UEFA Champions League

Club Brugge vs Man City 2021-22 UEFA Champions League, Group Stage

  • 81': Hans Vanaken
FT
1 - 5
  • 30': João Cancelo
  • 43': Riyad Mahrez (P)
  • 53': Kyle Walker
  • 67': Cole Palmer
  • 84': Riyad Mahrez

Manchester City hit five past Club Brugge in Champions League thrashing

Manchester City eased to a comfortable 5-1 win at Club Brugge in the Champions League on Tuesday.

Match Commentary

  • 0': First Half begins.
  • 24': Clinton Mata (Club Brugge) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 30': Goal! Club Brugge 0, Manchester City 1. João Cancelo (Manchester City) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Phil Foden with a through ball.
  • 32': Aymeric Laporte (Manchester City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 43': Goal! Club Brugge 0, Manchester City 2. Riyad Mahrez (Manchester City) converts the penalty with a left footed shot to the bottom left corner.
  • 45': Stanley N'Soki (Club Brugge) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 53': Goal! Club Brugge 0, Manchester City 3. Kyle Walker (Manchester City) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Kevin De Bruyne with a through ball.
  • 56': Substitution, Club Brugge. Ruud Vormer replaces Mats Rits.
  • 56': Substitution, Club Brugge. Ignace van der Brempt replaces Kamal Sowah.
  • 57': Substitution, Manchester City. Nathan Aké replaces Aymeric Laporte.
  • 57': Substitution, Manchester City. Ilkay Gündogan replaces Bernardo Silva.
  • 64': Substitution, Manchester City. Raheem Sterling replaces Phil Foden.
  • 64': Substitution, Manchester City. Cole Palmer replaces Kevin De Bruyne.
  • 65': Éder Balanta (Club Brugge) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 67': Goal! Club Brugge 0, Manchester City 4. Cole Palmer (Manchester City) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Raheem Sterling following a fast break.
  • 68': Substitution, Club Brugge. Noah Mbamba-Muanda replaces Éder Balanta.
  • 71': Substitution, Manchester City. Fernandinho replaces Rodri.
  • 79': Substitution, Club Brugge. Brandon Mechele replaces Stanley N'Soki.
  • 79': Substitution, Club Brugge. Bas Dost replaces Charles De Ketelaere.
  • 81': Goal! Club Brugge 1, Manchester City 4. Hans Vanaken (Club Brugge) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Ruud Vormer.
  • 84': Goal! Club Brugge 1, Manchester City 5. Riyad Mahrez (Manchester City) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Fernandinho with a through ball.
  • 90'+5': Second Half ends, Club Brugge 1, Manchester City 5.

Game Information

Competition: UEFA Champions League

Venue: Jan Breydelstadion
Location: Brugge, Belgium
Attendance: 24,915

UEFA Champions League Standings

POS TEAM GP GD PTS
+11 Bayern Munich 4 12 0
+11 Arsenal 4 12 0
+10 Internazionale 4 12 0
+7 Manchester City 4 10 0
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Statistics

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8 Fouls 10
1 Yellow Cards 3
0 Red Cards 0
4 Offsides 4
4 Corner Kicks 4
1 Saves 4
63.5 Possession 36.5
22 SHOTS 5
9 ON GOAL 2
0.4 On Target % 0.4
1 Penalty Goals 0
1 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
558 Accurate Passes 263
629 Passes 353
0.9 Pass Completion % 0.7
1 Accurate Crosses 3
7 Crosses 10
0.1 Cross % 0.3
55 Long Balls 73
32 Accurate Long Balls 34
0.6 Long Balls % 0.5
4 Blocked Shots 1
7 Effective Tackles 11
17 Tackles 21
0.4 Tackle % 0.5
15 Interceptions 15
7 Effective Clearances 9
7 Clearances 9

Line-Ups

BRU Club Brugge (4-4-1-1)

No. Name
22 Simon Mignolet (GK)
4 Stanley N'Soki Yellow Card
5 Jack Hendry
2 Eduard Sobol
77 Clinton Mata Yellow Card
3 Éder Balanta Yellow Card
26 Mats Rits
10 Noa Lang
19 Kamal Sowah
90 Charles De Ketelaere
20 Hans Vanaken

MNC Manchester City (4-3-3)

No. Name
31 Ederson (GK)
14 Aymeric Laporte Yellow Card
3 Rúben Dias
27 João Cancelo
2 Kyle Walker
16 Rodri
20 Bernardo Silva
17 Kevin De Bruyne
47 Phil Foden
10 Jack Grealish
26 Riyad Mahrez

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