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UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE - 2016/17 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS City of Manchester Stadium - Manchester Tuesday 6 December 2016 Manchester City FC 20.45CET (19.45 local time) Celtic FC Group C - Matchday 6 Last updated 16/03/2017 00:06CET UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE OFFICIAL SPONSORS Previous meetings 2 Match background 4 Squad list 6 Head coach 9 Match officials 10 Fixtures and results 11 Match-by-match lineups 15 Competition facts 18 Team facts 19 Legend 21 1 Manchester City FC - Celtic FC Tuesday 6 December 2016 - 20.45CET (19.45 local time) Match press kit City of Manchester Stadium, Manchester Previous meetings Head to Head UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Dembélé 3, 47, Sterling 20 (og); 28/09/2016 GS Celtic FC - Manchester City FC 3-3 Glasgow Fernandinho 12, Sterling 28, Nolito 55 Home Away Final Total Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA Manchester City FC 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 3 3 Celtic FC 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 3 3 Manchester City FC - Record versus clubs from opponents' country Manchester City FC have not played against a club from their opponents' country Celtic FC - Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Eduardo 28 (P), 3-1 26/08/2009 PO Arsenal FC - Celtic FC London Eboué 53, Arshavin agg: 5-1 74; Donati 90+2 Gallas 43, G. Caldwell 18/08/2009 PO Celtic FC - Arsenal FC 0-2 Glasgow 71 (og) UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers McDonald 13; Giggs 05/11/2008 GS Celtic FC - Manchester United FC 1-1 Glasgow 84 Manchester United FC - Celtic Berbatov 30, 51, 21/10/2008 GS 3-0 Manchester FC Rooney 76 UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 21/11/2006 GS Celtic FC - Manchester United FC 1-0 Glasgow Nakamura 81 Saha 30 (P), 40, Solskjær 47; Manchester United FC - Celtic 13/09/2006 GS 3-2 Manchester Vennegoor of FC Hesselink 21, Nakamura 43 UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 0-2 Thompson 45, 20/03/2003 QF Liverpool FC - Celtic FC Liverpool agg: 1-3 Hartson 82 13/03/2003 QF Celtic FC - Liverpool FC 1-1 Glasgow Larsson 2; Heskey 17 0-2 14/11/2002 R2 Blackburn Rovers FC - Celtic FC Blackburn Larsson 15, Sutton 67 agg: 0-3 2 Manchester City FC - Celtic FC Tuesday 6 December 2016 - 20.45CET (19.45 local time) Match press kit City of Manchester Stadium, Manchester UEFA Cup 31/10/2002 R2 Celtic FC - Blackburn Rovers FC 1-0 Glasgow Larsson 85 UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 0-0 30/09/1997 R1 Liverpool FC - Celtic FC Liverpool agg: 2-2 ag McNamara 52, Donnelly 74 (P); 16/09/1997 R1 Celtic FC - Liverpool FC 2-2 Glasgow Owen 7, McManaman 89 UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Celtic FC - Nottingham Forest 1-2 MacLeod 80; Hodge 07/12/1983 R3 Glasgow FC agg: 1-2 53, Walsh 74 23/11/1983 R3 Nottingham Forest FC - Celtic FC 0-0 Nottingham European Champions Clubs' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 2-1 Hughes 47, Murdoch 15/04/1970 SF Celtic FC - Leeds United Glasgow agg: 3-1 51; Bremner 14 01/04/1970 SF Leeds United - Celtic FC 0-1 Leeds Connelly 1 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 2-0 19/04/1966 SF Liverpool FC - Celtic FC Liverpool Smith 59, Strong 65 agg: 2-1 14/04/1966 SF Celtic FC - Liverpool FC 1-0 Glasgow Lennox 52 Home Away Final Total Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA Manchester City FC 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 3 3 Celtic FC 10 4 4 2 9 3 2 4 0 0 0 0 19 7 6 6 21 23 3 Manchester City FC - Celtic FC Tuesday 6 December 2016 - 20.45CET (19.45 local time) Match press kit City of Manchester Stadium, Manchester Match background Manchester City are looking to maintain their 100% home record in this season's UEFA Champions League when they welcome Celtic FC on matchday six. • City have already qualified for the round of 16 as group runners-up after their 1-1 draw at VfL Borussia Mönchengladbach on 23 November. On the same night, Celtic's place at the foot of Group C was cemented by a 2-0 home defeat by FC Barcelona. Previous meetings • Prior to the clubs' 3-3 draw in Glasgow on matchday two, they had only previously met in friendly matches. City beat Celtic 2-1 in Manchester in August 2009 with Gareth Barry and Carlos Tévez scoring either side of Chris Killen. Pablo Zabaleta was in City's team that day along with Kolo Touré, now a Celtic player. • The sides had drawn 1-1 in a July 2008 friendly at Celtic Park, Paul McGowan cancelling out Martin Petrov's strike for City. Match background Manchester City • Already assured qualification for the fourth consecutive season, City are looking to secure a hat-trick of home group stage victories for the first time. • Including their play-off win over FC Steaua Bucureşti, City have scored eight goals in their three European home outings this term. They are unbeaten in eight home matches in UEFA club competition (W6 D2). • This is the first time City have hosted a team from Scotland in an official match, though they did beat Scottish Premier League side St Johnstone FC 3-0 in a pre-season friendly behind closed doors at the City Football Academy on 3 August. Fabian Delph, David Silva and Fernandinho were the scorers. Celtic • Celtic (D2 L3) are still seeking a first win in Group C in their final European fixture of the season. • Overall they are without a victory in the UEFA Champions League proper since beating AFC Ajax 2-1 in Glasgow in October 2013. Their record since reads W0 D2 L6. Including the UEFA Europa League they are on a 14-match winless run in group stage fixtures in UEFA competition. • Celtic have lost their last three away games against English clubs, conceding three goals on each occasion. • Their overall record in England is W3 D2 L4. The last of their three victories was a 2-0 success at Liverpool FC in the 2002/03 UEFA Cup quarter-finals. Coach and player links • Brendan Rodgers' first match managing in the Premier League was a 4-0 defeat at City with Swansea City AFC in August 2011. His Liverpool team finished two points behind City in the race for the league title in 2013/14. His record against them with the Reds was W2 D2 L2. • Rodgers' overall record against City in Manchester, meanwhile, is W0 D1 L3. • Rodgers gave Raheem Sterling his first league start as a Liverpool player in October 2012. • Kolo Touré played for City from 2009 to 2013 and won the Premier League (2012) and FA Cup (2011) with the club. Last season he appeared as a 25th-minute substitute in the Liverpool team beaten on penalties by City in the English League Cup final. • Yaya Touré, brother of Kolo, is a City player but is absent from their UEFA Champions League squad. • Patrick Roberts is on loan at Celtic from City where he played three games last term – one in the Premier League and two in the English League Cup. • Dedryck Boyata was a City player between 2008 and 2015 but made only 13 Premier League appearances. • Sterling and John Stones played in the England team who earned a 3-0 FIFA World Cup qualifying victory against the Scotland of Scott Brown, James Forrest and Leigh Griffiths at Wembley Stadium on 11 November. • Kevin De Bruyne helped Belgium win 1-0 at Nir Bitton's Israel in a UEFA EURO 2016 qualifier in March 2015. Vincent Kompany also played but was sent off. • Have played together: Kolo Touré & Sterling (Liverpool FC) Scott Sinclair & Fabian Delph (Aston Villa FC) Logan Bailly, Boyata & Kompany (Belgium) 4 Manchester City FC - Celtic FC Tuesday 6 December 2016 - 20.45CET (19.45 local time) Match press kit City of Manchester Stadium, Manchester • Mark Lawwell, son of Celtic chief executive Peter Lawwell, works for City as their scouting information and content manager. • Billy McNeill, Celtic's European Cup-winning captain in 1967, was City manager between 1983 and 1986. Match facts Manchester City • Fernandinho serves a one-game ban on matchday six. Sterling is a booking away from a suspension. • Fernandino and Sergio Agüero were both sent off deep into added time as City lost 3-1 at home to Premier League leaders Chelsea FC on Saturday. • City have kept just one clean sheet in their last 15 matches in all competitions. • Agüero has scored two goals or more in a game on six occasions this season, most recently against Burnley FC (W2-1) on 26 November. • Agüero (152 goals) is level with Joe Hayes in fourth place on the club's all-time scorers' list, one goal behind Colin Bell in third and 26 shy of leader Eric Brook. • Guardiola said on 25 November that Kompany will be out for four to six weeks with a knee injury.