'Man United manager' Amorim, Manchester City 4-1...Guardiola humiliates losing four runs in eight years

'Man United manager' Amorim, Manchester City 4-1...Guardiola humiliates losing four runs in eight years

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Manager Amorim, who is about to take the helm of Manchester United (hereinafter referred to as Manchester United), led the match against Manchester City (hereinafter referred to as Manchester City) in a farewell match at Sporting Home.

Sporting defeated Manchester City 4-1 in the fourth home game of the 2024-25 UEFA Champions League phase at Istadieu-Juj Alvarad in Lisbon, Portugal on the 6th (Korea time). Amorim, who will take over as Manchester City manager after the A-match break in November, led Manchester City to a landslide victory. Sporting's Yekeres led the way by scoring a hat-trick against Manchester City. Sporting rose to second place out of 36 teams in this season's UEFA Champions League finals with a record of three wins and one draw (10 points).

Manchester City fell to sixth place with a record of 2 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss (7 points) due to the crushing defeat by Sporting. It is the third time that Manchester City manager Guardiola has recorded a four-run game in the UEFA Champions League. Guardiola led Bayern Munich to an 0-4 defeat by Real Madrid in April 2014, and lost four runs in eight years since Manchester City's 0-4 defeat against Barcelona in October 2016. Manchester City has continued its slump in three consecutive official games recently. It is the first time since April 2018 that Manchester City has lost three consecutive official games.

Holland played as a striker against Sporting, while Núñez, Bernardo Silva, Foden, and Savinho led the attack. Kovacic formed the midfield and Gravdiol, Akanji, Simpson-Persy, and Lewis defended. Ederson defended the goal.
In the face-off between the two teams, Foden scored the first goal in the fourth minute of the first half. Foden's left-footed diagonal shot from the left side of the penalty area shook the Sporting net.

Sporting, who fought back, scored an equalizer in the 38th minute of the first half. After taking over Quinda's penetration pass, Yekeres ran through the back space of Manchester City's defense and scored a right-footed shot from the right side of the penalty area.

Sporting turned the game around with Araujo's score in the first minute of the second half, with both teams exchanging one goal each during the first half. Araujo shook Manchester City's net by finishing the pass that Gonsalves gave to the back of the Manchester City defense with a left-footed shot from the left side of the penalty area.

Sporting widened the gap by scoring a penalty kick in the fourth minute of the second half. Sporting's Trincão, who was penetrating the right side of the penalty area, was knocked down by Manchester City defender Gravdiol and the referee declared a penalty. As kicker, Yekeres scored with a right footed shot.

Manchester City missed the opportunity to score when Holland missed the penalty kick in the 24th minute of the second half. When Bernardo Silva attempted to shoot in the penalty area, the ball was hit in the arm of Sporting defender Diomand, and the referee declared the penalty after VAR. Holland's shot with his left foot as a kicker hit the crossbar, which did not lead to a goal. 안전놀이터

Sporting sealed the match by scoring a hat trick in the 35th minute of the second half. Katamu, who was breaking through the left side of the penalty area, fell after colliding with Núñez, and the referee declared a penalty kick. As a kicker, Yekeres cut the corner of the goal with a right footed shot and Sporting's victory ended the match.

Asked through TNT Sports after the match whether the change of defense was the cause of his team's defeat, Manchester City manager Guardiola said, "I don't know. But if you play many games, you can't play with the same back four. We have such problems. I got tough results, but as a coach, I like this kind of challenge."