UEFA Champions League

FT Wednesday, September 19, 2018
Lyon WLWLD 2
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Manchester City WWDWW 1
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LYON202
MNC011
Etihad Stadium · 40,111 att.

Match Report

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Nabil Fekir helps fire Lyon to shock win over Manchester City

Manchester City suffered a shock 2-1 defeat at home to Lyon in their opening Champions League game on Wednesday.

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Team Stats

12
Fouls
14
2
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
4
Offsides
1
1
Corner Kicks
7
7
Saves
2
30.5
Possession
69.5
11
SHOTS
22
4
ON GOAL
8
0.4
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
240
Accurate Passes
639
316
Passes
712
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.9
2
Accurate Crosses
7
6
Crosses
23
0.3
Cross %
0.3
64
Long Balls
43
30
Accurate Long Balls
25
0.5
Long Balls %
0.6
4
Blocked Shots
2
14
Effective Tackles
6
23
Tackles
13
0.6
Tackle %
0.5
7
Interceptions
17
28
Effective Clearances
7
28
Clearances
7

Lineups

MNC · 4-3-3

  1. 31EdersonG
  2. 14Aymeric LaporteCD-L
  3. 5John StonesCD-R
  4. 18Fabian DelphLB
  5. 2Kyle WalkerRB
  6. 25FernandinhoCM
  7. 21David SilvaLM
  8. 8Ilkay GündoganRM
  9. 33Gabriel JesusF
  10. 7Raheem SterlingLF
  11. 20Bernardo SilvaRF

LYON · 4-4-1-1

  1. 1Anthony LopesG
  2. 5Jason DenayerCD-L
  3. 6MarceloCD-R
  4. 22Ferland MendyLB
  5. 4RafaelRB
  6. 28Tanguy NdombeleCM-L
  7. 24Pape DiopCM-R
  8. 8Houssem AouarLM
  9. 27Maxwel CornetRM
  10. 11Memphis DepayF
  11. 18Nabil FekirRCF

Timeline

  1. 26' Goal! Manchester City 0, Lyon 1. Maxwel Cornet (Lyon) left footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Nabil Fekir with a cross.
  2. 43' Goal! Manchester City 0, Lyon 2. Nabil Fekir (Lyon) left footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Memphis Depay.
  3. 55' Substitution, Manchester City. Leroy Sané replaces Ilkay Gündogan.
  4. 63' Substitution, Manchester City. Sergio Agüero replaces Gabriel Jesus.
  5. 67' Goal! Manchester City 1, Lyon 2. Bernardo Silva (Manchester City) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Leroy Sané.
  6. 76' Substitution, Manchester City. Riyad Mahrez replaces Raheem Sterling.
  7. 76' Substitution, Lyon. Léo Dubois replaces Rafael.
  8. 77' Nabil Fekir (Lyon) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  9. 79' Substitution, Lyon. Lucas Tousart replaces Nabil Fekir.
  10. 90' Sergio Agüero (Manchester City) is shown the yellow card.
  11. 90'+2' Substitution, Lyon. Bertrand Traoré replaces Maxwel Cornet.
  12. 90'+3' Bertrand Traoré (Lyon) is shown the yellow card for dangerous play.

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