UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE 2011/12 SEASON MATCH PRESS KIT Manchester City FC Villarreal CF Group A - Matchday 3 City of Manchester Stadium, Manchester Tuesday 18 October 2011 20.45CET (19.45 local time) Contents Previous meetings.............................................................................................................2 Match background.............................................................................................................3 Match facts........................................................................................................................4 Squad list...........................................................................................................................6 Head coach.......................................................................................................................8 Match officials....................................................................................................................9 Fixtures and results.........................................................................................................10 Match-by-match lineups..................................................................................................12 Competition facts.............................................................................................................14 Team facts.......................................................................................................................15 Legend............................................................................................................................17 Manchester City FC - Villarreal CF Tuesday 18 October 2011 - 20.45CET (19.45 local time) MATCH PRESS KIT City of Manchester Stadium, Manchester Previous meetings Head to Head None Manchester City FC - Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 18/12/08 GS Real Racing Club - Manchester City FC 3-1 Santander Jonathan Pereira 20, Óscar Serrano 30, Valera 54; Caicedo 90+2 UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 27/09/72 R1 Valencia CF - Manchester City FC 2-1 Valencia Valdez 71, Quino 78; Marsh 89 agg: 4-3 13/09/72 R1 Manchester City FC - Valencia CF 2-2 Manchester Lee 7, Marsh 61; Valdez 42, Adorno 55 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 01/10/69 R1 Manchester City FC - Athletic Club 3-0 Manchester Oakes 58, Bell 66, Bowyer 85 agg: 6-3 17/09/69 R1 Athletic Club - Manchester City FC 3-3 Bilbao Argoitia 9, Clemente 12, Uriarte 57; Young 42, Booth 68, Echeberría 86(og) Villarreal CF - Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 15/04/09 QF Arsenal FC - Villarreal CF 3-0 London Walcott 10, Adebayor 60, Van Persie agg: 4-1 69(p) 07/04/09 QF Villarreal CF - Arsenal FC 1-1 Villarreal Senna 10; Adebayor 66 25/11/08 GS Villarreal CF - Manchester United FC 0-0 Villarreal 17/09/08 GS Manchester United FC - Villarreal CF 0-0 Manchester UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 25/04/06 SF Villarreal CF - Arsenal FC 0-0 Villarreal agg: 0-1 19/04/06 SF Arsenal FC - Villarreal CF 1-0 London K. Touré 41 22/11/05 GS Manchester United FC - Villarreal CF 0-0 Manchester 14/09/05 GS Villarreal CF - Manchester United FC 0-0 Villarreal 24/08/05 QR3 Villarreal CF - Everton FC 2-1 Villarreal Sorín 20, Forlán 90+2; Arteta 69 agg: 4-2 09/08/05 QR3 Everton FC - Villarreal CF 1-2 Liverpool Beattie 42; Figueroa 27, Josico 45+1 UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 25/11/04 GS Villarreal CF - Middlesbrough FC 2-0 Villarreal Guayre 36, Javi Venta 75 Record versus clubs from opponents' country 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 2 1 1 0 3 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 5 1 2 2 10 10 Villarreal CF 6 2 4 0 5 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 11 3 6 2 7 7 Last updated 18/10/11 16:13:47CET 2 Previous meetings Manchester City FC - Villarreal CF Tuesday 18 October 2011 - 20.45CET (19.45 local time) MATCH PRESS KIT City of Manchester Stadium, Manchester Match background Manchester City FC and Villarreal CF are both still seeking a first victory in Group A going into the first of their back-to-back meetings in north west England. • City took their first UEFA Champions League point when drawing at home to SSC Napoli but their subsequent defeat at FC Bayern München leaves them just a point better off than Juan Carlos Garrido's Villarreal, beaten at home by Bayern and at Napoli in their opening two games. Match background • Villarreal are bidding to avoid two unwanted firsts – the Madrigal club have never lost three successive European ties and have never failed to qualify from the group stage of a UEFA club competition, two of their six successful campaigns coming in the UEFA Champions League. • Villarreal might have chosen a more hospitable venue to turn their fortunes around; City are unbeaten in 13 European home matches, their last reverse coming against FC Midtjylland in the 2008/09 UEFA Cup second qualifying round. • City have faced Spanish visitors twice before. They beat Athletic Club 3-0 at their former home Maine Road to earn a 6-3 aggregate victory in the first round of the club's triumphant 1969/70 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup campaign. They then held Valencia CF 2-2 in a 1972/73 UEFA Cup first round tie before succumbing 2-1 in Spain. • City's only other encounter with a Spanish team was a 3-1 reverse at Real Racing Club in the 2008/09 UEFA Cup group stage. • Although Villarreal won 2-1 at Everton FC when they first visited England for a 2005/06 UEFA Champions League third qualifying round tie, they have not scored on four subsequent visits. • That sequence includes scoreless draws at Manchester United FC in the UEFA Champions League group stages of 2005/06 and 2008/09 but also two defeats at Arsenal FC – including a 3-0 loss on their most recent trip to England for a 2008/09 quarter-final. • Villarreal's overall record against English clubs is: W3 D6 L2. Team ties • As a UC Sampdoria player Roberto Mancini lost the 1988/89 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup and the 1991/92 European Champion Clubs' Cup finals against FC Barcelona. It proved third time lucky against Spanish opposition when he helped S.S. Lazio defeat RCD Mallorca to claim the 1998/99 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup. • Mancini faced Spain in the 1988 UEFA European Championship, his Italy side winning 1-0. • As a coach, Mancini's FC Internazionale Milano were eliminated from the 2005/06 UEFA Champions League quarter-finals by Villarreal. The first leg in Milan finished 2-1 to Inter but a 1-0 defeat at El Madrigal sent the Spanish side through on away goals. Villarreal's Marcos Senna played in both games, Gonzalo Rodríguez appearing in Spain. • Kolo Touré scored the only goal of Arsenal's 2005/06 UEFA Champions League semi-final victory against Villarreal. Touré later played alongside Gaël Clichy and Samir Nasri as Arsenal eliminated Villarreal in 2008/09. • Edin Džeko faced Villarreal with VfL Wolfsburg in the 2009/10 UEFA Europa League round of 32, scoring in a 4-1 home win to secure a 6-3 aggregate success. • For Club Atlético de Madrid, Sergio Agüero met Villarreal eight times in five years in the Spanish Liga, winning four and losing four while scoring five goals. • David Silva faced Villarreal seven times with Valencia and on loan at RC Celta de Vigo, winning four games, drawing one and losing two. He struck in a 4-1 Liga victory against Villarreal on 17 January 2010 and played with Carlos Marchena and César Sánchez at Valencia. • Two other City players with experience of Spanish football are Yaya Touré (Barcelona 2007-10) and Pablo Zabaleta (RCD Espanyol 2005-08). • Goalkeeper César spent the first half of 2008/09 at Tottenham Hotspur FC, making just one appearance in a League Cup win against Liverpool FC. • Giuseppe Rossi was a Manchester United player from 2004 to 2007, during which time he also had a loan spell with Newcastle United FC. Rossi and Mario Balotelli are colleagues in the Italy national team. • Borja Valero played for West Bromwich Albion FC in the Premier League between 2008 and 2009, losing 4-2 at City in April 2009. Last updated 18/10/11 16:13:47CET 3 Match background Manchester City FC - Villarreal CF Tuesday 18 October 2011 - 20.45CET (19.45 local time) MATCH PRESS KIT City of Manchester Stadium, Manchester Match facts Manchester City UEFA milestones • None UEFA Champions League statistics • City have been caught offside only once to date, the joint lowest total in the competition. • Mario Balotelli completes a three-match ban following his red card against FC Dynamo Kyiv in last season's UEFA Europa League round of 16 second leg. Latest domestic information • Saturday 15 October: Manchester City FC 4-1 Aston Villa FC (Balotelli 28, Johnson 47, Kompany 52, Milner 71; Warnock 65) Hart; Richards (K Touré 66), Lescott, Kompany, Clichy; De Jong, Barry, Milner, Johnson (Hargreaves 77), Y Touré (Silva 65); Balotelli • City clinched their ninth successive home league win, Vincent Kompany scoring his first club goal since 3 April 2010. Their eight-game tally of 27 goals equals the Premier League record set by Arsenal FC in 2009/10. • Balotelli has scored in his last four City appearances. • The Blues have conceded just three goals in their last 14 games at the City of Manchester Stadium since 2 March. Stephen Warnock's goal for Villa ended City's run of three successive domestic clean sheets. • Samir Nasri and Stefan Savić scored their first City goals at Blackburn Rovers FC on 1 October. • David Silva was voted the Premier League's player of the month for September. • City lost 3-2 to Manchester United FC in the FA Community Shield on 7 August despite leading 2-0 at half-time. Injury news • Sergio Agüero was taken off midway through the first half at Blackburn on 1 October having suffered a groin injury. Balotelli picked up a back problem but was fit enough to return against Villa; Agüero sat out the match. International duty • On 11 October Nasri scored the goal that took France to UEFA EURO 2012, cancelling out club-mate Edin Džeko's opener for Bosnia and Herzegovina to earn a 1-1 draw in Paris.