Manchester City 4-1 Club Brugge, UEFA Champions League 2021–22: Raheem Sterling Scores as Man City Beats Brugge

Manchester, November 4: Raheem Sterling ended his scoring drought as Manchester City netted three second-half targets to maneuver nearer to the Champions League knockout rounds with a 4-1 win over Club Brugge. Phil Foden gave Pep Guardiola's facet an early lead within the Group A sport on the Etihad Stadium on Wednesday however a weird personal aim from John Stones pulled the guests degree within the seventeenth minute. City then pulled away after the break by means of targets from Riyad Mahrez, Sterling and Gabriel Jesus to go prime of the group, one level forward of Paris Saint-Germain. The end result meant City, which reached the ultimate final yr, solely wants a degree from the final two group video games to return to the knockout levels. Liverpool 2–0 Atletico Madrid, UEFA Champions League 2021–22: Diogo Jota, Sadio Mane Score as Reds Defeat Atletico. PSG was held to a 2-2 draw by RB Leipzig within the different group sport. Kevin De Bruyne was unexpectedly named among the many substitutes in one in every of three adjustments from the weekend's Premier League loss to Crystal Palace — maybe with subsequent weekend's derby at Manchester United in thoughts — however City began on the entrance foot. The hosts managed many of the possession and Foden and Bernardo Silva each had early probabilities. City then took the lead after Joao Cancelo hit the put up with a neat effort and Foden was additionally denied. City managed to maintain the ball alive and finally broke by means of when Cancelo was performed by means of by Mahrez and his cross was tapped in by Foden. But Brugge replied rapidly as Hans Vanaken pressured a positive save from Ederson from the sting of the world. The ball was rapidly crossed again in and Silva's hasty clearance caught Stones within the face and rebounded into his personal aim. City remained the stronger facet, nonetheless, and after Ilkay Gundogan went shut within the latter levels of the primary half, they upped the tempo within the second interval. Cancelo fired narrowly over the bar and Stones headed at former Liverpool goalkeeper Simon Mignolet. De Ketelaere threatened once more for Brugge however City made their subsequent probability depend as Mahrez headed house from a Cancelo cross within the 54th minute. Gundogan then managed and shot simply over earlier than offering the cross for Sterling to faucet in City's third within the 72nd minute. Bayern Munich 5–2 Benfica, UEFA Champions League 2021–22 Video Highlights: Robert Lewandowski Hat-Trick Helps Bavarians Clinch Dominant Win en Route To Last 16. The England ahead didn't have fun his first aim City aim since August, maybe out of reduction after a tough spell out and in of the facet, however was congratulated by all of his outfield teammates. Jesus then accomplished the scoring with the final kick of the sport. (This is an unedited and auto-generated story from Syndicated News feed, SociallyKeeda Staff might not have modified or edited the content material physique)