UEFA Champions League

Manchester City vs Napoli, 2025-26 UEFA Champions League, League Phase

· UEFA Champions League
  • 56': Erling Haaland
  • 65': Jérémy Doku
FT
2 - 0
  • Red Card 21': Giovanni Di Lorenzo

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.

Match Commentary

  • 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
  • 0': First Half begins.
  • 4': Attempt missed. Rúben Dias (Manchester City) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Jérémy Doku.
  • 5': Foul by Jérémy Doku (Manchester City).
  • 5': Matteo Politano (Napoli) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 9': Attempt saved. Tijjani Reijnders (Manchester City) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal by Vanja Milinkovic-Savic (Napoli). Assisted by Jérémy Doku.
  • 9': Corner, Manchester City. Conceded by Vanja Milinkovic-Savic.
  • 10': Attempt blocked. Jérémy Doku (Manchester City) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Phil Foden with a cross.
  • 10': Delay in match because of an injury Rasmus Højlund (Napoli).
  • 10': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  • 10': Foul by Matteo Politano (Napoli).
  • 10': Jérémy Doku (Manchester City) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 15': Corner, Manchester City. Conceded by Matteo Politano.
  • 15': Attempt missed. Erling Haaland (Manchester City) header from the centre of the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Phil Foden with a cross following a corner.
  • 16': Corner, Napoli. Conceded by Nico O'Reilly.
  • 17': Attempt saved. Sam Beukema (Napoli) header from very close range is saved in the bottom left corner by Gianluigi Donnarumma (Manchester City). Assisted by Matteo Politano with a cross.
  • 17': Offside, Napoli. Rasmus Højlund is caught offside.
  • 18': Erling Haaland (Manchester City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 18': Foul by Giovanni Di Lorenzo (Napoli).
  • 20': VAR Decision: Card upgraded Giovanni Di Lorenzo (Napoli).
  • 21': Giovanni Di Lorenzo (Napoli) is shown the red card.
  • 22': Attempt blocked. Tijjani Reijnders (Manchester City) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
  • 23': Corner, Manchester City. Conceded by Stanislav Lobotka.
  • 24': Attempt missed. Erling Haaland (Manchester City) header from the centre of the box is just a bit too high. Assisted by Tijjani Reijnders with a cross.
  • 26': Substitution, Napoli. Mathías Olivera replaces Kevin De Bruyne.
  • 27': Foul by Nico O'Reilly (Manchester City).
  • 27': Sam Beukema (Napoli) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 30': Corner, Manchester City. Conceded by Alessandro Buongiorno.
  • 31': Attempt saved. Phil Foden (Manchester City) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner by Vanja Milinkovic-Savic (Napoli). Assisted by Rodri.
  • 32': Attempt blocked. Josko Gvardiol (Manchester City) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Phil Foden.
  • 33': Corner, Napoli. Conceded by Nico O'Reilly.
  • 38': Attempt saved. Rodri (Manchester City) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner by Vanja Milinkovic-Savic (Napoli).
  • 38': Offside, Manchester City. Jérémy Doku is caught offside.
  • 40': Corner, Manchester City. Conceded by Sam Beukema.
  • 41': Attempt saved. Nico O'Reilly (Manchester City) header from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner by Vanja Milinkovic-Savic (Napoli). Assisted by Bernardo Silva with a cross.
  • 41': Corner, Manchester City. Conceded by Vanja Milinkovic-Savic.
  • 41': Attempt saved. Josko Gvardiol (Manchester City) header from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner by Vanja Milinkovic-Savic (Napoli). Assisted by Phil Foden with a cross.
  • 41': Attempt blocked. Rúben Dias (Manchester City) header from the right side of the six yard box is blocked. Assisted by Phil Foden with a cross.
  • 41': Attempt blocked. Abdukodir Khusanov (Manchester City) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
  • 41': Delay in match because of an injury Matteo Politano (Napoli).
  • 42': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  • 42': Attempt missed. Josko Gvardiol (Manchester City) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Rodri.
  • 45': Attempt missed. Tijjani Reijnders (Manchester City) header from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Phil Foden with a through ball.
  • 45': Fourth official has announced 4 minutes of added time.
  • 45'+2': Attempt saved. Tijjani Reijnders (Manchester City) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal by Vanja Milinkovic-Savic (Napoli). Assisted by Bernardo Silva.
  • 45'+3': Foul by Matteo Politano (Napoli).
  • 45'+3': Jérémy Doku (Manchester City) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 45'+4': Attempt missed. Erling Haaland (Manchester City) right footed shot from the left side of the six yard box is close, but misses to the left following a set piece situation.
  • 45'+4': First Half ends, Manchester City 0, Napoli 0.
  • 45': Second Half begins Manchester City 0, Napoli 0.
  • 48': Attempt blocked. Nico O'Reilly (Manchester City) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Rodri.
  • 48': Attempt missed. Tijjani Reijnders (Manchester City) left footed shot from the left side of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Jérémy Doku.
  • 48': Corner, Manchester City. Conceded by Sam Beukema.
  • 50': Attempt missed. Phil Foden (Manchester City) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the left is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Jérémy Doku.
  • 52': Foul by Matteo Politano (Napoli).
  • 52': Jérémy Doku (Manchester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 52': Matteo Politano (Napoli) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 55': Substitution, Napoli. Juan Jesus replaces Matteo Politano.
  • 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.
  • 60': Substitution, Manchester City. Nico González replaces Rodri.
  • 61': Delay in match because of an injury Frank Anguissa (Napoli).
  • 62': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  • 63': Corner, Manchester City. Conceded by Stanislav Lobotka.
  • 63': Attempt missed. Nico González (Manchester City) header from the left side of the six yard box misses to the left. Assisted by Phil Foden with a cross following a corner.
  • 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.
  • 69': Substitution, Manchester City. Savinho replaces Jérémy Doku.
  • 70': Corner, Manchester City. Conceded by Mathías Olivera.
  • 71': Substitution, Napoli. Eljif Elmas replaces Frank Anguissa.
  • 72': Substitution, Napoli. David Neres replaces Rasmus Højlund.
  • 72': Substitution, Napoli. Billy Gilmour replaces Stanislav Lobotka.
  • 80': Foul by Tijjani Reijnders (Manchester City).
  • 80': Scott McTominay (Napoli) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 80': Substitution, Manchester City. Rico Lewis replaces Tijjani Reijnders.
  • 80': Substitution, Manchester City. Nathan Aké replaces Josko Gvardiol.
  • 80': Substitution, Manchester City. Oscar Bobb replaces Erling Haaland.
  • 87': Delay in match because of an injury Alessandro Buongiorno (Napoli).
  • 88': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  • 90'+1': Fourth official has announced 2 minutes of added time.
  • 90'+2': Second Half ends, Manchester City 2, Napoli 0.
  • 0': Match ends, Manchester City 2, Napoli 0.

Statistics

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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

Game Information

Competition: UEFA Champions League

Venue: Etihad Stadium
Location: Manchester, England
Attendance: 49,531

UEFA Champions League Standings

# TEAM GP GD PTS
1 Bayern Munich 2 +6 6
2 Real Madrid 2 +6 6
3 Paris Saint-Germain 2 +5 6
4 Internazionale 2 +5 6
Full Standings

Line-Ups

MNC Manchester City (4-1-4-1)

No. Name
25 Gianluigi Donnarumma (GK)
24 Josko Gvardiol
3 Rúben Dias
16 Rodri
33 Nico O'Reilly
45 Abdukodir Khusanov
4 Tijjani Reijnders
47 Phil Foden
11 Jérémy Doku
20 Bernardo Silva
9 Erling Haaland

NAP Napoli (4-1-4-1)

No. Name
32 Vanja Milinkovic-Savic (GK)
4 Alessandro Buongiorno
31 Sam Beukema
68 Stanislav Lobotka
37 Leonardo Spinazzola
22 Giovanni Di Lorenzo Red Card
11 Kevin De Bruyne
99 Frank Anguissa
8 Scott McTominay
21 Matteo Politano Yellow Card
19 Rasmus Højlund

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