UEFA Champions League

FT Thursday, September 18, 2025
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Match Report

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Haaland, Doku give Man City win over 10-man Napoli

Erling Haaland became the fastest player to reach 50 Champions League goals as the Manchester City star set Pep Guardiola's side on course for a 2-0 victory against 10-man Napoli.

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Team Stats

4
Fouls
3
1
Yellow Cards
0
1
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
1
2
Corner Kicks
9
6
Saves
1
26.2
Possession
73.8
1
SHOTS
23
1
ON GOAL
8
1.0
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
223
Accurate Passes
742
283
Passes
804
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.9
2
Accurate Crosses
9
6
Crosses
24
0.3
Cross %
0.4
42
Long Balls
33
18
Accurate Long Balls
23
0.4
Long Balls %
0.7
0
Blocked Shots
6
8
Effective Tackles
7
11
Tackles
11
0.7
Tackle %
0.6
10
Interceptions
9
22
Effective Clearances
9
22
Clearances
9

Highlights

01:50 What can Newcastle take away from Barcelona defeat? Watch on ESPN 01:52 Are Man City back to their best following Napoli win? Watch on ESPN

Head to Head

MNC leads series 2-1-1

Lineups

MNC · 4-1-4-1

  1. 25Gianluigi DonnarummaG
  2. 24Josko GvardiolCD-L
  3. 3Rúben DiasCD-R
  4. 16RodriDM
  5. 33Nico O'ReillyLB
  6. 45Abdukodir KhusanovRB
  7. 4Tijjani ReijndersCM-L
  8. 47Phil FodenCM-R
  9. 11Jérémy DokuLM
  10. 20Bernardo SilvaRM
  11. 9Erling HaalandF

Substitutes

  1. 6Nathan AkéSUB
  2. 91Stephen MfuniSUB
  3. 26SávioSUB
  4. 52Oscar BobbSUB
  5. 1James TraffordSUB
  6. 27Matheus NunesSUB
  7. 63Divine MukasaSUB
  8. 14Nico GonzálezSUB
  9. 82Rico LewisSUB
  10. 13Marcus BettinelliSUB

NAP · 4-1-4-1

  1. 32Vanja Milinkovic-SavicG
  2. 4Alessandro BuongiornoCD-L
  3. 31Sam BeukemaCD-R
  4. 68Stanislav LobotkaDM
  5. 37Leonardo SpinazzolaLB
  6. 22Giovanni Di LorenzoRB
  7. 11Kevin De BruyneCM-L
  8. 99Frank AnguissaCM-R
  9. 8Scott McTominayLM
  10. 21Matteo PolitanoRM
  11. 19Rasmus HøjlundF

Substitutes

  1. 69Giuseppe AmbrosinoSUB
  2. 26Antonio VergaraSUB
  3. 3Miguel GutiérrezSUB
  4. 7David NeresSUB
  5. 1Alex MeretSUB
  6. 25Mathias FerranteSUB
  7. 70Noa LangSUB
  8. 17Mathías OliveraSUB
  9. 20Eljif ElmasSUB
  10. 27Lorenzo LuccaSUB
  11. 6Billy GilmourSUB
  12. 5Juan JesusSUB

Timeline

  1. 21' Giovanni Di Lorenzo (Napoli) is shown the red card.
  2. 26' Substitution, Napoli. Mathías Olivera replaces Kevin De Bruyne.
  3. 52' Matteo Politano (Napoli) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 55' Substitution, Napoli. Juan Jesus replaces Matteo Politano.
  5. 56' Goal! Manchester City 1, Napoli 0. Erling Haaland (Manchester City) header from the centre of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Phil Foden with a through ball.
  6. 60' Substitution, Manchester City. Nico González replaces Rodri.
  7. 65' Goal! Manchester City 2, Napoli 0. Jérémy Doku (Manchester City) left footed shot from the left side of the six yard box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Tijjani Reijnders.
  8. 69' Substitution, Manchester City. Savinho replaces Jérémy Doku.
  9. 71' Substitution, Napoli. Eljif Elmas replaces Frank Anguissa.
  10. 72' Substitution, Napoli. David Neres replaces Rasmus Højlund.
  11. 72' Substitution, Napoli. Billy Gilmour replaces Stanislav Lobotka.
  12. 80' Substitution, Manchester City. Rico Lewis replaces Tijjani Reijnders.
  13. 80' Substitution, Manchester City. Nathan Aké replaces Josko Gvardiol.
  14. 80' Substitution, Manchester City. Oscar Bobb replaces Erling Haaland.

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