Manchester City won their first UEFA Super Cup by beating Sevilla 5-4 on penalties in Athens. Youssef En-Nesyri and Cole Palmer scored with headers in the first half and second half, respectively. Pep Guardiola thus made history as he became the first manager to win the Super Cup with three different teams-Barcelona, Bayern Munich, and now Manchester City.
Sevilla won in 2006, beating Barcelona 3-0, but subsequently lost in 2007, 2014, 2015, 2016, and 2020.
Pep Guardiola made four changes to the team that started the EPL season against Burnley last Friday. Kevin De Bruyne is out for a couple of months while Bernardo Silva was ill. Cole Palmer and Josko Gvardiol started in place of Julian Alvarez and Rico Lewis. City started the better team even though Sevilla pressed really high and forced Manuel Akanji into an early turnover.
