Result Palermo 0 – 3 Manchester City, Saturday 9 August 2025, International Friendly
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Manchester City taught Palermo a lesson by defeating them 3-0 on Saturday, August 9, 2025, at the Renzo Barbera Stadium. This match was part of the Anglo-Palermitan Trophy. It was certainly a convincing victory over the Serie B team, Palermo. Goals from Erling Haaland and a brace from Tijjani Reijnders secured the win. This was their last friendly of the pre-season.
Although Palermo started brightly, City took control of the game. In the 25th minute, Erling Haaland opened the scoring with a right-footed shot from the center of the box into the bottom left corner, assisted by Rico Lewis.
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The second goal came in the 59th minute. Tijjani Reijnders found the net with a right-footed shot from the center of the box to the bottom left corner. The assist provided by Savinho.
The final blow was delivered by Reijnders again in the 82nd minute, scoring with a right-footed shot from the center of the box to the bottom left corner, assisted by Divine Mukasa.
Despite the loss, Palermo, who finished eighth in Serie B last season, found this match to be a valuable test.
Palermo vs Manchester City Official Starting Lineups
PALERMO: 1 Gomis, 3 Augello, 6 Gomes, 8 Segre, 9 Brunori (C), 10 Ranocchia, 11 Gyasi, 13 Bani, 20 Pohjanpalo, 23 Diakité, 32 Ceccaroni.
Subs: 22 Bardi, 63 Cutrona, 77 Di Bartolo, 5 Palumbo, 14 Vasic, 15 Nicolosi, 18 Avena, 21 Le Douaron, 27 Pierozzi, 28 Blin, 29 Peda, 31 Corona, 80 Squillacioti, 86 Brutto.
Coach: Filippo Inzaghi.
MANCHESTER CITY: 1 Trafford, 5 Stones, 7 Marmoush, 9 Haaland (C), 14 Gonzalez, 21 Ait-Nouri, 29 Cherki, 33 O’Reilly, 45 Khusanov, 52 Bobb, 82 Lewis.
Subs: 31 Ederson, 3 Dias, 4 Reijnders, 6 Aké, 11 Doku, 19 Gundogan, 20 Bernardo Silva, 25 Akanji, 26 Savinho, 27 Nunes, 63 Mukasa.
Coach: Guardiola.
REFEREE: Abisso (Palermo).
AA1: Costanzo (Orvieto).
AA2: Cortese (Palermo).
IV OFFICIAL: Ramondino (Palermo).
Photo via x.com/palermofficial
