Man City

City levelled in added time to secure a 3-3 draw with Barcelona in an entertaining friendly at the Camp Nou.

[Erling Haaland](https://www.mancity.com/players/erling-haaland) appeared to have his ankle clipped as he raced into the box and the referee awarded a penalty. [Pep Guardiola](https://www.mancity.com/players/pep-guardiola) who already had [Aymeric](https://www.mancity.com/players/aymeric-laporte) [Laporte](https://www.mancity.com/players/aymeric-laporte), Nathan [Ake](https://www.mancity.com/players/nathan-ake) and [Jack Grealish](https://www.mancity.com/players/jack-grealish) absent with various knocks. [Stones](https://www.mancity.com/players/john-stones) 46), Gomez (Cancelo 46), Dias (Mbete 65 (Bobb 88)), Phillips ( [Rodrigo](https://www.mancity.com/players/rodrigo) 58), Lewis (Wilson-Esbrand 46), [Bernardo](https://www.mancity.com/players/bernardo-silva) ( [Gundogan](https://www.mancity.com/players/ilkay-gundogan) 65), [Palmer](https://www.mancity.com/players/cole-palmer), [Foden](https://www.mancity.com/players/phil-foden) ( [De Bruyne](https://www.mancity.com/players/kevin-de-bruyne) 65), [Mahrez](https://www.mancity.com/players/riyad-mahrez), Alvarez (Haaland 73) [Palmer](https://www.mancity.com/players/cole-palmer) performs with grace and poise wherever he plays, be it away to Swindon Town or in front of 92,000-plus fans at the Camp Nou. [Ederson](https://www.mancity.com/players/ederson), Carson, Knight [Kalvin Phillips](https://www.mancity.com/players/kalvin-phillips) in discomfort with his shoulder and [Luke Mbete](https://www.mancity.com/players/luke-mbete)’s clash of heads will have taken the gloss off this wonderful game for City. [Mahrez](https://www.mancity.com/players/riyad-mahrez) and Joao Cancelo, with the latter’s overlapping run and low cross turned home by Cole [Palmer](https://www.mancity.com/players/cole-palmer). [Mahrez](https://www.mancity.com/players/riyad-mahrez) thumped the ball into the top right corner to make it 3-3 on a night when a huge amount of money was raised for the Luzon Foundation and research into amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), highlighted by former Barca keeper Juan Carlos Unzue who was diagnosed with ALS in 2020. [Luke Mbete](https://www.mancity.com/players/luke-mbete) suffered a head injury in the closing moments and had to be stretchered off. [Kalvin Phillips](https://www.mancity.com/players/kalvin-phillips) just before the hour-mark as he seemed to aggravate his shoulder after a challenge and was forced to come off as a result. [Palmer](https://www.mancity.com/players/cole-palmer) had a fine chance to double the lead six minutes later after more sloppy Barcelona defending, but after intercepting the ball on the edge of the box and cutting inside a challenge, he fired over the bar and the chance was gone. [Palmer](https://www.mancity.com/players/cole-palmer) levelled late on, only for Memphis Depay to put Barca ahead once again, but a late Riyad [Mahrez](https://www.mancity.com/players/riyad-mahrez) penalty ensured the 92,062 fans got their money’s worth in this high-profile charity fundraiser.

European giants play a 3-3 draw but the match was to raise awareness for ALS, a life-threatening disease that former Barcelona player and coach, ...

Guardiola said post-match: “The artist here is Unzué, who made this possible, because of his stubbornness and all his people pushing and pushing to do it. “I thank Barcelona and Manchester City first. Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis is a degenerative-neuro disease that has no cure at present and has life expectancy of four to five years.

Liverpool, Chelsea and Tottenham are not shielded from the European giants in pot one with Bayern Munich, AC Milan, Real Madrid and Paris Saint-Germain all ...

The winter World Cup in Qatar sees the Champions League play second fiddle in the football schedule with the six group matchdays condensed into an eight-week window. Liverpool, Chelsea and Tottenham are not shielded from the European giants in pot one with Bayern Munich, AC Milan, Real Madrid and Paris Saint-Germain all lying in wait. Barcelona, Juventus, Sevilla and RB Leipzig make up the quintet of City’s potential group rivals from pot two on account of it containing the three other English representatives.

However, they could still be paired with the likes of Barcelona, Juventus, Atletico Madrid, Borussia Dortmund and Inter Milan as they look to improve on final ...

It might seem strange to play a friendly match three weeks into the season, but there's a good reason for Man City facing Barcelona on Wednesday.

[Mamelodi Sundowns](/soccer/team/_/id/7084/mamelodi-sundowns). Two clubs where he spent more time than Barca, [Argentinos Juniors](/soccer/club/_/id/3/argentinos-juniors) and [Boca Juniors](/soccer/team/_/id/5/boca-juniors), did not get an invite. [to play an A-League All-Stars team in Sydney](/soccer/report/_/gameId/635190). Just three days earlier, they lost their penultimate game of the season, which was their only defeat in that campaign, 5-4 to [Levante](/soccer/team/_/id/1538/levante). ET on ESPN+ in the U.S.](https://www.espn.com/espnplus/player/_/id/53eae0b4-f6e1-44a1-a702-601febabb135#bucketId=40626)). Barca have made no secret of their desire to sign the player -- president Joan Laporta even made a joke of it at that presentation in June -- but he will be wearing City blue on Wednesday. [Real Valladolid](/soccer/team/_/id/95/real-valladolid) ( [stream LIVE at 1:30 p.m. He followed Luis Enrique to Barca a year later, where they went on to win the Treble in 2015. City, coached by Unzue's friend Guardiola, were an obvious opponent and also a glamorous one in terms of generating interest. He also has strong links with Barcelona, where he was the club's backup goalkeeper between 1988 and 1990, although it is as a coach that he is most renowned at Camp Nou. There is hope, though, after a summer of more spending, that they're ready to reassert themselves as one of the continent's best sides -- especially under coach Xavi Hernandez, Guardiola's protege, who will be facing his mentor in the dugout for the first time. This friendly was originally scheduled to take place last year, but it was postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic.

The honorary kickoff was taken by Juan Carlos Unzué, the former Barcelona goalkeeper and goalkeeping coach who has the disease and helped promote the friendly.

Mbete had to be immobilized and carried out on a stretcher. [Skip Advertisement] ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW

The Champions League draw takes place later today - but who could Liverpool, Chelsea, Man City and Spurs face?

With Chelsea also in Pot 2, it’s a similar scenario to Liverpool. They find themselves in Pot 1 having won the Europa League last season. Again, Marseille look the strongest side in Pot 4 but imagine Celtic in Liverpool’s group. In Pot 3, Sporting Lisbon look the most favourable side having lost three key players this summer in Matheus Nunes, Nuno Mendes and Joao Paulinho. It means they will avoid Real Madrid, Bayern Munich and PSG. As Premier League champions, Man City find themselves in Pot 1.

The draw for the Champions League group stage takes place at 5pm in Istanbul Six British sides will be among 32 teams drawn into eight groups of four Planet ...

Celtic and Rangers are in the fourth pot. The other pots are based on how well teams have done in Europe over the past five seasons. Scottish champions Celtic and fierce rivals Rangers are also involved this year.

The fixture was a fundraiser for research into amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), the most common form of motor neurone disease (MND), which former Barca ...

Pena made amends for his error with a fine double save from Alvarez but the Premier League side were caught on the counter. Raphinha then had a shot stopped, but it was City who took the lead. [Stefan Ortega](https://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/151855/Stefan-Ortega) before [Franck Kessie](https://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/194711/Franck-Kessié) rattled the post. [Sergi Roberto](https://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/150225/Sergi-Roberto) before a lengthy stoppage due to an injury to City youngster [Luke Mbete](https://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/307112/Luke-Mbete), who left the pitch on a stretcher after receiving treatment for almost 10 minutes. [La Liga on ESPN+: Stream LIVE games and replays (U.S. [Inaki Pena](https://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/282680/Iñaki-Peña) failed to deal with a simple cross into the box and his fumble was turned in by Alvarez. [Rico Lewis](https://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/325564/Rico-Lewis), while new signing [Sergio Gomez](https://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/265993/Sergio-Gómez) started at left-back against his former side. [Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang](https://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/122260/Pierre-Emerick-Aubameyang) and [Frenkie de Jong](https://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/219022/Frenkie-de-Jong). [Jules Kounde](https://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/231692/Jules-Koundé), not yet registered for LaLiga action due to Barca not having room within their spending cap, started for the home side, as did Aubameyang, who is in talks to join [Chelsea](/soccer/team?id=363). only)](https://www.espn.com/watch/catalog/cf7b0c51-7c48-3e9a-8abb-0c01b1a973a0) [Cole Palmer](https://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/296395/Cole-Palmer) drew City level, but the home side looked to have won it when substitute [Memphis Depay](https://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/159255/Memphis-Depay), who has been told to find a new club before the transfer window closes next week, turned home 10 minutes from time. [Erling Haaland](https://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/253989/Erling-Haaland) appeared to trip himself up in the box accidentally -- even the Norway striker looked perplexed at the decision -- and Mahrez made no mistake from 12 yards. [Riyad Mahrez](https://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/163940/Riyad-Mahrez) scored a stoppage-time penalty as [Manchester City](/soccer/team?id=382) and [Barcelona](/soccer/team?id=83) played out an entertaining 3-3 draw in front of 91,062 fans at Camp Nou on Wednesday.

The honorary kickoff was taken by Juan Carlos Unzué, the former Barcelona goalkeeper and goalkeeping coach who has the disease and helped promote the friendly.

Mbete had to be immobilized and carried out on a stretcher. Man City defender Luke Mbete had to be substituted late in the game after a clash of heads with Barcelona defender Andreas Christensen. More than 91,000 fans were at the Camp Nou for the match, with the proceeds going to help raise funds for research against ALS, also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease, an incurable neurodegenerative disorder.

Manchester City will discover who they will be facing in the group stages of this season's UEFA Champions League on Thursday.

However, they could still be paired with the likes of Barcelona, Juventus, Atletico Madrid, Borussia Dortmund and Inter Milan as they look to improve on final and semi-final defeats in the last two seasons. BT Sport will broadcast the draw on TV and on their YouTube channel. However, this week several teams in pot four earned their spot in the draw including Rangers who beat PSV Eindhoven 1-0 on the night to progress to the group stage. They also cannot face any side from the same federation until the quarter-finals so Liverpool, Chelsea and Tottenham Hotspur will be avoided too. In the summer, Guardiola has spent wisely to improve his side with the most notable signing being Erling Haaland. He is up against Karim Benzema and Thibaut Courtois. Welcome to the MEN's Champions League draw where Manchester City will find out their opponents in this year's group stage. First deposit matched up to £10. Europe's top prize is now the only accolade that stands in Pep Guardiola's way from winning the lot with City. Who Man City could face in the Champions League group stage draw New customers only. Manchester City will discover who they will be facing in the group stages of this season's UEFA Champions League on Thursday.

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It was also a night to remember for 18-year-old midfielder Dylan Kadji, who had earlier put the Robins in front on what was his senior debut. Victory was then assured in stoppage time as Tommy Conway ran through on goal before squaring the ball for fellow substitute Antoine Semenyo to walk into the net. Callum Styles saw his first-half penalty hit a post and felt he should have had another spot-kick in the second period. Everton will travel to Bournemouth and Newcastle, who saw off League Two Tranmere on Wednesday, will host Crystal Palace in the other all top-flight encounters. Sinisterra won a first-half penalty, converted by Mateusz Klich, and after Mads Andersen had headed Manchester City face Chelsea and Manchester United will host Aston Villa in the third round of the Carabao Cup.