Manchester City 2-1 Villarreal: result and report
Champions League · Tuesday 18 October 2011
Result
Manchester City 2-1 Villarreal
Champions League · Tuesday 18 October 2011, 18:45 UTC · half-time 1-1
Manchester City 2-1 Villarreal: match report
Manchester City defeated Villarreal 2-1 in the Champions League on Tuesday 18 October 2011. The half-time score was 1-1.
Cani opened the scoring in the 4th minute. Manchester City's goals came from an own goal by Marchena (43') and Sergio Agüero (90+4'). Villarreal scored through Cani (4').
Discipline: Manchester City received no yellow cards; Villarreal received 4 yellow cards.
Going into the game Manchester City were 59th on 1 point from 2 and Villarreal 45th on 3 points from 4. This fixture belongs to an earlier Champions League season and is kept for reference.
Manchester City lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Villarreal in a 4-2-3-1.
Key events
- 4'Goal · Cani
- 33'Yellow card · Catalá
- 43'Own goal · Marchena
- 68'Yellow card · Giuseppe Rossi
- 90+2'Yellow card · Mario Gaspar
- 90+4'Goal · Sergio Agüero
- 90+4'Yellow card · Diego López
Team news
Manchester City expected line-up (4-2-3-1)
Micah Richards, Jérôme Boateng, Shaun Wright-Phillips, Adam Johnson, James Milner, David Silva, Germán Gonzalo Cabrera
Villarreal line-up (4-2-3-1)
Diego López, Gonzalo Rodríguez, Cristián Zapata, José Manuel Catalá, Marchena, Jonathan de Guzmán, Cani, Borja Valero, Bruno, Hernán Pérez, Giuseppe Rossi