Erling Haaland scored an acrobatic late winner towards his previous membership as Manchester City beat Borussia Dortmund 2-1 within the Champions League on Wednesday, whereas there have been hard-earned victories for Real Madrid and Paris Saint-Germain.
Manchester City striker Erling Haaland celebrates his purpose through the UEFA Champions League group G soccer match between England’s Manchester City and Germany’s Borussia Dortmund on the Etihad Stadium in Manchester on 14 September 2022. Picture: Lindsey Parnaby/AFP
PARIS – Erling Haaland scored an acrobatic late winner towards his previous membership as Manchester City beat Borussia Dortmund 2-1 within the Champions League on Wednesday, whereas there have been hard-earned victories for Real Madrid and Paris Saint-Germain.
Meanwhile, Chelsea have been held by Red Bull Salzburg of their first match below new head coach Graham Potter, as Rangers misplaced closely once more and Celtic drew with Shakhtar Donetsk.
In Manchester, Haaland took on the membership he left within the shut season for 60 million euros ($60m, £52m) after two and a half prolific years within the Bundesliga.
Yet it appeared like Dortmund may spring a shock as they went forward simply earlier than the hour mark on the Etihad Stadium when England midfielder Jude Bellingham headed in.
City’s equaliser didn’t come till Kevin De Bruyne arrange John Stones to smash in with 10 minutes left, and Haaland bought the winner within the 84th minute with an outrageous end from Joao Cancelo’s magnificent cross.
Haaland now has 13 objectives in 9 video games for City, who’ve two wins from two in Group G.
“In the end we showed what we are,” Haaland advised BT Sport. “Dortmund were really good today (but) three points is what matters.”
City’s subsequent two video games might be towards FC Copenhagen, who drew 0-0 with Sevilla in Denmark.
In London, Potter took cost of Chelsea for the primary time but needed to accept a 1-1 draw towards Salzburg in Group E, with Raheem Sterling’s opener early within the second half being cancelled out by Noah Okafor.
“It has not been easy for the boys, they have responded to us really well over the last few days and it’s a point we will have to take and get better,” Potter advised BT Sport.
Earlier, group rivals AC Milan beat Dinamo Zagreb 3-1 at San Siro, with Olivier Giroud scoring a penalty earlier than Alexis Saelemaekers and Tommaso Pobega added additional objectives both facet of a Mislav Orsic strike for Dinamo.
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Reigning European champions Madrid wanted two late objectives to beat RB Leipzig 2-0 on the Santiago Bernabeu and keep their good begin in Group F.
Federico Valverde opened the scoring 10 minutes from time after being arrange by Vinicius Junior, and substitute Marco Asensio sealed the victory with an incredible first-time end in damage time.
Carlo Ancelotti’s facet are clear on the prime of the part from Shakhtar, who rode their luck to assert a 1-1 draw with Celtic.
The Scottish champions went forward early on when Reo Hatate’s ball into the six-yard field went into the online off Artem Bondarenko.
But Shakhtar, enjoying European house video games in Warsaw because of the struggle in Ukraine, equalised earlier than the half-hour mark through an emphatic end by Mykhailo Mudryk.
Celtic had probabilities to win the sport, none higher than a late strike by Giorgos Giakoumakis that flashed agonisingly extensive.
“We’ll get our rewards if we keep playing that kind of football and showing that kind of commitment,” stated Celtic supervisor Ange Postecoglou.
At least they’ve some extent, in stark distinction to rivals Rangers who misplaced 3-0 at house to Napoli in Group A.
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In a dramatic second half, Rangers had American defender James Sands despatched off for conceding a penalty which Piotr Zielinski had saved, just for Matteo Politano to attain the rebound.
However, the referee ordered a retake, and Allan McGregor saved from Zielinski once more.
Yet Napoli gained one other penalty halfway by the second half, and this time Politano scored from the spot, earlier than Giacomo Raspadori and Tanguy Ndombele added additional objectives.
The recreation had been postponed by 24 hours on account of policing points associated to the dying of Queen Elizabeth II, and Rangers ignored a choice by UEFA to reject their request to play the British nationwide anthem earlier than kick-off.
Paris Saint-Germain got here from behind to beat Maccabi Haifa 3-1 in Israel as their celebrity entrance three all scored.
Suriname worldwide Tjaronn Chery put the house facet forward just for Lionel Messi to equalise earlier than the break.
Messi then arrange Kylian Mbappe to make it 2-1 halfway by the second half, and Neymar sealed a second win in as many Group H video games for PSG.
Juventus suffered a second straight defeat, although, as they misplaced 2-1 at house to Benfica.
Arkadiusz Milik’s opener for Juve was cancelled out by Joao Mario’s penalty, earlier than David Neres struck Benfica’s winner.