UEFA Champions League

FT Tuesday, September 8, 2026
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FC Porto WWWWW 0
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Match Report

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Haaland gives Man City win in fiery clash at Porto

Erling Haaland struck twice as Manchester City returned to the field after a halftime tunnel bust-up to open their Champions League campaign with a 2-0 win at Porto.

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Team Stats

17
Fouls
10
3
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
7
5
Corner Kicks
2
0
Saves
8
64.5
Possession
35.5
20
SHOTS
5
10
ON GOAL
0
0.5
On Target %
0.0
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
589
Accurate Passes
286
639
Passes
353
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.8
6
Accurate Crosses
2
18
Crosses
6
0.3
Cross %
0.3
34
Long Balls
47
20
Accurate Long Balls
25
0.6
Long Balls %
0.5
4
Blocked Shots
1
9
Effective Tackles
13
18
Tackles
19
0.5
Tackle %
0.7
8
Interceptions
2
11
Effective Clearances
16
11
Clearances
16

Highlights

01:16 Leboeuf loved Man City's Fernandez and Bouaddi midfield partnership Watch on ESPN 01:57 Maresca: Manchester City deserved to win against Porto Watch on ESPN

Head to Head

MNC leads series 3-0-1

Lineups

FCP · 4-3-3

  1. 99Diogo CostaG
  2. 4Jakub KiwiorCD-L
  3. 18Nehuén PérezCD-R
  4. 52Martim FernandesLB
  5. 20Alberto CostaRB
  6. 22Alan VarelaCM
  7. 10Gabri VeigaLM
  8. 13Pablo RosarioRM
  9. 19André SilvaF
  10. 11PepêLF
  11. 7William GomesRF

MNC · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Gianluigi DonnarummaG
  2. 3Rúben DiasCD-L
  3. 6Marc GuéhiCD-R
  4. 24Josko GvardiolLB
  5. 27Matheus NunesRB
  6. 10Rayan CherkiAM
  7. 17Enzo FernándezLM
  8. 32Ayyoub BouaddiRM
  9. 9Erling HaalandF
  10. 42Antoine SemenyoAM-L
  11. 47Phil FodenAM-R

Timeline

  1. 37' Josko Gvardiol (Manchester City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 42' Delay in match because of an injury Gabri Veiga (FC Porto).
  3. 42'
  4. 44' Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  5. 44'
  6. 47' Goal! FC Porto 0, Manchester City 1. Erling Haaland (Manchester City) header from very close range to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Enzo Fernández.
  7. 48' Substitution, Manchester City. Abdukodir Khusanov replaces Josko Gvardiol.
  8. 49' Gianluigi Donnarumma (Manchester City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  9. 50' Delay in match because of an injury Pepê (FC Porto).
  10. 50'
  11. 51' Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  12. 51'
  13. 62' Substitution, Manchester City. Iliman Ndiaye replaces Antoine Semenyo.
  14. 62' Substitution, Manchester City. Elliot Anderson replaces Rayan Cherki.
  15. 68' Substitution, FC Porto. Hwang In-Beom replaces Alan Varela.
  16. 68' Substitution, FC Porto. Borja Sainz replaces William Gomes.
  17. 73' Substitution, FC Porto. Francisco Moura replaces Martim Fernandes.
  18. 73' Substitution, FC Porto. Santiago Giménez replaces André Silva.
  19. 75' Substitution, Manchester City. Mateo Kovacic replaces Ayyoub Bouaddi.
  20. 75' Substitution, Manchester City. Rayan Aït-Nouri replaces Phil Foden.
  21. 83' Substitution, FC Porto. Seko Fofana replaces Gabri Veiga.
  22. 90'+1' Goal! FC Porto 0, Manchester City 2. Erling Haaland (Manchester City) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Rayan Aït-Nouri following a corner.
  23. 90'+3' Pablo Rosario (FC Porto) is shown the yellow card.
  24. 90'+3' Erling Haaland (Manchester City) is shown the yellow card.

UEFA Champions League News

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