Man City player ratings vs Sevilla: Four score 7/10 as 4/10 awarded in Super Cup final- gallery

Manchester City won the European Super Cup on Wednesday night after beating Sevilla 5-4 on penalties after a 1-1 draw in 90 minutes.

It was a match where City were the better side on the ball but the opposition offered a real threat on the break. Youssef En-Nesyri netted a superb header in first half, before Cole Palmer equalising in the second half to force penalties. After nine were netted from the spot, Nemanja Gudelj missed the crucial 10th to hand Pep Guardiola another piece of silverware.

City controlled possession in the early stages and after eight minutes Nathan Ake went close when he headed the ball into the ground and tested Sevilla goalkeeper Yassine Bounou. The Moroccan denied Jack Grealish soon after as he cut inside and fired at goal.

But when the opening goal came it was via Sevilla’s En-Nesyri. The striker ghosted in between Ake and Josko Gvardiol and rose excellently to meet Marcos Acuna’s cross, and planted his header firmly into the back of the net, with a helping hand from the post.

The game continued in the same pattern after the goal, with City seeing a lot of the ball but struggling to break down an organised Sevilla side. Scoring opportunities, therefore, were at a premium, although there were half chances for Erik Lamela and Rodri, neither of whom managed to hit the target, while Manuel Akanji saw his powerful effort blocked in the box.

After the break, En-Nesyri went close from a Sevilla counter-attack, but his close-range effort was saved by Ederson, as was a free-kick from Joan Jordan soon after.

That double stop proved even more important as on 63 minutes City found a way back into the game. Rodri’s perfectly weighted cross floated towards the back post and was met excellently by Palmer, who guided it superbly back across goal and beyond Bounou.

En-Nesyri, who was causing City real issues, nearly got Sevilla back in front almost immediately, but once again  Ederson saved. But it was City who were pushing hard to find a winner, with both Palmer and Grealish forcing saves from Bounou after cutting inside and shooting at goal, while Erling Haaland saw a powerful shot blocked inside the box.

The City onslaught continued into the latter stages and Gudelj blocked Mateo Kovacic’s goalbound shot, before Nathan Ake went close with a back-post header and Kyle Walker fired over from distance in the final chance of the 90 minutes.

The 1-1 draw forced penalties and City scored all five from the spot through Haaland, Julian Alvarez, Kovacic, Grealish and Walker, with Sevilla netting their first four. But Gudelj fired Sevilla's fifth penalty off the crossbar to ensure City won a maiden Super Cup. Here's how we rated the City players...