Highlights: Barcelona 3-3 Man City - Watch All The Goals From Thrilling Charity Game

Watch video highlights of the 3-3 draw featuring Barcelona and Manchester City, including goals from Julian Alvarez, Cole Palmer and Riyad Mahrez.
Highlights: Barcelona 3-3 Man City - Watch All The Goals From Thrilling Charity Game
Highlights: Barcelona 3-3 Man City - Watch All The Goals From Thrilling Charity Game /

Barcelona and Manchester City put on a spectacular exhibition of attacking football in front of 91,062 fans in aid of ALS awareness on Wednesday.

The charity game had been organized by former Barcelona coach Juan Carlos Unzue, who was diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, also called motor neurone disease, in 2020.

Unzue kicked the ball from his wheelchair before kick-off, drawing huge cheers from the capacity crowd at the Camp Nou.

He then took up a position alongside City manager Pep Guardiola in the away dugout to watch 90 minutes of high-quality action.

Highlights: Barcelona 3-3 Man City

Both teams named a mixture of youth and experience in their starting XIs.

Barca began on the front foot but fell behind midway through the first half when summer signing Julian Alvarez scored from City's first shot on goal.

Two players who have been linked with possible moves away from Barca then turned the game on its head as Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and Frenkie de Jong scored either side of half-time.

City responded with a Cole Palmer equalizer, set up by Joao Cancelo, to make it 2-2.

But Memphis Depay, another player who could soon be on the move, restored Barca's lead with 11 minutes of the 90 remaining.

The game would go way behind 90 minutes, though, after City defender Luke Mbete suffered a bad injury and had to be carefully carried away in a neck brace, causing a lengthy delay.

Eight minutes into added time, Erling Haaland won City a penalty kick and Riyad Mahrez converted it emphatically.

Manchester City goal scorers Riyad Mahrez (left), Julian Alvarez (center) and Cole Palmer (right) pictured during their team's 3-3 draw with Barcelona in August 2022
Manchester City goal scorers Riyad Mahrez (left), Julian Alvarez (center) and Cole Palmer (right) pictured during their team's 3-3 draw with Barcelona :: IMAGO/ZUMA Wire/Gerard Franco

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Robert Summerscales launched FanNation Futbol in February 2022. Rob is a British journalist who previously spent two years on the sports desk at the Daily Mail in London, having earlier served as editor of CaughtOffside.com. He has been to the last two FIFA Men's World Cups, in Russia and Qatar, and is looking forward to completing his hat-trick in North America in 2026.