Man City v Borussia Dortmund live: Late Cherki goal caps off brilliant win for hosts in Champions League
Man City 4-1 Borussia Dortmund: Pep Guardiola’s side jump up to fourth in the table after sweeping the Bundesliga club aside
Manchester City jumped up to fourth in the Champions League table thanks to a stellar 4-1 victory over Borussia Dortmund at the Etihad Stadium.
The hosts were made to work for their opener as Dortmund, who have only lost once this season, pressed and pushed them in the middle of the pitch.
Phil Foden opened the scoring with a shot on the half-turn. It was a perfectly placed finish that rocked the German side who were then dealt another blow as former forward Erling Haaland rattled home City’s second.
Foden emulated himself in the second half to slot home his second, and City’s third before Dortmund managed to respond.
Waldemar Anton met a met taken set piece to beat Gianluigi Donnarumma at his near post but that was just a consolation goal as Rayan Cherki came off the bench to hit City’s fourth and his first in the Champions League.
Relive the updates from the Etihad Stadium below:
Phil Foden provides timely reminder that Manchester City don’t just rely on Erling Haaland
The inevitability was that, wearing the captain’s armband, facing his former club, when he is in such irresistible form, Erling Haaland would score. The surprise was that anyone would outscore him. The unfortunate element for Borussia Dortmund was that, individually or collectively, it was not those in a yellow shirt.
A Phil Foden double with certain similarities meant that this is as close as Haaland has come to being upstaged by anyone else at Manchester City this season. Many a match has lent itself to the theory that they are over-reliant on their giant talisman for goals but this was not one of them.
Phil Foden provides reminder that Man City don’t just rely on Erling Haaland
Full-time! Man City 4-1 Dortmund
90+4 mins: Four goals in a supreme performance from Manchester City means they earn all three points from this clash.
Dortmund never looked like mounting a comeback once the first couple of goals went in.
Phil Foden, Erling Haaland and Rayan Cherki got on the scoresheet helping to propel City up to fourth in the table.
GOAL! Man City 4-1 Dortmund (Rayan Cherki, 90+1')
City win the ball in the middle of the pitch and poke it to Bernardo Silva.
He comes into the middle and releases the ball to Rayan Cherki who nudges it into the box and then fizzes his shot into the bottom corner.
Man City 3-1 Dortmund
90 mins: Four minutes of added time to play in this one.
City look comfortable again
Man City 3-1 Dortmund
87 mins: Erling Haaland walks off the pitch to a loud round of applause from both sets of fans.
The Borussia Dortmund supporters have fond memories of his time.
Omar Marmoush comes on to replace the captain of the night.
Nico O’Reilly is also replaced with Rayan Ait-Nouri.
Guardiola switches to back five
City lost a 3-0 lead at home to Feyenoord last season.
Will there be a repeat?
Guardiola has sought to prevent it by sending for Ruben Dias and Bernardo Silva and switching to a back five.”
Man City 3-1 Dortmund
84 mins: City are being forced deeper and deeper. If Dortmund score again this stadium will get very nervous, very quickly.
Man City 3-1 Dortmund
81 mins: Into the last 10 minutes and there’s some heat coming from Dortmund’s play.
Guardiola’s changes are an attempt to temper the visitors momentum.
Man City 3-1 Dortmund
78 mins: Savinho, Tijjani Reijnders and Jeremy Doku are taken off by Pep Guardiola.
In their place come Ruben Dias, Rayan Cherki and Bernardo Silva.
Bernardo makes his 100th Champions League appearance and becomes just the fourth Portuguese player to do so.
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