Manchester City against Juventus

It's just not happening. City are having all the possession, but they can't find a way through. Three minutes of added time.

Johnson swings it in and it's headed out for a throw.

City come close with Tevez battling away to get the ball across the face of goal before Silva gets in on the action. They have to settle for a corner.

Del Piero strikes the underside of the bar! He's appealiong, saying it crossed the line, but it very clearly didn't.

Barry fouls Iaquinta in a dangerous position, reminding the world that he's not too well suited to that left-back position he's often been put in.

Juve are looking hard to break down, with Sissoko breaking things up nicely as he did so often for Liverpool.

Barry will play at left back with Boateng having come off.

<img src="http://soccernet-assets.espn.go.com/design05/gp10/i/subs.gif"> Milner comes on in place of Boateng. City seem to determined to breathe life into this one, to their credit.

Silva has a shot closes down and Manninger gets across to prevent a corner. This game's dying a slow death.

Shoddy pass from Barry. There appeared to be a chance on there.

Iaquinta looks to chase down a ball down the right flank but Kompany has the better of him. Goal kick, and Iaquinta reacts like a child.

The City fans are in full voice, but there's not much on the pitch to back it up right now.

<img src="http://soccernet-assets.espn.go.com/design05/gp10/i/subs.gif"> Juve go all defensive, taking off Krasic for Brazilian World Cup hero Felipe Melo.

Chiellini brings down Yaya Toure, but the ref isn't interested.

<img src="http://soccernet-assets.espn.go.com/design05/gp10/i/subs.gif"> Silva comes on for Adebayor.

<img src="http://soccernet-assets.espn.go.com/design05/gp10/i/yellow_card.jpg" height="15"> Grygera gets a booking as City break away.

Juve break and there appears to be a definite foul on the edge of the area, but City get away with it.

<img src="http://soccernet-assets.espn.go.com/design05/gp10/i/subs.gif"> De Ceglie comes off and Motta takes his place.

Tevez gets involved in a bit of argy-bargy with Grygera, but the ref calms it down.

Yaya Toure runs with the ball and finds Adebayor in the box, who doesn't manage to do anything with it, not entirely unsurprisingly.

Silva is getting ready to come on.

Adebayor rises to try to meet Tevez's cross into the centre, but it's just over his head. Decent chance.

Del Piero takes it and sends it a yard or so wide of the post. It just didn't have the curl, but it would have had the beating of Hart.

Kolo Toure brings down Del Piero - or at least nearly brings him down and Del Piero goes down. It's a free-kick for Juve in a dangerous-ish position.

Barry chests down on the edge of the area and then strikes it on the bounce looking for the top corner. It's over, but not a million miles away.

Del Piero sends in what looks a disappointing ball, but it gets past the first defender and needs Kompany to perform a good clearance.

<img src="http://soccernet-assets.espn.go.com/design05/gp10/i/yellow_card.jpg" height="15"> Barry gets a booking for a clumsy challenge on Sissoko as he progresses down the right flank.

Vieira floats one over the defence for Adebayor, who's just about onside but can't get his head onto it. Nice thinking.

Another long City build-up is let down by the final ball. We're lacking that spark again, Johnson apart.

Johnson puts his magic feet in action before firing in a very saveable shot. Good stuff, though.

Del Piero sends it to the far post, where Chiellini heads it down and wide. Poor stuff from the Italy defender.

Boateng clears a cross at the far post with Krasic lurking. Corner kick.

<img src="http://soccernet-assets.espn.go.com/design05/gp10/i/subs.gif"> Martinez is replaced by Simone Pepe.

Tevez bursts into the area and, as he's forced wide, a couple of Juve defenders collide in amusing fashion. City can't make anything of it though.

Adebayor stretches to connect with a deep cross and force a fine save, but he's two yards offside.

Zabaleta's substitution was a precaution apparently. A muscle injury.

Boyata puts a cross in from the right, but there's no one there.

Chiellini comes in to dispossess Tevez after he danced past several of his team-mates.

The cross comes in for Tevez, who heads the ball in the wrong direction. A bit odd.

Krasic fires in a shot from an angle that makes it look like an intended cross. Hart doesn't have too much trouble beyond the surprise factor.

The ball drops nicely for Del Piero to strike, but his effort lacks the power to trouble Hart.

We're now underway for the second half.

<img src="http://soccernet-assets.espn.go.com/design05/gp10/i/subs.gif"> Boyata has come on to replace Zabaleta, who was involved in a clash with Chiellini.

We'll be taking a break now, but join us in the second half for what should be an entertaining 45 minutes.

Juve have probably been the better organised side and were well worthy of their slightly fortunate opener, but City have managed to find a bit of spark and could easily be ahead going into the second half.

That's half-time.

Johnson looks to slip the ball in for Adebayor in a dangerous position, but he can't quite thread it through.

Krasic squares for Marchisio, who tries a pointless, tame long-ranger. Hart gathers.

Hart punches the corner clear and collides with Boateng, who looks a little dazzled.

Iaquinta plays a dangerous ball across the face. Boateng is able to play it behind for a corner because there are no Juve players getting in on it.

Adebayor produces some neat skill to feed Johnson, who returns the ball, but Juve have enough numbers back to stifle the charge.

<img src="http://soccernet-assets.espn.go.com/design05/gp10/i/yellow_card.jpg" height="15"> Krasic gets a yellow for a dive in the area. Kompany did seem to catch him, but Krasic was probably playing for it.

Boateng gets back to nick the ball away from Del Piero, who was racing away like a 33-year-old there.

The fans have woken up a bit now and it feels like more of an event. City are still a little sloppy, but they're creating plenty of chances and there's a lot to admire.

Zabaleta fires a shot on goal, which takes a deflection, but Manninger is able to prevent the corner.

<img src="http://soccernet-assets.espn.go.com/design05/gp10/i/goal.gif"> <b>GOAL FOR CITY</b> Yaya Toure slips a superb throughball in for Johnson, who runs through and does well to deceive Manninger. 1-1.

Boateng's cross-field pass there rivalled his earlier shot for poor execution. Presumably this is all down to rustiness, given that's he's actually a fine player.

Tevez receives a curling through ball from Johnson but blazes over the bar from a couple of yards out. He's given offside, though, which he'll be pleased about, even if it wasn't as easy as it sounds.

Barry's header hits the post! A great little knock-on. It comes back out for Johnson, whose shot is well blocked by Manninger.

Johnson weaves his way infield and finds Vieira, who gives the ball back to Juve.

City look to make a quick break from the free-kick, but the move breaks down.

Krasic rolls over and over repeatedly after what looked a fairly soft challenge from Zabaleta. A bit much, but Juve have a free-kick.

Boateng goes a bit closer with another long-range effort. By 'a bit closer', that is to say that this one didn't go out for a throw-in.

Johnson gets the chance to unleash a shot from the edge of the area, but it sails well over. It's like the English players have rediscovered the Jabulani.

Barry shows the kind of touch that made England's World Cup such a roaring success and a City attack breaks down.

City didn't want to give the ball back then. Marchisio did appear to be making a meal of it.

Marchisio is down injured. Tevez sends the ball back to Chiellini, who puts it out for a throw.

Zabaleta sends in a rotter of a cross after Tevez is dispossessed. They're not going to equalise like that.

Vieira is given enough room to unleash a left-footer from the edge of the area, but he pulls it and it's well wide. City are still on top.

Tevez looks to fire in a pass for Adebayor, but it's just got too much on it. Tevez has woken up now, which is promising for City.

Tevez is finally able to fashion a chance in the area, but he's not quite got as much space as he'd like and the shot goes wide.

Boateng sends in a cross from the right, but it's headed clear for a throw. City seem most likely to create something down the right - Boateng and Johnson have most of their creativity for the time being.

Juve apply some more pressure and Iaquinta receives the ball on the edge of the area, but he's got his back to goal and City are able to get it clear.

Zabaleta is caught in a clash with Chiellini. He should be okay but it looked painful.

Adebayor slips the ball through for Barry, who tries to cut it back across goal to no avail.

Yaya Toure heads the second corner on goal and Manninger just about keeps it out! He holds on and Toure tries to bounce him over the line, but it's a clear free-kick.

Johnson floats on to the far post and the ball comes back across goal but is cleared for another corner.

Well, that should liven things up. City have a corner now.

<img src="http://soccernet-assets.espn.go.com/design05/gp10/i/goal.gif"> <b>GOAL</b><b> FOR JUVE!</b> Iaquinta fires home from distance via a deflection from Kolo Toure's head!

Jerome Boateng pulls off a neat little piece of skill and then plays a long, searching ball for Tevez out on the left, but it's a little too long. Goal kick.

Del Piero fires it straight at Hart, but it bounces up and the 'keeper can't claim it. His spill has enough height on it to get it clear.

Kompany makes a clumsy challenge and it's another free-kick for Juve. Del Piero lines it up again.

Juve have a free-kick from way, way out, but that doesn't deter Del Piero from firing in a tame shot that goes nowhere near the City goal. He's better than that.

Sissoko plays it through for Iaquinta on the right of the area, and his effort from distance forces Hart into a smart low save. That's much more like it.

Jerome Boateng, on his first start, skews his ridiculously ambitious shot so badly that it's out for a throw-in. Let's hope there's more to the Europa League's best match than that.

City get the game underway!

Both sides have had funny old starts to the season. City were superb against Liverpool and solid enough to beat Chelsea last weekend, but they've been too inconsistent. Juve had a very slow start, but there have been signs of recovery lately.

There's no sign of Alberto Aquilani for Juventus, while Gianluigi Buffon remains sidelined through injury. Former Arsenal 'keeper Alex Manninger is between the sticks as a result.

Vincenzo Iaquinta and Alessandro Del Piero will provide some experience and guile to the juve attack, too, while Giorgio Chiellini should give them confidence at the back.

Juve may look to the inconsistent but highly talented Milos Krasic, who was a target for City earlier this summer. City coach Attilio Lombardo says they only went for David Silva after growing frustrated in their attempts to sign Krasic.

We've also got Gareth Barry, Patrick Vieira and Yaya Toure in that midfield, but Yaya's a lot more attacking these days so it shouldn't be too stifling.

Emmanuel Adebayor starts up front as well as Carlos Tevez, while Adam Johnson is also in the line-up.

If you're concerned that Roberto Mancini will be looking to bore us all stupid with an out and out catenaccio display, the signs are positive - he's having a go at throwing caution to the wind.

Hello and welcome to the biggest game of the night from the City of Manchester Stadium.

Patrick Vieira is <a href="http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story?id=828419&sec=uefachampionsleague&cc=5739" target="_blank">hoping for the chance to impress</a> against his old side.

<img src="http://soccernet-assets.espn.go.com/design05/images/2010/0924/robertomanciniface20100924_275x155.jpg"><br>Mancini: An Italian manager in charge of City.

Join us at 20.05 BST to see City take on the Old Lady.

<img src="http://soccernet-assets.espn.go.com/design05/gp10/i/subs.gif"> Silva comes on for Adebayor.

<img src="http://soccernet-assets.espn.go.com/design05/gp10/i/yellow_card.jpg" height="15"> Grygera gets a booking as City break away.

Juve break and there appears to be a definite foul on the edge of the area, but City get away with it.

<img src="http://soccernet-assets.espn.go.com/design05/gp10/i/subs.gif"> De Ceglie comes off and Motta takes his place.

Tevez gets involved in a bit of argy-bargy with Grygera, but the ref calms it down.

Yaya Toure runs with the ball and finds Adebayor in the box, who doesn't manage to do anything with it, not entirely unsurprisingly.

Silva is getting ready to come on.

Adebayor rises to try to meet Tevez's cross into the centre, but it's just over his head. Decent chance.

Del Piero takes it and sends it a yard or so wide of the post. It just didn't have the curl, but it would have had the beating of Hart.

Kolo Toure brings down Del Piero - or at least nearly brings him down and Del Piero goes down. It's a free-kick for Juve in a dangerous-ish position.

Barry chests down on the edge of the area and then strikes it on the bounce looking for the top corner. It's over, but not a million miles away.

Del Piero sends in what looks a disappointing ball, but it gets past the first defender and needs Kompany to perform a good clearance.

<img src="http://soccernet-assets.espn.go.com/design05/gp10/i/yellow_card.jpg" height="15"> Barry gets a booking for a clumsy challenge on Sissoko as he progresses down the right flank.

Vieira floats one over the defence for Adebayor, who's just about onside but can't get his head onto it. Nice thinking.

Another long City build-up is let down by the final ball. We're lacking that spark again, Johnson apart.

Johnson puts his magic feet in action before firing in a very saveable shot. Good stuff, though.

Del Piero sends it to the far post, where Chiellini heads it down and wide. Poor stuff from the Italy defender.

Boateng clears a cross at the far post with Krasic lurking. Corner kick.

<img src="http://soccernet-assets.espn.go.com/design05/gp10/i/subs.gif"> Martinez is replaced by Simone Pepe.

Tevez bursts into the area and, as he's forced wide, a couple of Juve defenders collide in amusing fashion. City can't make anything of it though.

Adebayor stretches to connect with a deep cross and force a fine save, but he's two yards offside.

Zabaleta's substitution was a precaution apparently. A muscle injury.

Boyata puts a cross in from the right, but there's no one there.

Chiellini comes in to dispossess Tevez after he danced past several of his team-mates.

The cross comes in for Tevez, who heads the ball in the wrong direction. A bit odd.

Krasic fires in a shot from an angle that makes it look like an intended cross. Hart doesn't have too much trouble beyond the surprise factor.

The ball drops nicely for Del Piero to strike, but his effort lacks the power to trouble Hart.

We're now underway for the second half.

<img src="http://soccernet-assets.espn.go.com/design05/gp10/i/subs.gif"> Boyata has come on to replace Zabaleta, who was involved in a clash with Chiellini.

We'll be taking a break now, but join us in the second half for what should be an entertaining 45 minutes.

Juve have probably been the better organised side and were well worthy of their slightly fortunate opener, but City have managed to find a bit of spark and could easily be ahead going into the second half.

That's half-time.

Johnson looks to slip the ball in for Adebayor in a dangerous position, but he can't quite thread it through.

Krasic squares for Marchisio, who tries a pointless, tame long-ranger. Hart gathers.

Hart punches the corner clear and collides with Boateng, who looks a little dazzled.

Iaquinta plays a dangerous ball across the face. Boateng is able to play it behind for a corner because there are no Juve players getting in on it.

Adebayor produces some neat skill to feed Johnson, who returns the ball, but Juve have enough numbers back to stifle the charge.

<img src="http://soccernet-assets.espn.go.com/design05/gp10/i/yellow_card.jpg" height="15"> Krasic gets a yellow for a dive in the area. Kompany did seem to catch him, but Krasic was probably playing for it.

Boateng gets back to nick the ball away from Del Piero, who was racing away like a 33-year-old there.

The fans have woken up a bit now and it feels like more of an event. City are still a little sloppy, but they're creating plenty of chances and there's a lot to admire.

Zabaleta fires a shot on goal, which takes a deflection, but Manninger is able to prevent the corner.

<img src="http://soccernet-assets.espn.go.com/design05/gp10/i/goal.gif"> <b>GOAL FOR CITY</b> Yaya Toure slips a superb throughball in for Johnson, who runs through and does well to deceive Manninger. 1-1.

Boateng's cross-field pass there rivalled his earlier shot for poor execution. Presumably this is all down to rustiness, given that's he's actually a fine player.

Tevez receives a curling through ball from Johnson but blazes over the bar from a couple of yards out. He's given offside, though, which he'll be pleased about, even if it wasn't as easy as it sounds.

Barry's header hits the post! A great little knock-on. It comes back out for Johnson, whose shot is well blocked by Manninger.

Johnson weaves his way infield and finds Vieira, who gives the ball back to Juve.

City look to make a quick break from the free-kick, but the move breaks down.

Krasic rolls over and over repeatedly after what looked a fairly soft challenge from Zabaleta. A bit much, but Juve have a free-kick.

Boateng goes a bit closer with another long-range effort. By 'a bit closer', that is to say that this one didn't go out for a throw-in.

Johnson gets the chance to unleash a shot from the edge of the area, but it sails well over. It's like the English players have rediscovered the Jabulani.

Barry shows the kind of touch that made England's World Cup such a roaring success and a City attack breaks down.

City didn't want to give the ball back then. Marchisio did appear to be making a meal of it.

Marchisio is down injured. Tevez sends the ball back to Chiellini, who puts it out for a throw.

Zabaleta sends in a rotter of a cross after Tevez is dispossessed. They're not going to equalise like that.

Vieira is given enough room to unleash a left-footer from the edge of the area, but he pulls it and it's well wide. City are still on top.

Tevez looks to fire in a pass for Adebayor, but it's just got too much on it. Tevez has woken up now, which is promising for City.

Tevez is finally able to fashion a chance in the area, but he's not quite got as much space as he'd like and the shot goes wide.

Boateng sends in a cross from the right, but it's headed clear for a throw. City seem most likely to create something down the right - Boateng and Johnson have most of their creativity for the time being.

Juve apply some more pressure and Iaquinta receives the ball on the edge of the area, but he's got his back to goal and City are able to get it clear.

Zabaleta is caught in a clash with Chiellini. He should be okay but it looked painful.

Adebayor slips the ball through for Barry, who tries to cut it back across goal to no avail.

Yaya Toure heads the second corner on goal and Manninger just about keeps it out! He holds on and Toure tries to bounce him over the line, but it's a clear free-kick.

Johnson floats on to the far post and the ball comes back across goal but is cleared for another corner.

Well, that should liven things up. City have a corner now.

<img src="http://soccernet-assets.espn.go.com/design05/gp10/i/goal.gif"> <b>GOAL</b><b> FOR JUVE!</b> Iaquinta fires home from distance via a deflection from Kolo Toure's head!

Jerome Boateng pulls off a neat little piece of skill and then plays a long, searching ball for Tevez out on the left, but it's a little too long. Goal kick.

Del Piero fires it straight at Hart, but it bounces up and the 'keeper can't claim it. His spill has enough height on it to get it clear.

Kompany makes a clumsy challenge and it's another free-kick for Juve. Del Piero lines it up again.

Juve have a free-kick from way, way out, but that doesn't deter Del Piero from firing in a tame shot that goes nowhere near the City goal. He's better than that.

Sissoko plays it through for Iaquinta on the right of the area, and his effort from distance forces Hart into a smart low save. That's much more like it.

Jerome Boateng, on his first start, skews his ridiculously ambitious shot so badly that it's out for a throw-in. Let's hope there's more to the Europa League's best match than that.

City get the game underway!

Both sides have had funny old starts to the season. City were superb against Liverpool and solid enough to beat Chelsea last weekend, but they've been too inconsistent. Juve had a very slow start, but there have been signs of recovery lately.

There's no sign of Alberto Aquilani for Juventus, while Gianluigi Buffon remains sidelined through injury. Former Arsenal 'keeper Alex Manninger is between the sticks as a result.

Vincenzo Iaquinta and Alessandro Del Piero will provide some experience and guile to the juve attack, too, while Giorgio Chiellini should give them confidence at the back.

Juve may look to the inconsistent but highly talented Milos Krasic, who was a target for City earlier this summer. City coach Attilio Lombardo says they only went for David Silva after growing frustrated in their attempts to sign Krasic.

We've also got Gareth Barry, Patrick Vieira and Yaya Toure in that midfield, but Yaya's a lot more attacking these days so it shouldn't be too stifling.

Emmanuel Adebayor starts up front as well as Carlos Tevez, while Adam Johnson is also in the line-up.

If you're concerned that Roberto Mancini will be looking to bore us all stupid with an out and out catenaccio display, the signs are positive - he's having a go at throwing caution to the wind.

Hello and welcome to the biggest game of the night from the City of Manchester Stadium.

Patrick Vieira is <a href="http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story?id=828419&sec=uefachampionsleague&cc=5739" target="_blank">hoping for the chance to impress</a> against his old side.

<img src="http://soccernet-assets.espn.go.com/design05/images/2010/0924/robertomanciniface20100924_275x155.jpg"><br>Mancini: An Italian manager in charge of City.

Join us at 20.05 BST to see City take on the Old Lady.