Manchester City wants to shake off the label of 'eternal contender' to win the Champions League and conquer the Orejona for the first time. The city team starts their participation in the 2022-2023 edition of the tournament away to Sevilla, a club against which they will not hold back in order to achieve their first three points.
The big attraction in Josep Guardiola's team will be the forward Erling Haaland. The Norwegian has had an explosive start in the Premier League (10 goals in six games) and expectations are high for his debut in the Champions League with the sky blue shirt.
The rest of the starting eleven will be old acquaintances of 'Pep', while others like the Argentine Julián Álvarez will wait their turn from the substitute bench. On the side of the Andalusians, Iván Rakitic will be the standard bearer. The Mexican Jesús 'Tecatito' Corona will not be able to play due to an ankle injury.
The 'Android' already had 23 goals in the Champions League before joining City. Photo: Manchester City
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Possible Manchester City lineup
- Ederson; Stones, Rúben Dias, Aké, João Cancelo; De Bruyne, Rodri, Bernardo Silva; Mahrez, Haaland, Foden.
Possible Sevilla lineup
- Bono; Jesús Navas, Gudelj, Nianzou, Acuña; Jordán, Fernando, Rakitić; Lamela, Rafa Mir, Gómez.
What time is Manchester City vs. Sevilla?
The match will take place this Tuesday, September 6, at the Ramón Sánchez-Pizjuán stadium, starting at 2:00 p.m. (Peruvian time). In this same venue, both clubs have already played each other in the group stage of the 2015-16 season. The result back then was a 3-1 victory for the visitor.