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Commentary
An outswinging corner was touched into the arms of the Manchester City 'keeper by BENEDETTO.
17¹BERNARDESCHI drove a looping shot inches over from twenty yards out.
21¹SOTTIL played the ball to CUTRONE who headed it wide.
21¹OTAMENDI beat a number of Independiente players and slammed an effort just beyond the far post.
24¹CUTRONE's shot was well held by the Manchester City 'keeper.
25¹A drive from MURPHY seemed a certain goal but the Independiente 'keeper managed to punch the ball clear.
26¹A useful ball from ROJO on the left fell to CUTRONE who mishit his effort over.
30¹CARRASCO headed just wide.
31¹GOAL!! PEZZELLA tried to play the ball out of the Independiente penalty area but was tackled by INSIGNE who fired the ball to CARRASCO for a simple tap in. (1-0 Manchester City)
34¹A accurate pass was collected by CARRASCO and his left foot shot raced narrowly wide.
40¹SOTTIL was put clear by VRANCKX and he turned the Manchester City 'keeper but drilled his shot wide.
43¹GOAL!! A curling inswinging corner was forced in at the near post by NMECHA. (2-0 Manchester City)
A clever cross from INSIGNE was shot goalbound by NELSON only for the 'keeper to claw away.
The 'keeper was able to claw away a weak header from SOTTIL.
A corner fell to MATSIMA who forced the ball inches over.
14²GOAL!! A mix up between PEZZELLA and the Independiente 'keeper allowed NMECHA to crack the ball into the empty net. (3-0 Manchester City)
27²The 'keeper saved a swerving shot from CARRASCO.
28²VECCHIO's shot beat VLACHODIMOS but rebounded off the Manchester City woodwork.
33²A good effort from VRANCKX scraped the upright.
40²SOTTIL made space on the right and dragged the ball to CUTRONE who fired the ball wide.
42²A twenty yard shot from NMECHA caused the Independiente 'keeper little difficulty.
44²GOAL!! A great dribble from NMECHA gave MURPHY space on the right and HØJBJERG poked in his pin-point pass. (4-0 Manchester City)

 
Manchester City
 
League position: 13
Home league form: WWWW
Overall league form: LWXWWXXW
Formation: 4-3-3
Line-ups
Odysseas VLACHODIMOS1HUGO de Souza
Tosin ADARABIOYO2Valentin ROSIER
Yannick CARRASCO3Junior ALONSO
Pierre-Emile HØJBJERG4Maximiliano MEZA
(c)Nicolás OTAMENDI5Germán PEZZELLA(c)
Benoît BADIASHILE6Marcos ROJO
Jacob MURPHY7Emiliano VECCHIO
Reiss NELSON8Riccardo SOTTIL
(p)Federico BERNARDESCHI9Patrick CUTRONE(p)
(f)Felix NMECHA10Aster VRANCKX(f)
Lorenzo INSIGNE11Darío BENEDETTO
Manager
Tommy DOYLE  12  Franco CERVI
Loris KARIUS  13  Martin CAMPAÑA
Krépin DIATTA  14  Cristian PAVÓN
Albert-Mboyo LOKONGA  15  Juan SÀNCHEZ MIÑO
Chrislain MATSIMA16  Joaquín GARCÍA
 
Independiente
 
League position: 14
Away league form: WXLL
Overall league form: XWLXLWLL
Formation: 4-3-3

Statistics
Manchester City 4 Independiente 0
(Half-time: 2-0, Attendance: 55,048, Stadium: Etihad Stadium, Referee: Salvatore Racalbuto 6)

Carrasco 31¹, Nmecha 43¹, Nmecha 14², Højbjerg 44²
Scorers
Substitutions
Sent off
Bookings
Corners
Fouls
Offsides
Shots on
Shots off
Total shots
Shots saved
Possession
 
NelsonóMatsima 4² 
  
  
70
119
16
95
138
2213
54
55%45%
Man of the match: Pierre-Emile Højbjerg