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Haaland Shines For Man City, Messi's Stunner Not Enough For PSG

Haaland Shines For Man City, Messi's Stunner Not Enough For PSG

MANCHESTER, ENGLAND - OCTOBER 05: Erling Haaland of Manchester City celebrates after scoring their teams second goal during the UEFA Champions League group G match between Manchester City and FC Copenhagen at Etihad Stadium on October 05, 2022 in Manchester, England. (Photo by Michael Regan/Getty Images)

Group G

Manchester City 5-0 FC Copenhagen

Manchester City maintained their winning start in the UEFA Champions League group stages after thrashing FC Copenhagen at the Etihad.

Erling Haaland showed no signs of slowing down as he opened the scoring for City on seven minutes, before getting his second goal in the 32nd minute.

The hosts managed to get a third goal before the break when Davit Khocholava diverted the ball into his own net.

Riyad Mahrez made it 4-0 for the Citizens from the penalty spot 10 minutes into the second half, before Julian Alvarez got the fifth goal in the 76th minute.

Sevilla 1-4 Borussia Dortmund

Borussia Dortmund proved too strong for Sevilla after registering a 4-1 win at the Estadio Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán.

Eager to bounce back from the loss to Man City, Dortmund got the opening goal after just six minutes courtesy of a strike from Raphael Guerreiro.

Jude Bellingham doubled the lead in the 41st minute before Karim Adeyemi added the third goal two minutes later.

Youssef En-Nesyri did pull a goal back six minutes after the break, although Julian Brandt wrapped up proceedings for Dortmund in the 75th minute.

Group H

Benfica 1-1 Paris Saint-Germain

Paris Saint-Germain dropped points in the group stages for the first time after drawing 1-1 away to Benfica.

PSG got the breakthrough in the 21st minute when a neat passing move ended with Neymar playing in Lionel Messi, who sent a fine strike into the top corner.

Benfica managed to claw themselves level four minutes before the halftime break when Danilo Pereira diverted the ball into his own net, which proved to be the last goal of the game.

Juventus 3-1 Maccabi Haifa

Juventus defeated Maccabi Haifa 3-1 in Turin to register their first win in the group stages.

French midfielder Adrien Rabiot bagged a brace on either side of a Dusan Vlahovic solitary strike.

Dean David did pull one back for the visitors, who suffered their third straight loss in the group.

Group F

Real Madrid 2-1 Shakhtar Donetsk

Real Madrid made it three wins from three match after edging past Shakhtar Donetsk in the Spanish capital.

The defending champions got off to a lively start when Rodrygo opened the scoring on 13 minutes.

Another Brazilian made his mark on the match, with Vinicius Junior getting Los Blancos' second goal in the 28th minute.

Oleksandr Zubkov did reduce the deficit for the Ukraine side five minutes before the break, but they were unable to find an equaliser in the second half.

RB Leipzig 3-1 Celtic

RB Leipzig got their first win of the group stage phase with a 3-1 triumph over Celtic at the Red Bull Arena.

Christopher Nkunku opened the scoring for Leipzig on 27 minutes, before Jota restored parity for Celtic two minutes after the break.

Leipzig would go ahead through Andre Silva on 64 minutes, before he bagged his second and his side's third with 13 minutes left on the clock.

Group E

Chelsea 3-0 AC Milan

Chelsea got their maiden win in Group E after thrashing Serie A champions AC Milan 3-0 at the San Siro.

The Blues opened the scoring in the 24th minute as defender Wesley Fofana bagged his first goal for the club.

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang doubled the lead for the Blues on 56 minutes before Reece James seemingly wrapped up the tie five minutes later.

Red Bull Salzburg 1-0 Dinamo Zagreb

Red Bull Salzburg got their first win in the group after defeating Dinamo Zagreb 1-0 on Wednesday evening.

Noah Arinzechukwu got the game's only goal for the Austrian side in the 71st minute.

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