UEFA Champions League

Manchester City vs AEK Athens, 2026-27 UEFA Champions League, League Phase

· UEFA Champions League
Manchester City
  • 12': Elliot Anderson
  • 34': Phil Foden
  • 57': Rayan Cherki
  • 65': Phil Foden
  • 76': Phil Foden
FT
5 - 1
AEK Athens
  • 52': Stavros Pilios
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Foden hat trick fuels emphatic Man City win as Haaland rested

Phil Foden scored a hat trick as Manchester City got their Champions League campaign back on track with an emphatic 5-1 win over AEK Athens.

Match Commentary

  • 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
  • 0': First Half begins.
  • 2': Attempt blocked. Razvan Marin (AEK Athens) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Luka Jovic.
  • 5': Attempt missed. Kervin Arriaga (AEK Athens) right footed shot from outside the box is too high.
  • 9': Corner, Manchester City. Conceded by Kervin Arriaga.
  • 11': Floyd Samba (Manchester City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 11': Foul by Harold Moukoudi (AEK Athens).
  • 12': Enzo Fernández (Manchester City) hits the bar with a right footed shot from outside the box from a direct free kick.
  • 12': Goal! Manchester City 1, AEK Athens 0. Elliot Anderson (Manchester City) left footed shot from very close range to the high centre of the goal following a set piece situation.
  • 18': Foul by Rúben Dias (Manchester City).
  • 18': Luka Jovic (AEK Athens) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 19': Corner, Manchester City. Conceded by Filipe Relvas.
  • 20': Attempt blocked. Elliot Anderson (Manchester City) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
  • 23': Allan (Manchester City) hits the bar with a left footed shot from the left side of the box. Assisted by Rayan Cherki.
  • 30': Attempt blocked. Rayan Cherki (Manchester City) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Rico Lewis.
  • 30': Corner, Manchester City. Conceded by Stavros Pilios.
  • 30': Attempt missed. Rúben Dias (Manchester City) header from the left side of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Phil Foden with a cross following a corner.
  • 30': Attempt blocked. Elliot Anderson (Manchester City) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Abdukodir Khusanov.
  • 34': Goal! Manchester City 2, AEK Athens 0. Phil Foden (Manchester City) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box to the top right corner. Assisted by Rico Lewis.
  • 38': Attempt saved. Rayan Cherki (Manchester City) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner by Alberto Brignoli (AEK Athens). Assisted by Enzo Fernández.
  • 38': Corner, Manchester City. Conceded by Alberto Brignoli.
  • 38': Attempt saved. Allan (Manchester City) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right is saved in the bottom right corner by Alberto Brignoli (AEK Athens). Assisted by Rayan Cherki.
  • 40': Foul by João Mário (AEK Athens).
  • 40': Elliot Anderson (Manchester City) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 41': Corner, Manchester City. Conceded by Harold Moukoudi.
  • 43': Foul by João Mário (AEK Athens).
  • 43': Rayan Cherki (Manchester City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 45': Lazaros Rota (AEK Athens) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 45': Foul by Allan (Manchester City).
  • 45': Foul by Lovro Majer (AEK Athens).
  • 45': Josko Gvardiol (Manchester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 45'+1': Fourth official has announced 1 minutes of added time.
  • 45'+1': Offside, AEK Athens. Lazaros Rota is caught offside.
  • 45'+2': First Half ends, Manchester City 2, AEK Athens 0.
  • 45': Substitution, AEK Athens. Aboubakary Koïta replaces Razvan Marin.
  • 45': Substitution, AEK Athens. Zine replaces Barnabás Varga.
  • 45': Second Half begins Manchester City 2, AEK Athens 0.
  • 47': Foul by João Mário (AEK Athens).
  • 47': Rico Lewis (Manchester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 48': Attempt blocked. Enzo Fernández (Manchester City) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Rayan Cherki.
  • 48': Corner, Manchester City. Conceded by Harold Moukoudi.
  • 51': Aboubakary Koïta (AEK Athens) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 51': Foul by Josko Gvardiol (Manchester City).
  • 52': Goal! Manchester City 2, AEK Athens 1. Stavros Pilios (AEK Athens) left footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Zine following a fast break.
  • 54': Attempt blocked. Rayan Cherki (Manchester City) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Rico Lewis.
  • 54': Attempt missed. Phil Foden (Manchester City) left footed shot from the right side of the box misses to the left.
  • 57': Goal! Manchester City 3, AEK Athens 1. Rayan Cherki (Manchester City) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Phil Foden.
  • 58': Luka Jovic (AEK Athens) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 58': Foul by Rúben Dias (Manchester City).
  • 59': Lovro Majer (AEK Athens) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 59': Foul by Josko Gvardiol (Manchester City).
  • 59': Josko Gvardiol (Manchester City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 60': Delay in match because of an injury Lovro Majer (AEK Athens).
  • 60': Delay in match because of an injury Josko Gvardiol (Manchester City).
  • 61': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  • 62': Foul by João Mário (AEK Athens).
  • 62': Rayan Cherki (Manchester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 62': Substitution, Manchester City. Ryan McAidoo replaces Floyd Samba.
  • 63': Corner, Manchester City. Conceded by Stavros Pilios.
  • 63': Substitution, AEK Athens. Oleksandr Zubkov replaces João Mário.
  • 65': Goal! Manchester City 4, AEK Athens 1. Phil Foden (Manchester City) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Rico Lewis.
  • 67': Corner, Manchester City. Conceded by Lazaros Rota.
  • 68': Attempt missed. Oleksandr Zubkov (AEK Athens) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Zine following a fast break.
  • 69': Lovro Majer (AEK Athens) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 69': Foul by Elliot Anderson (Manchester City).
  • 72': Substitution, Manchester City. Vitor Reis replaces Josko Gvardiol.
  • 72': Substitution, Manchester City. Rayan Aït-Nouri replaces Enzo Fernández.
  • 73': Attempt blocked. Aboubakary Koïta (AEK Athens) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
  • 73': Attempt saved. Oleksandr Zubkov (AEK Athens) left footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner by Gianluigi Donnarumma (Manchester City).
  • 74': Attempt saved. Zine (AEK Athens) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner by Gianluigi Donnarumma (Manchester City). Assisted by Aboubakary Koïta with a through ball.
  • 74': Corner, AEK Athens. Conceded by Gianluigi Donnarumma.
  • 76': Goal! Manchester City 5, AEK Athens 1. Phil Foden (Manchester City) left footed shot from very close range to the top left corner. Assisted by Ryan McAidoo.
  • 79': Handball by Lazaros Rota (AEK Athens).
  • 81': Attempt blocked. Lovro Majer (AEK Athens) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Kervin Arriaga.
  • 81': Corner, AEK Athens. Conceded by Rúben Dias.
  • 82': Foul by Aboubakary Koïta (AEK Athens).
  • 82': Rayan Aït-Nouri (Manchester City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 83': Substitution, Manchester City. Kaden Braithwaite replaces Rúben Dias.
  • 83': Substitution, AEK Athens. Mijat Gacinovic replaces Kervin Arriaga.
  • 83': Substitution, AEK Athens. Milán Vitális replaces Luka Jovic.
  • 84': Attempt blocked. Rayan Cherki (Manchester City) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Phil Foden.
  • 85': Foul by Harold Moukoudi (AEK Athens).
  • 85': Allan (Manchester City) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 87': Foul by Harold Moukoudi (AEK Athens).
  • 87': Rayan Cherki (Manchester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 88': Attempt missed. Mijat Gacinovic (AEK Athens) right footed shot from more than 35 yards misses to the right following a fast break.
  • 89': Corner, AEK Athens. Conceded by Phil Foden.
  • 90': Attempt missed. Milán Vitális (AEK Athens) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left following a corner.
  • 90': Fourth official has announced 2 minutes of added time.
  • 90'+2': Attempt missed. Milán Vitális (AEK Athens) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Stavros Pilios.
  • 90'+2': Second Half ends, Manchester City 5, AEK Athens 1.
  • 0': Match ends, Manchester City 5, AEK Athens 1.

Statistics

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10 Fouls 6
0 Yellow Cards 1
0 Red Cards 0
1 Offsides 0
3 Corner Kicks 8
2 Saves 2
36.4 Possession 63.6
11 SHOTS 17
3 ON GOAL 7
0.3 On Target % 0.4
0 Penalty Goals 0
0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
346 Accurate Passes 635
387 Passes 680
0.9 Pass Completion % 0.9
0 Accurate Crosses 3
5 Crosses 13
0.0 Cross % 0.2
43 Long Balls 27
26 Accurate Long Balls 17
0.6 Long Balls % 0.6
3 Blocked Shots 6
14 Effective Tackles 9
22 Tackles 11
0.6 Tackle % 0.8
9 Interceptions 10
20 Effective Clearances 10
20 Clearances 10

Game Information

Competition: UEFA Champions League

Venue: Etihad Stadium
Location: Manchester, England
Attendance: 40,042

UEFA Champions League Standings

# TEAM GP GD PTS
1 Paris Saint-Germain 3 +9 9
2 Aston Villa 3 +9 9
3 Liverpool 3 +5 9
4 Real Madrid 3 +5 9
Full Standings

Line-Ups

MNC Manchester City (4-2-3-1)

No. Name
1 Gianluigi Donnarumma (GK)
3 Rúben Dias
45 Abdukodir Khusanov
24 Josko Gvardiol Yellow Card
82 Rico Lewis
10 Rayan Cherki
17 Enzo Fernández
5 Elliot Anderson
75 Floyd Samba
37 Allan Elias
47 Phil Foden
Manchester City Substitutes:
Ayyoub Bouaddi, Vitor Reis, Jérémy Doku, Gerónimo Rulli, Rayan Aït-Nouri, Ryan McAidoo, Kaden Braithwaite, Iliman Ndiaye, Marcus Bettinelli, Marc Guéhi, Erling Haaland.

AEK AEK Athens (4-4-2)

No. Name
91 Alberto Brignoli (GK)
44 Filipe Relvas
2 Harold Moukoudi
3 Stavros Pilios
12 Lazaros Rota
18 Razvan Marin
16 Kervin Arriaga
23 João Mário
14 Lovro Majer
19 Barnabás Varga
9 Luka Jovic
AEK Athens Substitutes:
Charalampos Lykogiannis, Oleksandr Zubkov, Domagoj Vida, Marios Balamotis, Aboubakary Koita, Mijat Gacinovic, Zini, Kaan Kairinen, Petros Mantalos, Milán Vitális.

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