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.
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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.
GOAL! Lyon 1-0 Manchester City (Maxwel Cornet, 54 minutes)
What a goal!
A fantastic finish. Memphis Depay collects an excellent diagonal from a quickly-taken Marcelo free kick, and gets his head up.
He switches it across the box to Maxwel Cornet, who collects and faces up to Oleksandr Zinchenko.
Rolling it out of his feet, the Ivorian unleashes a curling shot across goal (taking the slightest of touches off Zinchenko's toe) that buries itself in the top corner past the despairing Ederson.
Lyon have a deserved lead.
Manchester United 0-0 Young Boys, 55 minutes
A chance for Manchester United. It is clever footwork from Anthony Martial to find room, before a heavy touch from the Frenchman frees Marcus Rashford.
Rashford is offside but the flag is not raised, and he should do better than just finding the side netting.
Lyon 1-0 Manchester City, 58 minutes
A superb stop from Anthony Lopes in the Lyon goal.
Sergio Aguero meets a cross beautifully and his header looks to be heading for the corner.
Lopes flies to his left and gets a big paw on the ball to bat it away.
Manchester United 0-0 Young Boys, 57 minutes
A chance for Marouane Fellaini, but the Belgian (now shorn of the trademark afro) leans back on his volley and slices some distance over the crossbar.
Lyon 1-0 Manchester City, 61 minutes
Ferland Mendy is caught out by Riyad Mahrez's change of direction and hauls the Algerian down, and earns a caution.
A good chance to deliver, this...
GOAL! Lyon 1-1 Manchester City (Aymeric Laporte, 62 minutes)
And deliver City do!
Raheem Sterling whips in an out swinger that is flicked on at the near post.
Aymeric Laporte has been City's best player tonight and rises highest at the far post, directing his header brilliantly to beat Anthony Lopes and level things up. 1-1.
Lyon 1-1 Manchester City, 64 minutes
City nearly snatch the lead in the wake of the goal, too, where Leroy Sane's firm shot goes through Lopes, but the Portuguese goalkeeper is just about able to recover and retrieve the ball before it Sergio Aguero can turn it in or it trickles over the line.
Manchester United 0-0 Young Boys, 64 minutes
A waste from the visitors, working a four-on-three with Manchester United slow to recover and get back.
A poor diagonal pass and Phil Jones chests the ball back to David De Gea.
Changes from Jose Mourinho. Off go Fred and Jesse Lingard, on come two of the big guns: Romelu Lukaku and Paul Pogba.
Maxwel Cornet gave Lyon a 1-0 lead against Manchester City...
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