Manchester City bounce back twice against Lyon to secure spot in last-16
Relive all the action from the clash at the top of Group F
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Your support makes all the difference.Aymeric Laporte and Sergio Aguero struck as Manchester City twice came from behind to qualify for the Champions League last 16 with a 2-2 draw at Lyon.
The outstanding Maxwel Cornet grabbed both goals for the hosts, who outplayed the Premier League champions for large spells at the Groupama Stadium.
The Ivory Coast forward opened the scoring in the 55th minute and restored the lead after Laporte's first equaliser, but Aguero had the final word.
The result was enough to ensure City will play in the knockout stages, but they will have to wait until the visit of Hoffenheim next month to try to secure top spot in Group F.
Given the way the game unfolded, City will be glad to be leaving France with a result.
PA
What time is it?
The match kicks off at 8pm GMT.
How to watch...
The game will be shown live on BT Sport 3 and can be streamed online via the BT Sport app.
Odds...
Lyon 13/2
Draw 4/1
Manchester City 4/9
Prediction...
Lyon 2-3 Manchester City.
Manchester United vs Young Boys, 14 minutes
A nice move from the hosts with a number of players combining down the left results in another opening for Marcus Rashford.
Rashford shoots from the left with his weaker foot and can't produce the requisite power to truly test David von Ballmoos in the Young Boys goal.
Marcus Rashford missed a good early one-on-one opportunity, his chipped effort just landing the wrong side of the crossbar.
Lyon 0-0 Manchester City, 18 minutes
Clearly headers and volleys isn't part of the French training regime as Marcelo becomes the second Lyon player to completely butcher an attempted volley.
We finally see a replay of that Memphis Depay missed chance and it gets worse every time you watch it.
He's in front of Kyle Walker and not under a huge amount of pressure, while the ball is about shin high. Depay just completely misses his attempted side foot as it catches only his studs with goal agape. City fortunate to be level.
Manchester United 0-0 Young Boys, 22 minutes
A severely underhit lay-off from Jesse Lingard in the general direction of Nemanja Matic allows Young Boys to nip in and break.
The attack breaks down after a fairly obvious pull back from Luke Shaw disrupts the momentum of a supporting player. Shaw somehow escapes caution, though Matic does go into Felix Brych's book for his folio-through trying to retrieve Lingard's pass.
Lyon 0-0 Manchester City, 24 minutes
Memphis Depay stands over a free kick about 30 yards from goal. As the cliche goes, he can hit them...
A decent effort, but he didn't really worry Ederson who watched it beyond his right-hand post.
Still an open nature about this game. You suspect it won't finish goalless...
Manchester United 0-0 Young Boys, 26 minutes
A fantastic driven pass through the lines from Chris Smalling is turned on by an equally excellent touch from Jesse Lingard into Marcus Rashford's path.
Rashford fancies a shot at goal and hits it well, low towards the bottom corner to the right of David von Ballmoos. The Swiss goalkeeper has it covered but retracts his gloves as the ball bounces wide of his post.
Lyon 0-0 Manchester City, 29 minutes
Another huge chance for Lyon!
Superb driving play down the left from Ferland Mendy takes him beyond Kyle Walker, and his low cross finds Maxwel Cornet completely free at the far post.
The Ivorian striker opts to take a touch, which is heavy. Cornet just about latches on to it nonetheless, but his finish is wide under pressure from Aymeric Laporte. He could perhaps have taken it on first time, but even with a touch he should have had time to simply slot home.
A second huge opportunity squandered by Lyon inside the first half hour. Will they live to regret them?
Manchester United 0-0 Young Boys, 36 minutes
Better play from Young Boys and Miralem Sulejmani lines up a left-footed drive from about ten yards out on the left of the box.
Chris Smalling leaps and extends a leg as he lunges to his left, blocking the shot well, before recovering to be back in position as the Swiss side recover to help repel that movement, too.
Strong defending from the centre-half.
Manchester United 0-0 Young Boys, 38 minutes
A lovely dummy from Marcus Rashford, completely fooling Young Boys captain Steve Von Bergen before being crowded out with a lack of support around him as he charges forward.
Von Bergen is in a little bit of bother after his attempted challenge. He slid awkwardly on his knee and a change may be being prepared.
Von Bergen isn't keen to go off, however, and is trying to run it off. Grimacing, he trudges to the sideline for more treatment but soon rejoins affairs after Marouane Fellaini is flagged offside. Still in some discomfort, though.
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