Match events
Minute by minute- 11' Yellow card: Alfonso Pedraza Villarreal
- 17'0–1 Goal: Erling HaalandAssist: Rico Lewis Manchester City
- 22' Yellow card: Bernardo Silva Manchester City
- 40'0–2 Goal: Bernardo SilvaAssist: Sávio Manchester City
- 45' Yellow card: Santiago Mouriño Villarreal
- 45' Substitution: Sergi CardonaOff: Alfonso Pedraza Villarreal
- Half-time 0–2
- 57' Substitution: Mateo KovacicOff: Nico González Manchester City
- 65' Yellow card: Rúben Dias Manchester City
- 66' Substitution: Alberto MoleiroOff: Tajon Buchanan Villarreal
- 66' Substitution: Tani OluwaseyiOff: Georges Mikautadze Villarreal
- 72' Substitution: Ayoze PérezOff: Santi Comesaña Villarreal
- 72' Substitution: Oscar BobbOff: Jérémy Doku Manchester City
- 73' Substitution: Tijjani ReijndersOff: Rico Lewis Manchester City
- 75' Yellow card: Pape Gueye Villarreal
- 81' Substitution: Dani ParejoOff: Pape Gueye Villarreal
- 85' Yellow card: Alberto Moleiro Villarreal
- 86' Substitution: Omar MarmoushOff: Sávio Manchester City
- 86' Substitution: Rayan CherkiOff: Erling Haaland Manchester City
Line-ups
Confirmed
Villarreal4-4-24-5-1Manchester City
- 1 Júnior
- 2445' Pedraza
- 12 Veiga
- 8 Foyth
- 15 Mouriño
- 1766' Buchanan
- 1881' Gueye
- 16 Partey
- 1472' Comesaña
- 966' Mikautadze
- 19 Pépé
- 25 Donnarumma
- 24 Gvardiol
- 3 Dias
- 5 Stones
- 27 Nunes
- 1172' Doku
- 20 Silva
- 1457' González
- 82A73' Lewis
- 26A86' Sávio
- 986' Haaland
Villarreal bench
- 22Ayoze Pérez72'
- 23Sergi Cardona45'
- 21Tani Oluwaseyi66'
- 20Alberto Moleiro66'
- 10Dani Parejo81'
Manchester City bench
- 52Oscar Bobb72'
- 10Rayan Cherki86'
- 7Omar Marmoush86'
- 4Tijjani Reijnders73'
- 8Mateo Kovacic57'