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Manchester City 1 – 1 AS Roma 
4′ Sergio Aguero (pen) 23′ Francesco Totti
AS Roma gets an important draw at the Etihad Stadium thanks to Captain Francesco Totti. Roma being down making a comeback under the leadership of Roman gladiator Totti to keep the squad alive in the Champions League. It’s a historical goal for Totti becoming the oldest player, 38 years old and three days, to score in Champions League breaking the previous record by Ryan Giggs with 37 years and 295 days.
Group E Standing after matchday 2 seeing Roma in the second position with 4 points while Manchester City in the 3rd position with 1 point.
Things started bad for Roma when Referee Björn Kuipers granted a penalty to Manchester City. It is Roma defender Maicon to concede the penalty after a foul on forward Sergio Aguero. Taking the penalty spot is Aguero himself… and there you go…. Aguero with a right footed shot defeating AS Roma goalkeeper Lukasz Skorupski in the bottom right corner.
Taking care of business is Capitano Totti in the 23rd minute! Yep, Totti making a fast run to catch the assist by midfielder Radja Nainggolan.. and I love how Totti control the ball with style to deliver his right footed shot while Manchester City goalkeeper anticipates to save, but nothing to do because Totti following the direction of the ball start his celebration while the ball went directly to the bottom right corner.
| UEFA Champions League Group Stage Group E Standing after Matchday 2 |
P | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FC Bayern München | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| AS Roma | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 4 |
| Manchester City FC | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 1 |
| PFC CSKA Moskva | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | -5 | 0 |
Here is MANCHESTER CITY official starting lineup by coach Manuel Pellegrini:
Manchester City (4-4-2): Hart; Zabaleta, Kompany (C), Demichelis, Clichy; Navas, Fernandinho, Yaya Touré, Silva; Agüero, Dzeko.
Here is AS ROMA official starting lineup by coach Rudi Garcia
Roma (4-3-3): Skorupski; Maicon, Manolas, Mapou Yanga-Mbiwa, Cole; Pjanić, Keita, Nainggolan; Florenzi, Totti, Gervinho.
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UEFA Champions League Group Stage
Manchester City 1 – 1 AS Roma
Tuesday 30 September 2014
Etihad Stadium
Manchester, England, UK
20:45CET
Referee: Björn Kuipers (NED)
Assistant referees: Sander van Roekel (NED) , Erwin Zeinstra (NED)
Additional assistant referees: Richard Liesveld (NED) , Peter Janssen (NED)
Fourth official: Charles Schaap (NED)
UEFA Delegate: Jacques Antenen (SUI)
UEFA Referee observer: Manuel Lopez Fernandez (ESP)
Goals: 4′ Sergio Aguero (pen) (M), 23′ Francesco Totti (R)
Official formations – lineups:
MANCHESTER CITY (4-4-2): Hart; Zabaleta, Kompany (C), Demichelis, Clichy; Navas, Fernandinho, Yaya Touré, Silva; Agüero, Dzeko.
Subs.: Caballero, Sagna, Kolarov, Milner, Lampard, Jovetić, Mangala.
Coach.: Manuel Pellegrini.
AS ROMA (4-3-3): Skorupski; Maicon, Manolas, Mapou Yanga-Mbiwa, Cole; Pjanić, Keita, Nainggolan; Florenzi, Totti, Gervinho.
Subs.: Curci, Holebas, Torosidis, Paredes, Iturbe, Ljajić, Destro.
Coach.: Rudi Garcia.