Full Time: Man City 5:1 AEK Athens | 20 October 2026 | UEFA Champions League

Full time · Updated 23:22 SAST

Man City

5 – 1

AEK Athens

Match Report

Man City secured a 5-1 victory over AEK Athens.

The confirmed scorers were Elliot Anderson for Manchester City (12′), Phil Foden for Manchester City (34′), Stavros Pilios for AEK Athens (52′), Rayan Cherki for Manchester City (57′), Phil Foden for Manchester City (65′), Phil Foden for Manchester City (76′).

The half-time score was 2-0 before the second-half action completed the result.

Match timeline

1. 90’+2′

   Second Half ends, Manchester City 5, AEK Athens 1.

2. 83′

   Substitution, AEK Athens. Milán Vitális replaces Luka Jovic.

3. 83′

   Substitution, AEK Athens. Mijat Gacinovic replaces Kervin Arriaga.

4. 83′

   Substitution, Manchester City. Kaden Braithwaite replaces Rúben Dias.

5. 76′

   Goal! Manchester City 5, AEK Athens 1. Phil Foden (Manchester City) left footed shot from very close range to the top left corner. Assisted by Ryan McAidoo.

6. 72′

   Substitution, Manchester City. Rayan Aït-Nouri replaces Enzo Fernández.

7. 72′

   Substitution, Manchester City. Vitor Reis replaces Josko Gvardiol.

8. 65′

   Goal! Manchester City 4, AEK Athens 1. Phil Foden (Manchester City) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Rico Lewis.

9. 63′

   Substitution, AEK Athens. Oleksandr Zubkov replaces João Mário.

10. 62′

    Substitution, Manchester City. Ryan McAidoo replaces Floyd Samba.

11. 61′

    Match update

12. 61′

    Delay over. They are ready to continue.

13. 60′

    Delay in match because of an injury Josko Gvardiol (Manchester City).

14. 60′

    Delay in match because of an injury Lovro Majer (AEK Athens).

15. 59′

    Josko Gvardiol (Manchester City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

16. 57′

    Goal! Manchester City 3, AEK Athens 1. Rayan Cherki (Manchester City) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Phil Foden.

17. 52′

    Goal! Manchester City 2, AEK Athens 1. Stavros Pilios (AEK Athens) left footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Zine following a fast break.

18. 45′

    Second Half begins Manchester City 2, AEK Athens 0.

19. 45′

    Substitution, AEK Athens. Zine replaces Barnabás Varga.

20. 45′

    Substitution, AEK Athens. Aboubakary Koïta replaces Razvan Marin.

21. 45’+2′

    First Half ends, Manchester City 2, AEK Athens 0.

22. 34′

    Goal! Manchester City 2, AEK Athens 0. Phil Foden (Manchester City) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box to the top right corner. Assisted by Rico Lewis.

23. 12′

    Goal! Manchester City 1, AEK Athens 0. Elliot Anderson (Manchester City) left footed shot from very close range to the high centre of the goal following a set piece situation.

24. Match update

Starting lineups

Manchester City (4-2-3-1)

1. Gianluigi Donnarumma
2. Rúben Dias
3. Abdukodir Khusanov
4. Josko Gvardiol
5. Rico Lewis
6. Rayan Cherki
7. Enzo Fernández
8. Elliot Anderson
9. Floyd Samba
10. Allan Elias
11. Phil Foden

AEK Athens (4-4-2)

1. Alberto Brignoli
2. Filipe Relvas
3. Harold Moukoudi
4. Stavros Pilios
5. Lazaros Rota
6. Razvan Marin
7. Kervin Arriaga
8. João Mário
9. Lovro Majer
10. Barnabás Varga
11. Luka Jovic

Match statistics

Man City Statistic AEK Athens 63.6 Possession 36.4 17 Shots 11 7 On target 3 8 Corners 3 6 Fouls 10 1 Yellow cards 0 0 Red cards 0

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