Manchester City 1-1 Portsmouth: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 23 August 2003

Result

Manchester City 1-1 Portsmouth

Premier League · Saturday 23 August 2003, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Manchester City 1-1 Portsmouth: match report

Manchester City drew with Portsmouth 1-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 23 August 2003. It was 0-1 at half-time.

Yakubu Aiyegbeni opened the scoring in the 24th minute. Manchester City's goal came from David Sommeil (90'). Portsmouth scored through Yakubu Aiyegbeni (24').

Discipline: Manchester City received 2 yellow cards; Portsmouth received 3 yellow cards.

Manchester City went on to finish that season 16th with 41 points, and Portsmouth 13th with 45.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 24'Goal · Yakubu AiyegbeniPortsmouth · 0-1
  • 56'Yellow card · Joey BartonManchester City
  • 60'Yellow card · Michael TarnatManchester City
  • 81'Yellow card · Amdy FayePortsmouth
  • 82'Yellow card · Vincent de Paul PericardPortsmouth
  • 88'Yellow card · Boris ZivkovicPortsmouth
  • 90'Goal · David SommeilManchester City · 1-1

Team news

Manchester City line-up

David Seaman, David Sommeil, Sylvain Distin, Michael Tarnat, Trevor Sinclair, Shaun Wright-Phillips, Nicolas Anelka, Robbie Fowler, Antoine Sibierski, Sun Jihai, Joey Barton