“Josep Guardiola’s team won a quiet victory over the “yellow submarine”.”, — write: football.ua
Josep Guardiola’s team won a quiet victory over the “yellow submarine”.
Villarreal v Manchester City, Getty Images October 22, 2025, 00:15
Josep Guardiola’s side opened the scoring midway through the first half when Erling Holland latched on to Rico Lewis’ pass before Bernardo Silva doubled the city’s lead late in the half.
In the second half, City calmly controlled the game and brought the matter to a logical conclusion.
After three rounds, Manchester City has seven points and is in fifth place in the Champions League, while Villarreal has just one point.
Villarreal — Manchester City 0:2
goals: Holland, 17, Silva, 40.
Villarreal: Junior — Mourinho, Foyt, Veiga, Pedraza (Cardona, 46) — Buchanan (Moleiro, 66), Komesaña (Perez, 73), Parti, Gouet (Parejo, 81) — Pepe, Mikoutadze (Oluwasei, 66).
Manchester City: Donnarumma — Stones, Diaz, Guardiol, Lewis (Reinders, 73) — Gonzalez (Kovacic, 57) — Silva, Nunes, Savinho (Sherky, 86), Doku (Bobb, 73) — Holland (Marmusch, 86).
Warning: Pedraza, Mourinho, Gué, Cardona — Silva, Diaz.