Champions League
With his next goal gala, Erling Haaland led the English top club Manchester City towards the Champions League round of 16. The Norwegian national football player scored his premier class goals four and five in a problem-free 5-0 (3-0) win against FC Copenhagen on Wednesday (7th minute/33rd).
Haaland has now scored 22 goals in a total of 28 games in the Champions League. A possible hat-trick by the former Salzburg player was prevented by Copenhagen player David Khocholava, who deflected the ball into his own goal to make it 3-0 before the attacker was ready to score (39′). Without Haaland, who was substituted at the break, Riyad Mahrez (55th / penalty kick) and Julian Alvarez (76th) increased for the English champions.
City lead Group G with a maximum of nine points, followed by Dortmund (6), Sevilla FC and Copenhagen (1 each). BVB won in Andalusia thanks to Raphael Guerreiro (6th), Jude Bellingham (41st), Karim Adeyemi (43rd) and Julian Brandt (75th), the interim 1: 3 of Sevilla FC by Youssef En-Nesyri (51st). .) meant only result cosmetics.
Chelsea beat Milan
Chelsea, meanwhile, lifted Red Bull Salzburg to the top of the table at half-time in Group E. The Londoners celebrated a well-deserved 3-0 home win over AC Milan on Wednesday, level on points with the Italians in second place. After their 1-0 win against Dinamo Zagreb, the “Bulls” have one point more than the two favorites, while Croatia at the bottom have one point less.
Alaba continues to be flawless with Real
There was also success for Austria’s newly crowned Sportsman of the Year David Alaba, who won 2-1 with Real Madrid against Shakhtar Donetsk at the Estadio Bernabeu.
The “Royal” are still in first place in Group F. Rodrygo (13th) and Vinicius Junior (28th) scored for the defending champion, with Alaba playing through in the center of defence.
First points for Leipzig
In the parallel match, RB Leipzig scored the first points of this CL season. The Saxons celebrated a 3-1 home win over Celtic Glasgow and moved up to third place. The Scots are the new tail light. Christopher Nkunku (27th) and Andre Silva (64th, 77th) scored the hosts, where Xaver Schlager played through, to a deserved success. Jota’s goal (47th) was not enough for Celtic. The bad news for Leipzig was Peter Gulacsi’s serious injury – the goalie tore a cruciate ligament.
Pool H leader Paris had to drop points at Benfica for the first time. Lionel Messi put the French ahead with a remarkable flick (22′), the 1-1 came from an own goal by Danilo (42′). Juventus scored for the first time with a 3-1 home win against Maccabi Haifa, but are clearly behind PSG and Benfica (7 each) by three points.
