Celtic 3-3 Manchester City: result and report

Champions League · Wednesday 28 September 2016

Result

Celtic 3-3 Manchester City

Champions League · Wednesday 28 September 2016, 18:45 UTC · half-time 2-2

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Celtic 3-3 Manchester City: match report

Celtic drew with Manchester City 3-3 in the Champions League on Wednesday 28 September 2016. It was 2-2 at half-time.

Moussa Dembélé opened the scoring in the 3rd minute. Celtic's goals came from Moussa Dembélé (3'), an own goal by Raheem Sterling (20') and Moussa Dembélé (47'). Manchester City scored through Fernandinho (11'), Raheem Sterling (28') and Nolito (55').

Neither side received a card.

Going into the game Celtic were 12th on 8 points from 7 and Manchester City 9th on 9 points from 3. This fixture belongs to an earlier Champions League season and is kept for reference.

Celtic lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Manchester City in a 4-1-4-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Moussa Dembélé of Celtic (8.2), ahead of Fernandinho (7.8).

Going into the match Celtic's last five read L-L-W-D-D and Manchester City's W-W-W.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 3'Goal · Moussa DembéléCeltic · 1-0
  • 11'Goal · FernandinhoManchester City · 1-1
  • 20'Own goal · Raheem SterlingCeltic · 2-1
  • 28'Goal · Raheem SterlingManchester City · 2-2
  • 47'Goal · Moussa DembéléCeltic · 3-2
  • 55'Goal · NolitoManchester City · 3-3

Team news

Celtic line-up (4-2-3-1)

Craig Gordon, Mikael Lustig, Kolo Touré, Erik Sviatchenko, Kieran Tierney, Scott Brown, Nir Bitton, James Forrest, Tom Rogić, Scott Sinclair, Moussa Dembélé

Manchester City line-up (4-1-4-1)

Claudio Bravo, Pablo Zabaleta, Nicolás Otamendi, Aleksandar Kolarov, Gaël Clichy, Fernandinho, Raheem Sterling, İlkay Gündoğan, David Silva, Nolito, Sergio Agüero