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Sporting 4-1 Man City (UCL)

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Tonight was Pep Guardiola’s 175th match in the UEFA Champions League as manager and only the third time he has seen the team he’s managing concede four goals, along with a 4-0 defeat against Real Madrid with Bayern Munich in April 2014 and 4-0 defeat to Barcelona with Man City in October 2016.

Ruben Amorim’s side end Man City’s record-breaking 26-game run in the Champions League in style.

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MOTM: Viktor Gyökeres.

On Saturday, Bournemouth ended Man City’s club record 32-game unbeaten run in the Premier League. On Tuesday, Sporting CP ended Man City’s record-breaking 26-game unbeaten run in the Champions League.

Only three players have scored a Champions League hat-trick vs. Man City:

  • Lionel Messi (2016)
  • Christopher Nkunku (2021)
  • Viktor Gyökeres (2024)

He’s the first Sporting player to score a hat-trick in a Champions League/European Cup game since António Oliveira vs Dinamo Zagreb in 1982.

Viktor Gyökeres has never failed to score in a European home game that he has started for Sporting CP:

  • vs. Atalanta
  • vs. Sturm Graz
  • vs. Young Boys
  • vs. Lille
  • vs. Man City

Viktor Gyökeres has the most goals and assists combined of any player in the UEFA Champions League this season (5 goals, 1 assist), while he’s only the second Swedish player to ever score a hat-trick in the competition, along with Zlatan Ibrahimovic.

Tonight was only the third time a team managed by Pep Guardiola has conceded four goals in a UEFA Champions League match, along with a 4-0 defeat against Real Madrid with Bayern Munich in April 2014 and 4-0 defeat to Barcelona with Man City in October 2016.

Sporting CP’s opponents in the UEFA Champions League this season have seen 57% of their touches come while under high-intensity pressure; the highest percentage for teams against a specific side.

Rico Lewis has completed more final third passes (130) than any other player in the Champions League this season.

Rico Lewis has created 10 chances while under high-intensity pressure in the UEFA Champions League this season; the most of any player in the tournament.

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