UEFA Champions League

FT Tuesday, September 19, 2023
Red Star Belgrade WLWLW 1
–
Manchester City WWWWW 3
1st2ndT
RSB101
MNC033
Etihad Stadium · 50,204 att.

Match Report

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Álvarez fires UCL holders Man City to opening win over Red Star

Holders Manchester City recovered from falling a goal behind to outclass Red Star Belgrade 3-1 in their Group G opener with Julián Álvarez scoring twice at The Etihad on Tuesday.

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Team Stats

9
Fouls
5
2
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
1
0
Corner Kicks
12
13
Saves
1
24
Possession
76
3
SHOTS
37
2
ON GOAL
16
0.7
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
179
Accurate Passes
681
234
Passes
733
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.9
0
Accurate Crosses
10
5
Crosses
28
0.0
Cross %
0.4
51
Long Balls
23
22
Accurate Long Balls
20
0.4
Long Balls %
0.9
0
Blocked Shots
10
6
Effective Tackles
7
17
Tackles
14
0.4
Tackle %
0.5
7
Interceptions
3
36
Effective Clearances
4
36
Clearances
4

Lineups

MNC · 4-2-3-1

  1. 31EdersonG
  2. 6Nathan AkéCD-L
  3. 3Rúben DiasCD-R
  4. 21Sergio GómezLB
  5. 2Kyle WalkerRB
  6. 19Julián ÁlvarezAM
  7. 16RodriLM
  8. 27Matheus NunesRM
  9. 9Erling HaalandF
  10. 47Phil FodenAM-L
  11. 20Bernardo SilvaAM-R

RSB · 5-3-2

  1. 18Omri GlazerG
  2. 15Aleksandar DragovicCD
  3. 23Milan RodicCD-L
  4. 24Nasser DjigaCD-R
  5. 80Stefan MitrovicLB
  6. 33Srdjan MijailovicRB
  7. 6Marko StamenicCM
  8. 4Mirko IvanicCM-L
  9. 66Hwang In-BeomCM-R
  10. 9Cherif NdiayeCF-L
  11. 30Osman BukariCF-R

Timeline

  1. 24' Rodri (Manchester City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 32' Milan Rodic (Red Star Belgrade) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 44' Substitution, Manchester City. Jérémy Doku replaces Bernardo Silva.
  4. 45' Goal! Manchester City 0, Red Star Belgrade 1. Osman Bukari (Red Star Belgrade) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Mirko Ivanic with a through ball.Goal awarded following VAR Review.
  5. 47' Goal! Manchester City 1, Red Star Belgrade 1. Julián Álvarez (Manchester City) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Erling Haaland with a through ball.
  6. 56' Rúben Dias (Manchester City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  7. 58' Substitution, Manchester City. Manuel Akanji replaces Sergio Gómez.
  8. 60' Goal! Manchester City 2, Red Star Belgrade 1. Julián Álvarez (Manchester City) from a free kick with a right footed shot to the top right corner.
  9. 68' Substitution, Red Star Belgrade. Peter Olayinka replaces Mirko Ivanic.
  10. 68' Substitution, Red Star Belgrade. Jean-Philippe Krasso replaces Cherif Ndiaye.
  11. 73' Goal! Manchester City 3, Red Star Belgrade 1. Rodri (Manchester City) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Phil Foden.
  12. 77' Substitution, Red Star Belgrade. Vladimir Lucic replaces Stefan Mitrovic.
  13. 82' Marko Stamenic (Red Star Belgrade) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  14. 82' Substitution, Red Star Belgrade. Kings Kangwa replaces Hwang In-Beom.
  15. 83' Substitution, Manchester City. Oscar Bobb replaces Phil Foden.
  16. 83' Substitution, Manchester City. Kalvin Phillips replaces Rodri.
  17. 83' Substitution, Manchester City. Rico Lewis replaces Rúben Dias.
  18. 83' Substitution, Red Star Belgrade. Milos Degenek replaces Osman Bukari.

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