Manchester City vs Sevilla LIVE: Result and reaction as City win Super Cup via penalty shootout
Man City 1-1 Sevilla (5-4 pens): The Champions League winners defeated the Europa League champions
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Your support makes all the difference.Manchester City win another trophy. It should have been inevitable given the superiority Pep Guardiola’s team have over, pretty much, every other team last season. City are treble-winners and won the elusive Champions League for the first time. They came into the Uefa Super Cup as massive favourites but needed a penalty shootout to get the job done.
Sevilla struck first. They were the better team in the opening 45 minutes as City failed to get up to the tempo of the match. Youssef En-Nesyri leapt above Nathan Ake to meet Marcos Acuna’s cross and nod the Spaniards in front. That goal saw them go into half-time with the lead but it woke City up.
Guardiola’s men then pushed on in the second half and equalised through Cole Palmer. Like En-Nesyri he slotted home a fine header and drew City level. The match went to a penalty shootout and the Champions League winners were perfect. They scored all five before Nemanja Gudelj missed his spot kick and gifted them the trophy.
Relive the action as Manchester City defeated Sevilla in the Super Cup:
Manchester City’s Super Cup victory shows that Cole Palmer is a gem to be treasured
First Istanbul, then Athens. Manchester City have bookended their summer by going from east Manchester to eastern Europe and returning with continental trophies. They added the Super Cup to the Champions League, their fourth piece of silverware of 2023, when Sevilla’s Nemanja Gudelj became the only player to miss in a penalty shootout.
Erling Haaland, Julian Alvarez, Mateo Kovacic, Jack Grealish and Kyle Walker – the captain, a particularly rare penalty taker, breathed a sigh of relief when his effort squeezed under Bono – found the net in an increasingly tense shootout. There was outstanding goalkeeping in the preceding 90 minutes but neither Ederson nor Bono made a save thereafter and when Gudelj’s spot kick was a fraction high, the City celebrations began.
If Ederson was one who starred for a depleted City side, so did Cole Palmer, the youngster developing a taste for the big occasion. In two August finals, Palmer has scored two excellent goals, a Community Shield strike and a Super Cup equaliser; only Michael Owen had previously done the double of scoring in each in the same season.
Manchester City’s Super Cup victory shows that Cole Palmer is a gem to be treasured
Manchester City 1-1 Sevilla (5-4 pens): Nemanja Gudelj missed the decisive penalty as City won the Uefa Super Cup
Manchester City win the Super Cup after penalty shootout!
City midfielder Jack Grealish speaking to TNT Sports: “It was unbelievable. The manager made it so clear to us before the game how much he wants this trophy. You want to win everything anyway but that gave us more of an urge. it was a brilliant feeling.
“Over the last 10 or 15 years this club has been so successful, they’ve won so many Premier Leagues, FA Cups, Carabao Cups. We’ve been waiting for this. To add another one to the collection. This is what I came here to do.
“It was so hot and humid. They made it hard for us, fair play, they’re a good team.
“Getting the break at half-time, getting some words from the manager was important. We changed a few things. A good night all round.”
On Cole Palmer: “That’s what you have to do as a young lad. I was in that position at Villa. You have to perform when given the chance and he’s done that. He’s such a nice kid, I’m so happy for him.
“We’ll go home tonight. We have another game in three days. Straight to recovery and then back to the Premier League.”
Manchester City win the Super Cup after penalty shootout!
Manchester City win the Super Cup after penalty shootout!
The celebrations are in full swing now after the trophy presentation. Kyle Walker stepped up to lift the Super Cup for Manchester Cup and the team yelled out in celebration and delight.
Great scenes.
Manchester City win the Super Cup after penalty shootout!
Manchester City win the Super Cup after penalty shootout!
This is the first time Manchester City have won the Uefa Super Cup on their first ever attempt.
It is also City’s fourth trophy of 2023.
Penalties: Man City 5-4 Sevilla
Nemanja Gudelj can’t miss. The centre-back goes for power and smokes his spot kick onto the crossbar!
He’s missed and Manchester City win the Super Cup!
Penalties: Man City 5-4 Sevilla
Manchester City’s captain tonight, Kyle Walker, is taking their final penalty. He goes low and Bono gets a hand to it but the ball squirts under his arm and goes in!
Penalties: Man City 4-4 Sevilla
Gonzalo Montiel pings a side-footed penalty into the back of the net too! This is a good penalty shootout.
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