Manchester City FC 5 - 1 PAE AEK — Highlights & Result
UEFA Champions League
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(5 days ago)
· MD 3
Highlights
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Carrying a scoring streak across ten successive matches in all competitions, Manchester City extended that run emphatically on 20 October 2026 during this UEFA Champions League matchday 3 fixture. Elliot Anderson opened the scoring in the twelfth minute, before Phil Foden netted either side of halftime with assists from Rico Lewis and Ryan McAidoo. Rayan Cherki added another goal following a Phil Foden assist, rendering a strike from Stavros Pilios, assisted by Ambrósini António Cabaça Salvador, merely a consolation for PAE AEK. The victors bossed the ball with 64 percent possession and registered seven shots on target from 17 total attempts, accumulating an expected goals figure of 2.92. Phil Foden earned a standout 9.6 rating, while Rico Lewis picked up an 8.6, comfortably outshining opposing top performers Zini at 7 and L. Majer at 6.8.
The hosts had arrived following a mixed domestic and European sequence that included a 2-4 home defeat against PSG, whereas the visitors traveled on the back of a 1-3 away loss at Shakhtar in this competition. Before a ball was kicked on matchday 3, the home side sat 18th in the 36-team table with three points from two played, while the visitors occupied 20th position with an identical points tally and a minus-one goal difference.
This five-goal haul transformed the standings entirely for the English side, lifting them twelve places up to sixth in the table. Conversely, the away team suffered a significant slide down to 27th place as their goal difference worsened.
PSG currently lead the overall standings with nine points after three matches, leaving Manchester City three points behind the leaders, while PAE AEK sit six points adrift of the summit. Manchester City next play away at Aston Villa on 24 October.
The hosts had arrived following a mixed domestic and European sequence that included a 2-4 home defeat against PSG, whereas the visitors traveled on the back of a 1-3 away loss at Shakhtar in this competition. Before a ball was kicked on matchday 3, the home side sat 18th in the 36-team table with three points from two played, while the visitors occupied 20th position with an identical points tally and a minus-one goal difference.
This five-goal haul transformed the standings entirely for the English side, lifting them twelve places up to sixth in the table. Conversely, the away team suffered a significant slide down to 27th place as their goal difference worsened.
PSG currently lead the overall standings with nine points after three matches, leaving Manchester City three points behind the leaders, while PAE AEK sit six points adrift of the summit. Manchester City next play away at Aston Villa on 24 October.
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Match stats
Man City v PAE AEK
64%
Possession
36%
2.92
Expected goals (xG)
0.78
17
Shots
11
7
Shots on target
3
13
Shots inside the box
3
8
Corners
3
680
Passes
387
93%
Pass accuracy
89%
2
Saves
2
6
Fouls
10
0
Offsides
1
1
Yellow cards
0
Lineups & player ratings
9.6
Top rated
P. Foden · Man City
90'
· 3 goals · 1 assist
Key moments
- 12' ⚽ Elliot Anderson · Man City
- 34' ⚽ Phil Foden · assist Rico Lewis · Man City
- 52' ⚽ Stavros Pilios · assist Ambrósini António Cabaça Salvador · PAE AEK
- 57' ⚽ Rayan Cherki · assist Phil Foden · Man City
- 59' 🟨 Josko Gvardiol · Man City
- 65' ⚽ Phil Foden · assist Rico Lewis · Man City
- 76' ⚽ Phil Foden · assist Ryan McAidoo · Man City
Man City
4-2-3-1- 1 G. Donnarumma 90' 6.6
- 82 R. Lewis 🅰️ 🅰️ 90' 8.6
- 45 A. Khusanov 90' 7.1
- 5 E. Anderson ⚽ 90' 8.2
- 47 P. Foden ⚽ ⚽ ⚽ 🅰️ 90' 9.6
- 37 Allan 90' 6.5
- 10 R. Cherki ⚽ 90' 8.2
- 3 Rúben Dias 83' 7.0
- 24 J. Gvardiol 🟨 72' 6.4
- 17 E. Fernández 72' 6.7
- 75 F. Samba 62' 6.1
- 56 R. McAidoo · sub 🅰️ 28' 6.9
- 21 R. Aït-Nouri · sub 18' 6.4
- 22 Vitor Nunes · sub 18' 6.9
- 61 K. Braithwaite · sub 7' 6.5
PAE AEK
4-4-2- 12 L. Rota 90' 5.8
- 44 Filipe Relvas 90' 6.0
- 3 S. Pilios ⚽ 90' 6.5
- 2 H. Moukoudi 90' 5.6
- 91 A. Brignoli 90' 6.1
- 14 L. Majer 90' 6.8
- 9 L. Jović 83' 6.2
- 16 K. Arriaga 83' 6.4
- 23 João Mário 63' 6.4
- 19 B. Varga 45' 6.3
- 18 R. Marin 45' 5.5
- 90 Zini · sub 🅰️ 45' 7.0
- 11 A. Koita · sub 45' 6.6
- 10 O. Zubkov · sub 27' 6.0
- 27 M. Vitális · sub 7' 5.9
- 8 M. Gaćinović · sub 7' 5.9
Ratings out of 10. Data: API-Football. How ratings work
Match facts
Man City
18th
in the table · 3 pts from 2
· GD 0
PAE AEK
20th
in the table · 3 pts from 2
· GD -1
Form going into the match
Man City
PAE AEK