Manchester City emerged from the rubble in the capital of Greece to win its fourth championship of the season.
As Seville took the lead in the first half on the strength of a header from Yasser En Nasyri, the Champions League champions appeared to lose out on the Super Cup.
After the interval, though, Cole Palmer brought Pep Guardiola’s team back up to par, and this time they maintained composure in the shootout.
In contrast to the Community Shield, City successfully converted all five of its penalties, with Erling Haaland being one of the scorers.
Midfielder Nemanja Gudelj then launched his free-kick against the bar, setting off raucous celebrations among the sky-blue fans.
Palmer, a star for England’s Under-21 team, is anticipated to depart the Etihad Stadium before the transfer season closes.
But by adding a second-half header to the stunning goal he scored at the Community Shield, he is doing his part to convince Pep Guardiola to keep him.
After defeating Sevilla on penalties, City won their first trophy.
Palmer is at least creating a problem for his club as teams line up to sign him for the upcoming season.
Yasser En Nesyri’s early header gave the Champions League champions a difficult start to the game.
And the Moroccan World Cup star might have scored a hat-trick but for goalie Ederson.
Even though the game didn’t start until 10 p.m. local time, it was stiflingly hot in the Greek stadium at 29 degrees. Due to injuries, Pep Guardiola’s team is already overworked.
Therefore, he will undoubtedly be concerned about how much it will drain his team’s resources before Saturday night’s game against Newcastle.
However, it was the opportunity to add a new trophy to the three they already had won over the course of three amazing weeks in the spring.
Rodri stated on the night before the game that City had never won this competition and it was a chance to establish the club as a major player in Europe.
Three times, twice with Barcelona and once with Bayern Munich, his manager Guardiola won it.
a brand-new £77 million signing Ruben Dias was benched because of concussion procedures, giving Josko Gvardiol his first start.
Mateo Kovacic, another recent transfer from Croatia, replaced Kevin de Bruyne, although Phil Foden was given a chance to play in the middle.City got off to a jittery start when Erik Lamela, a former Tottenham player, robbed Manuel Akanji, but Akanji fluffed his attempt.At the other end, a number of opportunities presented themselves as Bono dove to save Palmer’s low shot.Although the Dutch defender should have scored, the goalkeeper was there again to stop Ake’s header.After Bono decided to punch a cross by Kyle Walker, Guardiola tried his luck from a distance but sailed his attempt over the crossbar.The Moroccan goalkeeper, who has an offer to go to Saudi Arabia this month on the table, then pushed a Jack Grealish curler away.He was obviously attempting to draw attention with some of his stops, but they had been significant and useful.because his team made a break for it and, thanks to his countryman Youssef En Nesyri, scored with their first shot on goal.The World Cup star headed a beautiful cross from Marcos Acuna past Ederson with authority after slipping between Ake and Gvardiol to receive it.Given that Erling Haaland would have been in on goal had Loic Bade not pulled him back, it was probably fortunate that he only received a yellow card.And Rodri’s header that was deflected onto the roof of the net summed up a dismal first half for City.Then Grealish teased with a cross that evaded everyone in the box but missed the far post by a whisker.Although City may consider themselves somewhat unlucky to be behind the Europa League experts, they could have been two down very quickly after the restart.Walker, the team’s captain, rushed a challenge on Lucas Ocampos on his flank and mistimed it, knocking Guardiola to the ground.The Argentine crossed for En Nesyri, whose shot was blocked by Ederson’s legs even though the Brazilian shouldn’t have been looking.On the other end, City, who in the heat lacked their customary pace, was finding Seville’s well-organized defense difficult to penetrate. However, soon after the hour, they succeeded when Rodri raised a cross from the leftover Haaland’s head.Palmer, who was approaching from behind him, expertly directed his header back across Bono and into the far corner.Guardiola is considering his performance as his team searches for Riyad’s replacement. After the goal, the Algerian, who was obviously watching from Saudi Arabia, tweeted his admiration for his young pupil.En Nesyri had the opportunity to immediately put the Spaniards back in the lead, but Ederson sprinted off his line to make yet another outstanding stop.He was one of the champions in the June Champions League final and was contributing here as well.Palmer, however, was almost as adept at creating opportunities for himself and forcing Bono into a deft save.As Walker’s low cross was deflected just out of Foden’s reach, it was all City at this point, but Seville was still holding on.As the game veered toward a penalty shootout, which City won 5-4, Ake then saw a downward header deflected over by the keeper in the final minute.