Sporting were mostly left to fend on the break. Fortunately for Amorim, Gyokores is a one man counter attack. When he was matched up with 19 year old debutant Jahmai Simpson-Pusey there was no stopping the dynamic Swede, a clipped finish over Ederson making amends for an altogether sloppier effort half an hour before.

Players of Sporting Lisbon pulled off a touching farewell to Ruben Amorim, celebrating his final home game with a winA hattrick from Viktor Gyokeres was enough to hand Sporting Lisbon a 4-1 victory over Manchester City on Tuesday nightManchester United confirmed the hiring of Ruben Amorin as their new coach last week to replace Erik ten HagSporting Lisbon players honoured outgoing manager Ruben Amorim with an unforgettable farewell,

However, United fans will have tuned in, in their droves, to watch Amorim bid farewell to Lisbon against his new, fiercest rivals Manchester City. What they will have witnessed was a demolition job as Sporting's players rose to the occasion to thrash Pep Guardiola's out-of-sorts team.