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Sporting CP take on Manchester City in the Champions League tonight with manager Ruben Amorim getting a taste of what it will be like to go up against Pep Guardiola before joining Manchester United later this month.
Amorim was confirmed as United’s new boss last week but will not make the move to Old Trafford until November 11 meaning he has two more games in charge of Sporting. The Portuguese side have won two and drawn one of their three Champions League matches so far putting them eighth in the table level on points with City.
Guardiola’s men are third due to their superior goal difference but will be hoping to remain inside the automatic qualifying spots by collecting three points tonight. The Premier League champions suffered a shock defeat to Bournemouth at the weekend and will want to bounce back despite facing Sporting away from home.
Follow all the action from the Champions League with our live blog below:
Sporting CP 4-1 Man City
Sporting bring off Trincao for Harder, and the game has petered out now.
Chris Wilson5 November 2024 21:48
Sporting CP 4-1 Man City
Kovacic comes off for Kevin De Bruyne, while Sporting bring off Quenda for Eduardo Quaresma.
Chris Wilson5 November 2024 21:44
Sporting CP 4-1 Man City
Sporting have another promising counter, this one led by Trincao as he picks the ball up in his own half and skips past a challenge before feeding it to Catamo, but the latter is tackled by Nunes.
Chris Wilson5 November 2024 21:42
GOAL! Sporting CP 4-1 Man City
GOAL! Gyokeres makes it 4-1!
Ederson guesses the right way but Gyokeres fires a confident penalty past him, low and to the ‘keeper’s right, right into the corner.
Chris Wilson5 November 2024 21:40
PENALTY! Sporting CP 3-1 Man City
Too easy for the home side. It’s decent defending initially from City to block a couple of shots, but Catamo picks it up on the edge of the box and simply runs around the defence before being dragged down by Nunes! The Portuguese is booked.
Chris Wilson5 November 2024 21:39
Sporting CP 3-1 Man City
CLOSE! Sporting break again and Pote threads the ball into the path of Gyokeres. He’s bearing down on goal and he cuts inside as he tries to take it past Ederson, but he ends up blasting his shot straight at Ederson.
Chris Wilson5 November 2024 21:38
Sporting CP 3-1 Man City
There’s a little follow-through on a challenge from Savinho, and the crowd want a second yellow, but there was nothing in it.
Chris Wilson5 November 2024 21:35
Sporting CP 3-1 Man City
There’s a brief delay after some scuffling in the box. Foden floats in an inviting cross, which ends up flying narrowly wide of the far post.
Sporting make three changes: Morita, Matheus Reis and Araujo are replaced by St. Juste, Daniel Braganca and Geny Catamo.
Chris Wilson5 November 2024 21:34