Porto 1-2 Manchester City: result and report
Europa League · Thursday 16 February 2012
Result
Porto 1-2 Manchester City
Europa League · Thursday 16 February 2012, 20:05 UTC · half-time 1-0
Porto 1-2 Manchester City: match report
Porto were beaten by Manchester City 1-2 in the Europa League on Thursday 16 February 2012. It was 1-0 at half-time.
Silvestre Varela opened the scoring in the 27th minute. Porto's goal came from Silvestre Varela (27'). Manchester City scored through an own goal by Álvaro Pereira (55') and Sergio Agüero (85').
Discipline: Porto received 2 yellow cards; Manchester City received 6 yellow cards.
This fixture belongs to an earlier Europa League season and is kept for reference.
Porto lined up in a 4-3-3 and Manchester City in a 4-2-3-1.
Key events
- 20'Yellow card · Danilo
- 25'Yellow card · Yaya Touré
- 27'Goal · Silvestre Varela
- 55'Own goal · Álvaro Pereira
- 55'Yellow card · Álvaro Pereira
- 59'Yellow card · Vincent Kompany
- 60'Yellow card · N. de Jong
- 61'Yellow card · Gareth Barry
- 75'Yellow card · Samir Nasri
- 85'Goal · Sergio Agüero
- 90+3'Yellow card · Micah Richards
Team news
Porto expected line-up (4-3-3)
Helton, Álvaro Pereira, Maicon, Nicolás Otamendi, Jorge Fucile, João Moutinho, James Rodríguez, Hulk, R. Falcao
Manchester City expected line-up (4-2-3-1)
Joe Hart, Stefan Savić, Micah Richards, Joleon Lescott, David Silva, Gareth Barry, Samir Nasri, Edin Džeko, Sergio Agüero, Aleksandar Kolarov