At the point when required Manchester City moved into a high apparatus, pulling ceaselessly from Porto as the subsequent half wore on. For that Pep Guardiola merits credit for a twofold replacement that presented Phil Foden and Ferran Torres, the pair before long joining for the last's goal that made the focuses safe.
It implied City started their mission in fine style and in a Group C additionally including Olympiakos and Marseille they will clearly be difficult to stop. However in a timetable that is especially wild seeing Fernandinho, himself a substitution, limping off close to the last whistle was unwanted. The veteran joins Kevin De Bruyne, Aymeric Laporte and Gabriel Jesus as senior players who are at present inaccessible.
Guardiola stated: "He has a solid issue in where he was harmed. [At a guess] he will be out four to about a month and a half – we need individuals however it's what it is. On Thursday we'll begin with Kevin and Laporte preparing again yet I don't have the foggiest idea how they'll return. We get players back and others we lose, in three days we go to London [to play West Ham] and afterward to France to play Marseilles [Tuesday] and afterward Sheffield [Saturday]: it's so requesting."
Of Wednesday's success the lead trainer stated: "It was an ideal exhibition against an excellent group."