Champions League
Seville – Manchester City 0: 4: Haaland also leads them brilliantly into the Champions League
Manchester City had Erling Haaland’s two goals in Andalusia and that was enough for a 4-0 win over Sevilla in their Champions League Group 7 opener.
Erling Haaland did his duty twice, Phil Foden was a worthy support and Manchester City prevailed 4-0 in Andalusia by Seville for the 7th group of the Champions League.
The Norwegian striker was undefeatable for another game for the English champions and continued his streak of debut goals. He scored in the 20th minute from a Kevin de Bruyne assist and scored 24 goals in 20 games at the tournament.
The home side’s reaction was not as expected as they are not in good form anyway as Julen Lopetegui sets up a trio in defense and attack. His plans were finally dashed when Foden made it 2-0 for the Citizens in the 58th minute.
Haaland had previously missed a number of chances and finally scored his 25th goal of the tournament in the 67th minute (from a rebound to Foden’s shot), equaling that number around a month faster than Kylian Mbappe.
The Norwegian’s change did not change the facts. Sevilla attacked unimaginatively and ineffectively, and the final whistle was followed by another English goal, this time from Ruben Diaz in added time.
SEVILLE: Bunu, Carmona, Goodell, Nianzu, Navas, Rakitic (46′ Mir), Delaney (46′ Jordan), Acuna, Isco (78′ Januzaj), Gomes (73′ Suso), Teles (57′ Dolberg)
MANCHESTER CITY: Ederson, Cancelo, Diaz, Akanji, Gomet, De Bruyne (78′ Mahrez), Rodri (78′ Phillips), Foden (70′ Palmer), Silva, Haaland (70′ Alvarez), Grealish (62′ Guidogan).
The results of the 1st round
The ranking of the 7th group
The program of the 2nd game day
Source: Sport 24
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