Palmer shines as Man City elevate UEFA Super Cup after penalties
Having misplaced the Community Shield to Arsenal on penalties 10 days in the past, final season’s swashbuckling treble winners initially wilted within the Greek warmth versus the Europa League holders.
Youssef En-Nesyri put Sevilla forward and City rode their luck, solely to attract degree by means of Cole Palmer’s looping header as their maiden Super Cup look ended 1-1 after 90 minutes and went to a shoot-out.
The first 9 penalty takers all transformed earlier than Nemanja Gudelj smashed his effort off the crossbar, seeing Guardiola’s Champions League winners triumph 5-4 on spot-kicks in Piraeus.
The Spaniard turned the primary supervisor to win the Super Cup with three totally different groups and equalled Carlo Ancelotti’s document of 4 competitors victories as coach.
City are the sixth English aspect to elevate the trophy however had been made to sweat by Jose Luis Mendilibar’s Sevilla, who went forward by means of En-Nesyri’s highly effective first-half header.
Palmer scored the important objective as City got here from behind to win the UEFA Super Cup
/ AFP by way of Getty ImagesThe LaLiga outfit may simply have grabbed a second throughout a powerful begin to the second interval, just for man of the match Palmer to equalise with a header.
Sevilla survived a late City onslaught however couldn’t keep away from a sixth straight Super Cup defeat because the match handed midnight in Greece and went to penalties on the Georgios Karaiskakis Stadium.
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