Manchester City won their first ever UEFA Super Cup after beating Sevilla 5-4 in a penalty shoot-out following a 1-1 draw at the Georgios Karaiskakis Stadium in Piraeus.
A tense, hard fought encounter in the Greek capital had ended with honours even at 1-1 after 90 minutes with man of the match Cole Palmer’s second half penalty cancelling out a first half opener from Youssef En-Nesryi.
Both sides could have won the game in normal time with Ederson making several key saves to deny En-Nesyri and Nathan Ake twice seeing goal bound headers blocked.
That set the scene for a nerve shredding spot-kick shoot out.
And after five successful City penalties, Sevilla’s Nemanja Gudelj missed his fifth effort as it cannoned off the bar to secure a first piece of silverware in the 2023/24 season for Pep Guardiola’s side.
Pep Guardiola and Man City have added another trophy to make it four this year and going into the 2023/24 session ready to dominate or replicate the same feat again. As it is now, Pep is the acclaimed best manager Europe has produced in recent times.