Barcelona vs Man City result. Teams play to exciting draw to conclude charity friendly at Charity friendly at Camp nou

 

The European season began a few weeks ago, but giants FC Barcelona and manchester City broke form their competitive endeavors as they faced off in a charity match at the camp Nou that benefits a cause close to home for bath organizations.

The clubs played to a 3-3 draw in front of 91,000 fans with Barcelona want-aways Frenkie de jong, pierre -Emerick Aubameyang, and Memphis Depay all on the scoresheet for the hosts. Julian Alvarez and Cole palmer scored for man city, and Riyad Mahrez finished off a penalty in stoppage time to level the score.

The teams got together at the camp nou to support juan carlos unzue, a former teammate and assistant

coach of ''A Great Game for a greater cause''. Each manager has  named a strong squad for the event, with the teams expected to feature top players in support of ALS research.

While the match is scheduled in the midst of the league season, it's still early enough in the campaign that it shouldn't cause too much trouble for either games are not scheduled for a couple of weeks.

The 90 minutes were a success, with a massive audience to bring exposure to a cause important to many. The only blemishes on the game came at the end, as man city youngstr Luke Mbete-Tabu was stretchered off after a clash of heads. Then moments later, Erling Haaland blatantly flopped to win the equalizing penalty which mahrez blasted home.

The Sporting News will be following the match live and providing score updates, commentary and highlights as they happen.

Barcelona vs. Man City final score

	1H	2H	Final
Barcelona	1	2	3
Man City	1	2	3

Goals:
21st min — MCI — Julian Alvarez
29th min — BAR — Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang
66th min — BAR — Frenkie de Jong
70th min — MCI — Cole Palmer
79th min — BAR — Memphis Depay
98th min — MCI — Riyad Mahrez (pen)

Barcelona vs. Man City live updates, highlights, commentary

FULL-TIME: Barcelona 3-3 Man City

Guardiola and Xavi have a friendly embrace and a laugh at the full-time whistle that brings an enjoyable evening to a close.

It's a wonderful match that had plenty of action for a good cause. It ended with a whimper as thoughts are with the injured Mbete, and Erling Haaland flops to win a penalty. But the match on the whole was a success from every angle

90+8 min: PENALTY, MAN CITY! Only just on the field, Erling Haaland wins a penalty for the visitors, as they look to level the score at the death! It's a hilariously bad decision to be completely honest, as Haaland runs across Christensen and then simply flops to the turf. A replay shows the slightest of touches to the back of his foot, but it doesn't appear to cause him much trouble before seemingly face-planting out of nowhere. Watching the replay a second time, you can actually see the moment that Haaland decides to go down. Unfortunate.

Riyad Mahrez steps up to take, and GOAL, MAN CITY! An absolutely thunderous

penalty into the top-right corner.

90+6 min: We're finally back under way after over 10 minutes of stoppage. 11 minutes of injury time are given, with six of them already used up.

89th min: Concerning signs for Mbete after that clash of heads. He's sitting up and speaking with trainers, but then he lays back down. The cart comes out and there's been a significant delay, with Mbete eventually strapped into a backboard and taken off via the cart. As the board is loaded on the cart, players from both sides come by to send their wishes to the Man City youngster.

84th min: Goodness, it's been a rough night for Barcelona goalkeepers. Arnau Tenas, newly into the game, nearly with a gruesome error in possession, but he gets away with the bad heavy touch, touching himself back out of trouble as Kevin de Bruyne closed in.

There's a stoppage as Andreas Christensen, newly on for Jules Kounde, smacks heads with Mbete-Tabu of City. Christensen is up, while Mbete needs a little more attention.

Attendance announced as over 91,000 fans. Incredible turnout for the charity match to benefit ALS research.

79th min: GOAL, BARCELONA! Nothing Ortega could do about that smashed finish from Memphis Depay! A big switch of play comes to Sergi Roberto who lays off a perfect low cross to Depay on the penalty spot. The Dutchman is unmarked, and it's a blasted finish as he streaks in.

How to watch Barcelona vs. Man City

	Date	Time	TV Channel	Streaming
Australia	Thu, Aug 25	05:30 AET	—	BarcaTV+, City+, Man City Recast
Canada	Wed, Aug 24	15:30 ET	—	BarcaTV+, City+, Man City Recast
Hong Kong	Thu, Aug 25	03:30 HKT	—	BarcaTV+, City+, Man City Recast
India	Thu, Aug 24	01:00 IST	—	BarcaTV+, City+, Man City Recast
Malaysia	Thu, Aug 25	03:30 MYT	—	BarcaTV+, City+, Man City Recast
New Zealand	Thu, Aug 25	07:30 NZST	—	BarcaTV+, City+, Man City Recast
Singapore	Thu, Aug 25	03:30 SST	—	BarcaTV+, City+, Man City Recast
UK	Wed, Aug 24	20:30 BST	—	BarcaTV+, City+, Man City Recast
USA	Wed, Aug 24	15:30 ET	CBS Sports Network	fuboTV

USA: Champions League broadcaster CBS Sports Network will be carrying the match in the USA with that channel available to stream on fuboTV.

International: The club friendly will be broadcast around the globe via both clubs' premium streaming services.

Barcelona will make the match available via BarcaTV+, while Man City is making the match accessible on both of the club's streaming services City+ and Man City Recast.

City+ is a season-long subscription service to access all Man City content, similar to BarcaTV+, while Recast is a more cost-friendly pay-per-view subscription service offered by the Premier League side.

Why are Barcelona and Manchester City playing a charity match?

The match has been set up to support ALS research on behalf of former Pep Guardiola assistant coach Juan Carlos Unzue, who was diagnosed with the disease in early 2020.

Unzue, a former goalkeeper who briefly played for Barcelona (1988-1990), was an assistant coach at Barcelona from 2003-2010 and again from 2014-2017. He overlapped with Guardiola at the club from 2007-2010 before being hired to manage Numancia.