The match is over and the final score is Juventus 2-0 Man City. Here is the match report.
UEFA Champions League 2024/2025
2-0
- Dusan Vlahovic (53')
- McKennie (75')
Match report
Manchester City's hopes of reaching the knockout stages of the Champions League suffered a huge blow after they were defeated 2-0 by Juventus on Wednesday.
Pep Guardiola's side have now won just one of their last ten matches in all competitions, making this their seventh defeat in that run.
It leaves them 22nd in the 36-team table, while their last two matches are against Paris Saint-Germain, who are also at risk of elimination, and Club Brugge.
An opening period with no clear chances came to life before the break, but Erling Haaland saw his close-range effort saved by Michele Di Gregorio.
But eight minutes after the restart, the home side took the lead through Dusan Vlahovic's header, although Ederson will feel he should have done better at his near post.
And with City pushing for an equalizer and Ilkay Gundogan and Kevin De Bruyne close, Juventus were able to double their score against the run of play.
Substitute Weston McKennie marked his return from injury with a goal, firing home Timothy Weah's cross to move the Serie A side up to 14th in the standings.
FULL TIME | Defeat in Turin2-0 #ManCity | #UCL pic.twitter.com/ROvVglP0LR
— Manchester City (@ManCity) December 11, 2024
Data debriefing: issues in Turin
After a run of six defeats in seven games, City had shown some of their old selves when they beat Nottingham Forest, but have since failed to build on that triumph.
And they failed to create many chances at the Allianz Stadium, with an expected goals total (xG) of 0.97 from their 12 shots despite having 68.9% possession.
For the first time in his managerial career, Guardiola has failed to win three games in a row in the group/league stages of the Champions League (D1 L2). For the Citizens it is now the longest series since the 2014/2015 season (4 – D2 L2).
They have gone eight games without a clean sheet in all competitions; the longest streak in Guardiola's managerial career (also a streak of eight in October 2016).
Competition events
0' The match is about to start!
5' match event for Juventus vs Man City
6' Danilo plays through to Vlahovic, whose shot is blocked by Ruben Dias
8' Lewis is almost caught by Conceicao, who is down and needs the physios
11' match event for Juventus vs Man City
19' Yildiz hits a shot from 25 meters, but it goes just wide of the far post
24' Nice play between Doku and De Bruyne whose cross is cleared in the penalty area
25' match event for Juventus vs Man City
29' The ball ends up in the penalty area for Vlahovic, but the ball runs away before he can shoot
32' Yildiz runs to the left, cuts into the penalty area, but his pass is blocked by Dias
33' Koopmeiners clinks Clement Turpin, the referee of this match
37' Haaland's shot hits Teun Koopmeiners and then deflects off the big Norwegian
39' Danilo's attempt from 20 meters comes straight at Ederson
41' Kevin de Bruyne plays a world-class through ball into Haaland whose shot is saved
46' Yildiz makes a shot and an offside teammate checks it
47' Kevin de Bruyne picks out Ilkay Gundogan in the penalty area, but his shot is blocked
53' Vlahovic's header from close range opens the scoring! Juventus 1-0 Manchester City
56' A cross from Dusan Vlahovic is headed wide by Nicolo Savona
58' Grealish picks out Silva in space in the penalty area, but his effort is blocked by Danilo
58' match event for Juventus vs Man City
61' Ederson drops a cross, but City gets away with it
63' match event for Juventus vs Man City
64' Doku plays a one-two with De Bruyne and his cross is blocked
65' De Bruyne gets a chance from twenty meters away, he hits the ball well and the ball goes just wide
68' Highlight of Juventus vs Man City
70' Weah and Weston McKennie came on for Francisco Conceicao and Khephren Thuram
72' Highlight of Juventus vs Man City
74' Weston McKennie shoots into the net and doubles the lead! Juventus 2-0 Manchester City
78' match event for Juventus vs Man City
79' Savinho comes on for Jeremy Doku
83' First player booked is Jack Grealish for a lunge on Manuel Locatelli
84' Juventus sends on Douglas Luiz and Mbangula for Vlahovic and Kenan Yildiz
86' Bernardo Silva collides with the Juventus keeper and receives a yellow card
87' Matheus Nunes replaces Jack Grealish at Manchester City
Setups
Juventus
Subs: Pinsoglio, Perin, Douglas Luiz, McKennie, Timothy Weah, Nicolò Fagioli, Samuel Mbangula, Jonas Rouhi, Vasilije Adžić
Man City XI: Walker, Gündogan, De Bruyne, Ederson, Grealish, Ruben Dias, Bernardo, Haaland, Jérémy Doku, Josko Gvardiol, Rico Lewis
Subs: Stefan Ortega, Kovacic, Foden, Matheus Nunes, Josh Wilson-Esbrand, James McAtee, Savinho, Nico O'Reilly, Jacob Wright, Jahmai Simpson-Pusey, M. Hudson
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