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7 mins: Porto\u2019s front three are pressing high and causing City problems, with Gvardiol almost taken off the ball by William Gomes.<\/p>\n
Share<\/a><\/p>\n 6 mins: A tentative Manchester City<\/a> move forward ends when Haaland pushes his marker down.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 4 mins: Porto are missing their key midfield man, Victor Froholdt, tonight. He was knocked unconscious in a grisly clash of heads during their game against Moreirense on Friday, and spent the night in hospital. He is recovering but understandably not available tonight.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 2 minutes: Porto bring the ball forward but right-back Alberto Costa is penalised for hauling Gvardiol down. It\u2019s raining hard, and the pitch looks slippery.<\/p>\n Share<\/a>Kick-off<\/p>\n Here we go, then. Porto<\/a> are in their usual blue and white stripes; City are wearing their black and gold, bee inspired away kit.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Before kick-off, a minute\u2019s silence to pay tribute to the victims of the recent flash floods in Nepal, which is impeccably observed.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Five minutes until kick-off, and the Est\u00e1dio do Drag\u00e3o feels suitably cauldronesque. It feels like there could be goals in this one \u2013 you can quote me on that later.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Jamie Jackson has noticed something strange<\/a> on Uefa\u2019s official team sheet \u2026<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n It\u2019s also finished AEK Athens 1-0 LASK Linz in the battle of the acronyms* \u2013 you can follow all the other Champions League<\/a> and Carabao Cup action with Daniel Harris.<\/p>\n *I know they may technically not be acronyms; please don\u2019t write in<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a014.41 EDT<\/p>\n FT: Club Brugge 2-3 Aston Villa They were pushed all the way, but Villa begin their campaign with a very useful three points. Rob Smyth has the latest \u2026<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Head to head: Porto have played Manchester City four times in Europe, and are yet to beat them. In the 2020-21 Champions League<\/a>, City won 3-1 at home and drew 0-0 away in the group stage \u2013 before going on to lose the final to Chelsea in this very stadium.<\/p>\n The two sides also met in the 2011-12 Europa League knockouts, with City winning 6-1 on aggregate, before getting bundled out by Sporting in the next round.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Over in Bruges, Aston Villa are holding on to a 3-2 lead with 10 minutes to go. Follow that one with Rob Smyth \u2026<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Maresca has apparently introduced music to training sessions \u2013 Gabby Logan pushes him on the genre, and he says: \u201chouse music \u2013 I like house music, you know, boom-boom-boom.\u201d Italo-house, perchance?<\/p>\n<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Enzo Maresca chats to Amazon Prime before the match: \u201cIt\u2019s a hard place to come, but we\u2019re going to try our best \u2026 it\u2019s the first game, it\u2019s going to be a long run. We\u2019ll see where we are in December and January.\u201d<\/p>\n He\u2019s asked about the pressure of following Pep Guardiola, but brushes it off. \u201cI\u2019m trying to do what I did at Leicester, at Chelsea, it\u2019s nothing different.\u201d On summer signings, he adds: \u201cWe have quality players, that means service for Erling [Haaland], movement between the lines.\u201d<\/p>\n Share<\/a>Team news<\/p>\n Porto (4-3-3): Diogo Costa (c); Alberto Costa, Perez, Kiwior, Fernandes; Rosario, Varela, Veiga; William, Andre Silva, Pepe. Manchester City (4-2-3-1): Donnarumma; Nunes, Dias (c), Guehi, Gvardiol; Bouaddi, Fernandez; Semenyo, Cherki, Foden; Haaland. Referee: Szymon Marciniak (Poland)<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Pre-match reading from our man in Porto<\/a>, Jamie Jackson.<\/p>\n Share<\/a>Preamble<\/p>\n Manchester City\u2019s Enzo Maresca era has got off to a decent start, with three wins from three in the Premier League. The Champions League<\/a> will offer a sterner test than their domestic opposition so far, with PSG, Barcelona, Napoli and plenty more top-tier teams dropping into their autumn fixture list.<\/p>\n First up, though, is a September trip to Porto<\/a> \u2013 nice for the fans, not so much for the City players. Also managed by a tactically cautious Italian in Francesco Farioli, the Portuguese champions also boast a 100% league record this season. With the Manchester derby up next, the hard work starts here for Maresca and his new-look City side.<\/p>\n Kick-off is 8pm (BST).<\/p>\n
Subs: Claudio Ramos, Joao Costa, Hwang, Sainz, Gimenez, Souza, Fofana, Silva, Moura, Teixeira, Cunha, Luis Gomes.<\/p>\n
Subs: Bettinelli, Rulli, Anderson, Kovacic, Ndiaye, Ait Nouri, Vitor Reis, Allan, Khusanov, McAidoo, Lewis.<\/p>\n