Manchester City suffered a penalty shootout defeat to Inter Milan after a 1-1 draw of their newest pre-season outing, regardless of Divin Mubama’s early opener.
Mubama put Pep Guardiola’s aspect forward contained in the opening quarter of an hour, however Benjamin Pavard restored parity earlier than half-time. Neither aspect may discover a winner after the break, with Inter prevailing 3-1 on penalties as Ivan Provedel starred from the spot.
Manchester Metropolis made the brighter begin and took the lead within the 14th minute. Antoine Semenyo’s low cross from the best discovered Mubama, who transformed from shut vary after the winger’s earlier work had created the opening.
Inter responded nicely and got here shut by way of Francesco Pio Esposito and Aleksandar Stankovic earlier than drawing stage after 20 minutes.
Pavard reacted quickest contained in the penalty space to fireside a free ball into the underside nook.
Again of the web from Pavard 😮💨 pic.twitter.com/PdgvEDjV6J
— Inter ⭐⭐ (@Inter_en) August 1, 2026
The rest of the primary half was evenly contested. Gianluigi Donnarumma denied Stankovic and Federico Dimarco from distance, whereas Semenyo compelled Josep Martinez into one other save on the different finish.
Wholesale adjustments however nonetheless evenly matched
Each managers made wholesale adjustments on the interval, however Manchester Metropolis managed a lot of the second interval.
Savinho, Rico Lewis and Vitor Reis all examined Inter’s defence in fast succession, with Reis putting the crossbar from a nook earlier than Ivan Provedel produced a tremendous save to disclaim his follow-up effort.
Class recognises class 🤝 pic.twitter.com/5no2OvgLu4
— Inter ⭐⭐ (@Inter) August 1, 2026
Metropolis continued to push for a winner as Rico Lewis, Nico Gonzalez and Savinho all went shut, whereas Ryan McAidoo hit the publish with 10 minutes remaining after breaking into the realm from the best.
Inter nonetheless threatened on the counter, with Luka Topalovic seeing an effort blocked, however the Italian aspect held agency to take the competition to penalties.
The shootout started badly for Metropolis as Rayan Ait-Nouri blasted over earlier than Piotr Zielinski transformed for Inter. Abdukodir Khusanov then struck a publish, though Donnarumma briefly saved Metropolis alive by saving Davide Frattesi’s effort.
Provedel proved decisive, nonetheless, saving Nico Gonzalez’s penalty earlier than Mattia Mosconi transformed.
Claudio Echeverri scored Metropolis’s solely profitable spot-kick, however Matteo Lavelli calmly dispatched the successful penalty to seal a 3-1 shootout win for Inter.
