UEFA Europa League

FT Thursday, February 16, 2012
Manchester City WDLWW 2
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FC Porto DWWLW 1
1st2ndT
MNC022
FCP101
1st Leg · Estádio do Dragão · 47,417 att.

Lineups

FCP

  1. 1HeltonG
  2. 14RolandoD
  3. 4MaiconD
  4. 5Álvaro PereiraD
  5. 2DaniloM
  6. 3Lucho GonzálezM
  7. 25FernandoM
  8. 8João MoutinhoM
  9. 19James RodríguezM
  10. 17Silvestre VarelaF
  11. 12HulkF

MNC

  1. 25Joe HartG
  2. 2Micah RichardsD
  3. 4Vincent KompanyD
  4. 6Joleon LescottD
  5. 22Gaël ClichyD
  6. 18Gareth BarryM
  7. 34Nigel de JongM
  8. 19Samir NasriM
  9. 42Yaya TouréM
  10. 21David SilvaM
  11. 45Mario BalotelliF

Timeline

  1. 20' Danilo is awarded a yellow card. Reason: unsporting behaviour
  2. 22' FC Porto makes a sub: Eliaquim Mangala enters for Danilo. Reason: Serious Injury
  3. 25' Yaya Touré is awarded a yellow card. Reason: unsporting behaviour
  4. 27' Goal!! Varela hits a very good right footed shot to the lower left corner from the left 6 yard (aprox. 6 yards) and scores!! FC Porto now leads 1 - 0
  5. 54' Álvaro Pereira is awarded a yellow card. Reason: unsporting behaviour
  6. 55' Oh no! That was a bit unlucky, Álvaro Pereira has just scored on his own net! The game is now tied at 1
  7. 59' Vincent Kompany is awarded a yellow card. Reason: unsporting behaviour
  8. 60' Nigel De Jong is awarded a yellow card. Reason: unsporting behaviour
  9. 61' Gareth Barry is awarded a yellow card. Reason: unsporting behaviour
  10. 75' Samir Nasri is awarded a yellow card. Reason: unsporting behaviour
  11. 77' FC Porto makes a sub: Kléber enters for Varela. Reason: Tactical
  12. 78' Manchester City makes a sub: Sergio Agüero enters for Mario Balotelli. Reason: Tactical
  13. 82' Manchester City makes a sub: Aleksandar Kolarov enters for David Silva. Reason: Tactical
  14. 84' Goal!! Sergio Agüero hits a very good right footed shot low through the middle from the centre penalty area (aprox. 6 yards) and scores!! Manchester City now leads 2 - 1
  15. 88' Manchester City makes a sub: Pablo Zabaleta enters for Samir Nasri. Reason: Tactical
  16. 89' FC Porto makes a sub: Steven Defour enters for Eliaquim Mangala. Reason: Injury
  17. 90' End of the game
  18. 90'+3' Micah Richards is awarded a yellow card. Reason: unsporting behaviour

UEFA Europa League News

All news
News ESPN News Services AC Milan condemn racist abuse of Mike Maignan after red card vs. Bournemouth AC Milan have condemned what they called "serious and unacceptable racist abuse" directed at goalkeeper Mike Maignan on social media following his red card in Thursday's Europa League loss to Bournemouth. News PA 'If Mo Salah scores three...' - Hearts boss on puzzle to mark Trabzonspor star Wouter Vrancken hailed auxiliary left-back Rogers Mato for the way he stepped into the breach against Mohamed Salah as injury-hit Hearts produced a spirited display in a 2-0 Conference League defeat away to Trabzonspor. News Tom Hamilton Rose urges humility after Bournemouth rout Milan as Amorim rues red card Marco Rose said his Bournemouth team will stay humble after they dominated AC Milan 3-0 in the Europa League while Ruben Amorim said the match was over as a contest for his team after Mike Maignan's red card in the first half. ESPN Tom Hamilton Bournemouth fairytale condemns Ruben Amorim to another nightmare in England Bournemouth never wanted this night to end. Ruben Amorim, however, would be happy to forget this evening on the south coast ever happened.