**_MANCHESTER_** – Erling Haaland came back to haunt Borussia Dortmund with a clinical finish against his former team, while Phil Foden bagged a brilliant brace as Manchester City cruised to a 4-1 win in the Champions League to climb to fourth. Pep Guardiola’s side have 10 points after four of the eight league-phase games, while Dortmund fell to 14th on seven points.
City, who hoisted the Champions League trophy in 2023, were dominant from the start at the Etihad Stadium.
England midfielder Foden opened the scoring in the 22nd minute when he collected a pass from Tijjani Reijnders and finished with a crisp left-foot strike from just outside the box.
Haaland, with 27 goals in 17 games for club and country, doubled the lead seven minutes later, after a run and assist from Jeremy Doku.
Foden completed his double in the 57th minute in almost identical fashion to his first, latching onto a pass from Tijjani Reijnders for his first multi-goal game in the Champions League.
Waldemar Anton pulled one back for the Bundesliga club from a free kick in the 72nd to delight Dortmund’s famous “yellow wall” of travelling supporters who danced and sang all night.
However, City’s Rayan Cherki put the game well out of reach with a goal in injury time.
Newcastle secured a third successive Champions League victory with Dan Burn and Joelinton both on target in a 2-0 defeat of injury-plagued Athletic Bilbao on Wednesday.
England defender Burn curled in a majestic header after 11 minutes and Joelinton doubled the Premier League club’s lead shortly after the restart with another header as Newcastle moved into the top eight in the table with nine points.
Alejandro Garnacho ensured Chelsea returned from Azerbaijan with a point as he came off the bench to equalise in their 2-2 draw away to Qarabag. The former Manchester United forward fired home after 53 minutes of an enthralling contest which had slipped from Chelsea’s grasp.
Brazilian teenager Estevao put the visitors ahead with a neat finish in the 16th minute but after a slow start Qarabag came alive in the noisy Tofiq Bahramov Republican Stadium.
Leandro Andrade steered home a rebound in the 29th minute to cancel out Chelsea’s lead after Camilo Duran had shrugged off Jorrel Hato and cut in to send a shot against the upright.
Things went from bad to worse for the London side before halftime as Marko Jankovic converted a penalty awarded for a handball by the inexperienced Hato who endured a tough night.
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