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Commentary
GOAL!! A wonderful drive from JOÃO CANCELO was pushed away by the 'keeper only as far as MANÉ who blasted the ball past the stranded Ajax 'keeper. (1-0 Manchester City)
GOAL!! A hefty goal-kick from ORBAN caught the Ajax defence square and LONGSTAFF rushed through to round the 'keeper and score. (2-0 Manchester City)
An exceptional effort from AÏT-NOURI scraped the outside of the lefthand post.
A cross from BRUNO FERNANDES left SCARLETT in lots of space but he snapped at his shot.
12¹Uncertainty in the Ajax defence enabled MANÉ to fire the ball just wide.
17¹KLUIVERT headed wide.
26¹MOUNT cautioned by the ref.
27¹A corner bobbled toward HOEVER who flicked an effort wide.
40¹GOAL!! A great solo effort from LEWANDOWSKI who beat three defenders before rocketing the ball into the top corner. (2-1 Manchester City)
43¹MANÉ nodded the ball wide of the goal from just inside the area.
44¹BURN rattled a simple chance past the lefthand post.
A useful ball from PAU TORRES on the left bobbled toward DOKU who sliced his effort wide.
DOKU ran onto a great ball from LOCATELLI but blasted his shot wide of the goal.
10²LONGSTAFF beat DOKU and flicked the ball to BRUNO FERNANDES who pulled his shot wide.
10²PAU TORRES beat three Manchester City players and thundered a great chance wide.
11²PELLEGRINI booked for a late tackle on MOUNT.
13²MANÉ was put clear by SCARLETT and he dummied the Ajax 'keeper but struck his shot over the bar.
14²GOAL!! MÆHLE tried to play the ball out of the Ajax penalty area but was tackled by MOUNT who touched the ball to MANÉ for a simple goal. (3-1 Manchester City)
15²A high foul gets BRUNO FERNANDES a yellow card.
19²GOAL!! A great ball from N'DICKA left HAVERTZ in the clear, he made the 'keeper commit himself before knocking the ball to LEWANDOWSKI to score. (3-2 Manchester City)
25²KLUIVERT made space on the left and knocked the ball to DOKU who touched the ball over.
28²A free-kick from DOKU went over.

 
Manchester City
 
League position: 14
Home league form: XWLW
Overall league form: LXXWLLWL
Formation: 4-3-3
Line-ups
Kasper SCHMEICHEL1Giorgi MAMARDASHVILI
Aaron WAN-BISSAKA2Joakim MÆHLE
JOÃO Pedro CANCELO3Rayan AÏT-NOURI
BRUNO Miguel FERNANDES4Manuel LOCATELLI(c)
Willi ORBAN5Evan N'DICKA
Dan BURN6PAU Francisco TORRES
Mason MOUNT7Justin KLUIVERT(f)
Sadio MANÉ8Lorenzo PELLEGRINI
(p)Ki-Jana HOEVER9Robert LEWANDOWSKI(p)
(c,f)Sean LONGSTAFF10Kai HAVERTZ
Dane SCARLETT11Jéremy DOKU
ManagerLuke Murray
Charlie SAVAGE  12  ARDA Güler
Charlie SETFORD  13  Mohammed KUDUS
Raheem STERLING  14  Sepp VAN DEN BERG
Oliver SKIPP  15  Brian BROBBEY
Luke SHAW  16Oihan SANCET
 
Ajax
 
League position: 19
Away league form: LXLL
Overall league form: LLLXLLXL
Formation: 4-2-3-1

Statistics
Manchester City 3 Ajax 2
(Half-time: 2-1, Attendance: 42,408, Stadium: Etihad Stadium, Referee: Martin Lauchlan 6)

Mané 0¹, Longstaff 1¹, Mané 14²
Scorers
Substitutions
Sent off
Bookings
Corners
Fouls
Offsides
Shots on
Shots off
Total shots
Shots saved
Possession
Lewandowski 40¹, Lewandowski 19²
 PellegrinióSancet 20²
  
Mount 26¹, Bruno Fernandes 15²Pellegrini 11²
24
1013
02
32
1010
1312
00
46%54%
Man of the match: Willi Orban