer their thoughts below.
19.45
19.40
DID YOU KNOW?
Sevilla are winless in all three UEFA Champions League encounters with Manchester City (L3), only facing Borussia Dortmund more often without winning in the competition (four matches).
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19.35
DID SOMEONE SAY IT'S RAINING IN MANCHESTER?
19.30
ALVAREZ HAILS AWESOME HAALAND BUT INSISTS THEY CAN'T BE COMPARED
“[Erling Haaland is] important for us. We're as old as each other but we can both learn from each other. We both want to bring the best for the team. We're very different players but people have to adapt to different play and styles when players line up. I like to occupy different positions.”
Julian Álvarez on Haaland, who is not involved in City's squad tonight.
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