UEFA Champions League UEFA Champions League
League Stage - 3• 20 Oct 2026

Manchester City 5–1 AEK Athens FC

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Match Recap

Phil Foden ran riot with a hat-trick as Manchester City put five past AEK Athens FC in the UEFA Champions League, turning the game into a one-sided demolition before half-time was even done. Elliot Anderson opened the scoring in the 12th minute, Foden doubled the lead on 34, and by the time he completed his treble in the 76th, City had long since buried any doubt. Rayan Cherki added his name to the scoresheet too, and Stavros Pilios' 52nd-minute reply for AEK barely registered as a speed bump. Both sides arrived level on points and games played, each carrying a loss and a win into this one, but only City's form curve points upward now. Neither Foden nor anyone else involved cracks the league's scoring charts yet, where H. Kane still sits well clear on 17, but performances like this are how that gap starts to close. For AEK, the damage is done and the questions are many. Watch Foden's second, a clinical finish in the 65th minute that turned a comfortable lead into a rout, below.

Match Statistics

Manchester City
VS
AEK Athens FC
64% Ball Possession 36%
2.92 Expected goals (xG) 0.78
17 Total Shots 11
7 Shots on target 3
4 Shots off target 5
6 Blocked Shots 3
13 Shots inside box 3
4 Shots outside box 8
8 Corner Kicks 3
0 Offsides 1
6 Fouls 10
1 Yellow Cards 0
0 Red Cards 0
2 Goalkeeper Saves 2
680 Total passes 387
635 Accurate passes 346
9 Free Kicks 6

Lineups

Manchester City
E. Maresca 4-2-3-1
VS
AEK Athens FC
M. Nikolić 4-4-2

Substitutes — Manchester City

28G. Rulli 7I. Ndiaye 22Vitor Nunes 21R. Aït-Nouri 13M. Bettinelli 32A. Bouaddi 61K. Braithwaite 9E. Haaland 11J. Doku 6M. Guéhi 56R. McAidoo

Substitutes — AEK Athens FC

10O. Zubkov 90Zini 27M. Vitális 21D. Vida 22C. Lykogiannis 11A. Koita 6K. Kairinen 8M. Gaćinović 41Marios Balamotis 20P. Mantalos