• Date: Sat 27 August 2005
  • Venue: City of Manchester Stadium
  • Ref: Wiley, A
  • Attendance: 41,022
Manchester City

Manchester City

Reyna (66)

Cole (69)

2 - 1
Portsmouth

Portsmouth

Viafara (52)

Manchester City vs Portsmouth

Team Lineups

Manchester City

David James
Nedum Onuoha
Danny Mills (Sun Jihai, 46)
Ben Thatcher
Richard Dunne
Joey Barton
Claudio Reyna
Trevor Sinclair
Kiki Musampa
Andrew Cole
Darius Vassell

Portsmouth

Sander Westerveld
Dejan Stefanovic
Andy O'Brien
Gregory Vignal
Brian Priske
Andy Griffin (Giannis Skopelitis, 85)
Laurent Robert
Jhon Viafara (Matt Taylor, 76)
Richard Hughes
Gary O'Neil (Azar Karadas, 76)
Lomana Tresor LuaLua

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