Manchester City vs Olympiacos, 2020-21 UEFA Champions League, Group Stage
· UEFA Champions LeagueMan City beat Olympiakos to maintain 100% record in Champions League
Manchester City continued their perfect start to the Champions League campaign as they toiled to a 3-0 home win against Olympiakos.
Match Timeline
- 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
- 0': First Half begins.
- 4': Corner, Manchester City. Conceded by Pape Abou Cissé.
- 6': Attempt blocked. Riyad Mahrez (Manchester City) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Ferran Torres.
- 6': Corner, Manchester City. Conceded by Pape Abou Cissé.
- 7': Attempt blocked. Ferran Torres (Manchester City) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Riyad Mahrez with a cross.
- 7': Corner, Manchester City. Conceded by Youssef El-Arabi.
- 7': Attempt missed. Ferran Torres (Manchester City) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Riyad Mahrez with a cross following a corner.
- 10': Foul by Phil Foden (Manchester City).
- 10': Lazar Randjelovic (Olympiakos) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 12': Attempt saved. Kevin De Bruyne (Manchester City) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Riyad Mahrez.
- 12': Goal! Manchester City 1, Olympiakos 0. Ferran Torres (Manchester City) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Kevin De Bruyne.
- 15': Hand ball by Kevin De Bruyne (Manchester City).
- 17': Foul by Kyle Walker (Manchester City).
- 17': Mohamed Camara (Olympiakos) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 18': Corner, Manchester City. Conceded by Rafinha.
- 19': Attempt blocked. Phil Foden (Manchester City) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Kevin De Bruyne.
- 26': Foul by Phil Foden (Manchester City).
- 26': Rafinha (Olympiakos) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 27': Attempt saved. Raheem Sterling (Manchester City) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Phil Foden.
- 27': Foul by Nathan Aké (Manchester City).
- 27': Youssef El-Arabi (Olympiakos) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 30': Attempt missed. Ferran Torres (Manchester City) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Raheem Sterling.
- 32': Offside, Manchester City. Riyad Mahrez tries a through ball, but Raheem Sterling is caught offside.
- 35': Offside, Olympiakos. Yann M'Vila tries a through ball, but Youssef El-Arabi is caught offside.
- 38': Attempt blocked. Riyad Mahrez (Manchester City) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Kevin De Bruyne.
- 38': Attempt blocked. Ilkay Gündogan (Manchester City) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
- 38': Corner, Manchester City. Conceded by Pape Abou Cissé.
- 39': Foul by Kevin De Bruyne (Manchester City).
- 39': Mathieu Valbuena (Olympiakos) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 40': Attempt blocked. Ferran Torres (Manchester City) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
- 45'+1': Foul by Mohamed Camara (Olympiakos).
- 45'+1': Riyad Mahrez (Manchester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 45'+2': First Half ends, Manchester City 1, Olympiakos 0.
- 45': Second Half begins Manchester City 1, Olympiakos 0.
- 45': Substitution, Olympiakos. Bruma replaces Lazar Randjelovic.
- 45': Substitution, Olympiakos. Pepe replaces Andreas Bouchalakis.
- 46': Ferran Torres (Manchester City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 46': Foul by Pape Abou Cissé (Olympiakos).
- 47': Corner, Olympiakos. Conceded by Ilkay Gündogan.
- 48': Attempt blocked. Mohamed Camara (Olympiakos) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Mathieu Valbuena with a cross.
- 51': Attempt saved. Phil Foden (Manchester City) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Riyad Mahrez.
- 52': Attempt blocked. Ilkay Gündogan (Manchester City) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Riyad Mahrez.
- 54': Attempt missed. Mathieu Valbuena (Olympiakos) left footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left.
- 55': Foul by Mohamed Camara (Olympiakos).
- 55': Nathan Aké (Manchester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 55': Mohamed Camara (Olympiakos) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 57': Foul by Ferran Torres (Manchester City).
- 57': Rúben Semedo (Olympiakos) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 60': Attempt missed. Ilkay Gündogan (Manchester City) right footed shot from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Riyad Mahrez.
- 61': Attempt saved. Youssef El-Arabi (Olympiakos) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Pepe.
- 62': Foul by Rafinha (Olympiakos).
- 62': Raheem Sterling (Manchester City) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 63': Foul by Oleksandr Zinchenko (Manchester City).
- 63': Rafinha (Olympiakos) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 68': Ferran Torres (Manchester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 68': Foul by Rúben Semedo (Olympiakos).
- 69': Substitution, Manchester City. Gabriel Jesus replaces Riyad Mahrez.
- 69': Substitution, Manchester City. Rodrigo replaces Phil Foden.
- 71': Attempt blocked. Mohamed Camara (Olympiakos) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
- 71': Attempt missed. Kevin De Bruyne (Manchester City) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Ferran Torres.
- 73': Substitution, Olympiakos. Giorgos Masouras replaces Mohamed Camara.
- 73': Attempt missed. José Holebas (Olympiakos) left footed shot from the left side of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Giorgos Masouras.
- 74': Attempt saved. Kevin De Bruyne (Manchester City) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Ferran Torres.
- 76': Foul by Raheem Sterling (Manchester City).
- 76': Rúben Semedo (Olympiakos) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 76': Substitution, Olympiakos. Ahmed Hassan Mahgoub replaces Youssef El-Arabi.
- 77': Offside, Olympiakos. José Holebas tries a through ball, but Giorgos Masouras is caught offside.
- 78': Attempt blocked. Gabriel Jesus (Manchester City) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Kevin De Bruyne.
- 79': Attempt blocked. Bruma (Olympiakos) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
- 79': Corner, Olympiakos. Conceded by Kevin De Bruyne.
- 81': Goal! Manchester City 2, Olympiakos 0. Gabriel Jesus (Manchester City) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right to the top right corner. Assisted by Kevin De Bruyne.
- 82': Substitution, Manchester City. Bernardo Silva replaces Raheem Sterling.
- 82': Substitution, Manchester City. João Cancelo replaces Kyle Walker.
- 84': Corner, Manchester City. Conceded by Rúben Semedo.
- 85': Substitution, Olympiakos. Hillal Soudani replaces Mathieu Valbuena.
- 85': Substitution, Manchester City. Felix Nmecha replaces Kevin De Bruyne.
- 86': Attempt missed. João Cancelo (Manchester City) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Ilkay Gündogan.
- 87': Corner, Manchester City. Conceded by Rúben Semedo.
- 89': Bernardo Silva (Manchester City) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 89': Foul by Giorgos Masouras (Olympiakos).
- 90': Goal! Manchester City 3, Olympiakos 0. João Cancelo (Manchester City) left footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Felix Nmecha.
- 90'+2': Foul by José Holebas (Olympiakos).
- 90'+2': João Cancelo (Manchester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 90'+4': Second Half ends, Manchester City 3, Olympiakos 0.
- 0': Match ends, Manchester City 3, Olympiakos 0.
Statistics
OLY |
MNC![]() |
|
|---|---|---|
| 7 | Fouls | 9 |
| 1 | Yellow Cards | 0 |
| 0 | Red Cards | 0 |
| 2 | Offsides | 1 |
| 2 | Corner Kicks | 7 |
| 4 | Saves | 1 |
| 41.7 | Possession | 58.3 |
| 6 | SHOTS | 20 |
| 1 | ON GOAL | 7 |
| 0.2 | On Target % | 0.4 |
| 0 | Penalty Goals | 0 |
| 0 | Penalty Kicks Taken | 0 |
| 436 | Accurate Passes | 632 |
| 502 | Passes | 710 |
| 0.9 | Pass Completion % | 0.9 |
| 2 | Accurate Crosses | 2 |
| 10 | Crosses | 11 |
| 0.2 | Cross % | 0.2 |
| 48 | Long Balls | 39 |
| 23 | Accurate Long Balls | 29 |
| 0.5 | Long Balls % | 0.7 |
| 3 | Blocked Shots | 8 |
| 4 | Effective Tackles | 6 |
| 12 | Tackles | 14 |
| 0.3 | Tackle % | 0.4 |
| 17 | Interceptions | 4 |
| 14 | Effective Clearances | 8 |
| 14 | Clearances | 8 |
Game Information
Venue: Etihad Stadium
Location: Manchester, England
Line-Ups
Manchester City (4-3-3)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 31 | Ederson (GK) |
| 6 | Nathan Aké |
| 5 | John Stones |
| 11 | Oleksandr Zinchenko |
| 2 | Kyle Walker |
| 8 | Ilkay Gündogan |
| 47 | Phil Foden |
| 17 | Kevin De Bruyne |
| 21 | Ferran Torres |
| 7 | Raheem Sterling |
| 26 | Riyad Mahrez |
Olympiacos (4-3-3)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 1 | José Sá (GK) |
| 66 | Pape Abou Cissé |
| 3 | Rúben Semedo |
| 25 | José Holebas |
| 13 | Rafinha |
| 6 | Yann M'vila |
| 5 | Andreas Bouchalakis |
| 4 | Mady Camara |
| 11 | Youssef El Arabi |
| 28 | Mathieu Valbuena |
| 97 | Lazar Randelovic |
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