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Champions League LIVE: Liverpool vs Bayer Leverkusen and Sporting vs Man City – results and comments


Champions League LIVE: Liverpool vs Bayer Leverkusen and Sporting vs Man City – results and comments

Team news – Simpson-Pusey makes his first City appearance, Lewis and Savinho returnpublished at 7:04 p.m. Greenwich Mean Time

Sporting vs Man City (20:00 GMT)

Simon Stone
Chief football news reporter for BBC Sport in Lisbon

Sporty

Ruben Amorim's final Sporting side for a home game features two changes from the side that rattled off six straight wins against Estrela on Friday. Former Coventry striker Viktor Gyokeres has scored 20 goals in all competitions this season. He will be supported in attack by Trincao, who spent a year on loan at Wolves in 2021/22.

Sporting XI: Israel, Debast, Diomande, Matheus Reis, Geovany Quenda, Hjulmand, Morita, Araujo, Trincao, Gyokeres, Gonclaves.

Substitute:
Kovacevic, Diogo Pinto, St Juste, Edwards, Harder, Catamo, Fresneda, Braganca, Esgaio, Simoes, Quaresma.

Manchester City

Jahmai Simpson-Pusey makes his Champions League debut and starts his first senior game for Manchester City.

Simpson-Pusey only turned 19 yesterday but is getting his chances with Nathan Ake on the bench and Ruben Dias not involved at all. It is one of three changes from the side beaten at Bournemouth on Saturday. Rico Lewis replaces Kyle Walker and Savinho comes on for Ilkay Gundogan as City look to avoid a third successive defeat.

Manchester City XI: Ederson, Lewis, Simpson-Pusey, Akanji, Gvardiol, Kovacic, Bernardo, Savinho, Foden, Nunes, Haaland.

Substitute: Ortega, Carson, Walker, Ake, Doku, De Bruyne, Gundogan, Wright, O'Reilly, McAtee, Wilson-Esbrand.

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