Dominant Manchester Metropolis path to Atletico Madrid in Seoul

Manchester Metropolis dominated for giant spells of their pre-season conflict with Atletico Madrid in Seoul however fell behind earlier than half-time.

Jorge Dominguez poked house from a nook to provide the LaLiga facet the benefit within the South Korean capital.

The aim got here three minutes earlier than the break, on the finish of a half the Premier League membership, underneath new boss Enzo Maresca, largely managed.

Defender Josko Gvardiol by some means failed to seek out the online contained in the opening 20 minutes when he headed huge from shut vary.

Savinho and Tijjani Reijnders additionally went near opening the scoring, earlier than Diego Simeone’s males edged in entrance by means of Dominguez after Morten Hjulmand had saved issues alive from a nook.

It was maybe the one blemish in an in any other case promising 45 minutes for Metropolis as they proceed to seek out their toes in a post-Pep Guardiola period and put together to face Premier League rivals Arsenal within the Neighborhood Protect in per week’s time.

The groups

Manchester Metropolis: Donnarumma, Nunes, Reis, Dias (C), Gvardiol, Reijnders, Kovacic, Savinho, Foden, Semenyo, Marmoush

Subs: Bettinelli, Wint, Chabot, Nico, Ait-Nouri, Echeverri, Monga, Braithwaite, Mukasa, Mubama, Alleyne, Sangare, F. Samba, Heskey, Lewis, Henderson-Corridor, Mfuni, Parker

Atletico Madrid: Oblak, Dominguez, Martinez, Le Normand, Hancko, Koke (C), Mendoza, Vargas, Hjulmand, Martin, Lookman

Subs: Esquivel, Rubio, Gimenez, Bonar, Puric, Sola, Hueso, Cardoso, Kang-In Lee, Barrios, Lemar, Castillo, Luque, Esteban, Ortiz, Cubo

The way to watch Man Metropolis v Atletico Madrid: TV and on-line streams

Manchester Metropolis versus Atletico Madrid kicks off at 12 pm UK time on Sunday. It’s not being televised however you may stream it on CITY+ and the official Man Metropolis app.

Stats for Man Metropolis v Atletico Madrid

• Manchester Metropolis and Atletico Madrid final met within the 2021/22 Champions League quarter-finals, with Metropolis profitable 1-0 at house earlier than a 0-0 attract Madrid despatched them by means of
• Sunday’s recreation is Metropolis’s final earlier than they face Arsenal within the Neighborhood Protect at Wembley subsequent weekend
• Atletico completed fourth within the Liga desk final season