João Cancelo has scored a goal for Manchester City! Assist by F. Nmecha.
Nmecha can claim the assist for the pass to Cancelo. Olympiacos have been no match for City.
GOAL! MANCHESTER CITY 3-0 OLYMPIACOS! Cancelo caps the win for City with a fine effort. The Portuguese full-back cuts inside from the right and curls a beautiful left-footed shot into the bottom left corner from outside the box.
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This game's followed a similar pattern from Olympiacos' 2-0 loss to Porto last week - go behind early, put up a bit of a fight, then concede a late second. The Greeks will need to be more consistent mid-game if they want to get out of this group.
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City look to have quelled Olympiacos' would-be comeback. Cancelo fires high and wide from way out, then City win a corner off Semedo that's not particularly eventful.
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H. Soudani enters the game and replaces M. Valbuena.
F. Nmecha enters the game and replaces K. De Bruyne.
De Bruyne heads off with a few minutes to spare. City play Liverpool this weekend after all. Nmecha is on for him.
Olympiacos substitution. Valbuena makes way for the Algerian forward Soudani.
Torres tries to find a teammate in the box with his cross but has to settle for a corner. Olympiacos aren't too bothered by it but this game feels beyond them now.
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João Cancelo enters the game and replaces K. Walker.
Bernardo Silva enters the game and replaces R. Sterling.
City make another change. Sterling gets a rest for the last 10 minutes. Silva is on for him.
Guardiola responds with an immediate substitution. Cancelo comes on for Walker.
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Gabriel Jesus has scored a goal for Manchester City! Assist by K. De Bruyne.
That's De Bruyne's second assist of the game. He is so crucial at making this City team tick.
GOAL! MANCHESTER CITY 2-0 OLYMPIACOS! Jesus puts the game to bed with a roaring finish. De Bruyne slips Jesus into the box and the striker eludes Cisse with his stop-start run before he smashes the ball past Sa into the roof of the net at the near post.
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Olympiacos work the ball nicely down the right and Masouras looks for Hassan with a cutback. It lands to Bruma whose shot is closed down frantically by City defenders. Olympiacos get a corner but can't do anything with it.
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Masouras is caught offside from Holebas' throughball. Up the other end, De Bruyne spots Jesus' run and the Brazilian beats Rafinha to the ball but can't prevent the full-back from blocking his shot.
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Koka enters the game and replaces Y. El-Arabi.
Olympiacos substitution. The Egyptian striker Hassan replaces El-Arabi up front.
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There's action at both ends as the former Watford man Holebas bursts into City's box and spanks a left-footed shot right across goal. City counter. De Bruyne bustles into the box and smacks a shot straight at Sa.
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G. Masouras enters the game and replaces M. Camara.
The more attacking Masouras comes on for the booked Camara.
Olympiacos may have improved but Ederson still hasn't really had a save to make. Maybe this upcoming change for the Greeks will rectify that.
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Camara's ambitious shot is blocked and City go hunting on the break. De Bruyne gets on the end of a cutback but skies his effort.
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Rodri enters the game and replaces P. Foden.
Gabriel Jesus enters the game and replaces R. Mahrez.
Rodri also replaces Foden to shore up City's midfield. The hosts have lost some of the control over the game that they had in the first half.
Here come those City changes. Jesus replaces Mahrez to give City a focal point up front.
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City are getting ready to make a few changes. Guardiola must have seen enough.
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Olympiacos are coming closer to scoring. Bruma curls an effort towards goal from the right of the box. It worries Ederson enough for him to dive for it but it bounces just wide of the left-hand post.
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De Bruyne threads a pass through the eye of a needle to find Sterling running in from around the outside. Sa rushes out wide to block the cross.
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A flowing City move up the other end ends with Gundogan letting fly from the edge of the box. It's way over though.
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Olympiacos pin City in near their corner flag and end up creating a chance. Camara puts an awkward cross into the box from the right and Stones just manages to beat El-Arabi to it to hook it away. If that had found the Moroccan, he would likely have scored.
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M. Camara gets yellow.
Camara is booked for a crude challenge on Ake.
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Olympiacos are starting to grow in belief, keeping the ball much better. That's bad news for City given how much they breezed the first half.
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Gundogan rattles another snap shot off a defender from distance. City are starting to find it a little harder to break Olympiacos down.
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Foden tests Sa with a low shot from range but the keeper has it covered. Olympiacos have upped their game but City still pose a serious threat.
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Olympiacos look brighter already. Bruma carries the ball down the left and knocks the ball off Gundogan for a corner. Valbuena puts a fantastic ball in and Camara gets his head on the end of it. It takes a deflection off a defender and City quickly clear.
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Pêpê Rodrigues enters the game and replaces A. Bouchalakis.
Bruma enters the game and replaces L. Ranđelović.
Olympiacos don't mess around, making two changes at half-time. The Portuguese winger Bruma replaces Randjelovic.
Bouchalakis also makes way for Pepe in midfield.
Olympiacos get the second half going. Let's see if those changes make any difference.
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HALF-TIME: MANCHESTER CITY 1-0 OLYMPIACOS
There will be one additional minute in this first half.
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Olympiacos have edged their way into the game as we're approaching half-time. The visitors still aren't really threatening but they've got something to fight for in the second half.
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Sa does well to beat away Walker's menacing delivery as Mahrez sends the full-back through on the overlap. City are continuing to threaten.
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Valbuena floats the free-kick into City's box but it's cleared and City counter. Torres has a shot blocked outside the box.
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Olympiacos get rid of the corner without much fuss. M'Vila finds Valbuena with a fine direct ball through the middle. Valbuena looks to set free El-Arabi and takes a clip from De Bruyne in the process. It'll be a free-kick to the visitors.
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Olympiacos can consider it a success that they aren't further behind in this game. Mahrez plays a one-two with De Bruyne on the edge of the box and rattles a shot off a defender. Gundogan's shot takes a deflection on the way through and goes out for a corner.
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El-Arabi is caught offside from M'Vila's throughball. There's a little change in the dynamic as Olympiacos are starting to find their feet in the game.
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Mahrez cuts inside from the right and feigns to shoot, only to find Sterling with a fine pass. Sterling hits Sa at point-blank range and bundles the loose ball into the net but the offside flag goes up.
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Sterling hangs the ball up in the box for Torres who forces Sa into action with a decent header. Torres is offside so it wouldn't have counted anyway.
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M'Vila's pass through the lines is not a good one and City pounce. Olympiacos manage to force City back to redesign the attack. De Bruyne's cross is headed away by M'Vila.
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Olympiacos are seeing a little more of the ball now but they don't have a clear idea of what to do with it. City, meanwhile, look purposeful. Sterling jinks inside from the right and fires off a shot towards the near post. Sa has it covered.
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Foden swings a pass wide right in the direction of Mahrez but there's too much power on it for the Algerian to reach it.
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Olympiacos get their first half-chance of the game as Valbuena tries to find a teammate with a cross into the box. The French veteran is unsuccessful.
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Foden, who's never shy of having a crack at goal, does just that from the edge of the box. It cannons off a defender to safety.
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Sterling makes progress down the left for City and forces Rafinha into giving away another corner. Olympiacos manage to deal with it.
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The Guinean international Camara wins a free-kick in midfield when he's fouled by Walker. Olympiacos have barely had a sniff of the ball so far.
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De Bruyne's assist for that goal was delightful. Only Kylian Mbappe has made more in the Champions League since the start of the 2017-18 season than him. The Belgian's at the peak of his powers.
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Ferran Torres has scored a goal for Manchester City! Assist by K. De Bruyne.
GOAL! MANCHESTER CITY 1-0 OLYMPIACOS! It's been coming. De Bruyne sends Torres through into the right of the box. Torres takes a lovely first touch and slides the ball under the legs of Sa.
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A mix-up between Rafinha and Sa almost presents Sterling with a chance until Sa takes the initiative and claims the ball. It looks like it could be a long game for Olympiacos.
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Walker, scorer for City at the weekend, bombs forward down the right and crosses low from the touchline. Torres cushions the pass for Mahrez whose shot is blocked by Cisse. It's another City corner.
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Olympiacos see away City's corner comfortably. Still, the hosts are starting to settle into their usual inimitable rhythm.
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Sterling slips in Foden down the inside-left channel who flashes a cross across goal. Cisse defends well at the near post to poke it out for a City corner with Torres lurking behind him.
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Foden puts an early ball into the box, the young Englishman jinking down the left. His attempt floats out for an Olympiacos goal-kick.
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After a false start because the referee Carlos del Cerro Grande wasn't ready, Manchester City get this game under way!
Hello! Welcome to our live text commentary of this UEFA Champions League Group C match between Manchester City and Olympiacos at the Etihad Stadium, Manchester.
Man City will be hoping to maintain their perfect start in Group C as they welcome Greek champions Olympiacos to Manchester. City convincingly saw off Marseille 3-0 in France last week and sit three points clear at the top of Group C. Pep Guardiola will no doubt want his team to cement their leading position.
MANCHESTER CITY (4-3-3): Ederson; Kyle Walker, John Stones, Nathan Ake, Oleksandr Zinchenko; Kevin De Bruyne (c), Ilkay Gundogan, Phil Foden; Riyad Mahrez, Ferran Torres, Raheem Sterling.
SUBS: Eric Garcia, Aymeric Laporte, Felix Nmecha, Gabriel Jesus, Rodrigo, James Trafford, Adrian Bernabe, Bernardo Silva, Ruben Dias, Joao Cancelo, Zack Steffen.
OLYMPIACOS (4-3-3): José Sa; Rafinha, Ruben Semedo, Pape Abou Cisse, Jose Holebas; Yann M'Vila, Andreas Bouchalakis (c), Mohamed Camara; Lazar Randjelovic, Youssef El-Arabi, Mathieu Valbuena.
The two sides are out on the pitch at the Etihad and stand for the Champions League anthem. It never fails to spur the emotions, does it?
Olympiacos come into their first ever European meeting with City, sitting third in Group C after an unlucky 2-0 defeat to Porto last time out. Qualification for the knockout phase is very much possible for Pedro Martins' side. A result against City here would be highly welcome if they don't want to leave themselves too much to do later.
Both teams return to domestic duty before the international break. City can face English champions Liverpool full of confidence, while Olympiacos have a title race of their own to fight. These two will meet again in a few weeks. That's all for now. Goodbye!
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