Haaland emulates Cruyff as Man City defeats Dortmund
Manchester City achieved their second victory in the Champions League, beating Borussia Dortmund.
The German team was the first one to score after the strike from Bellingham, however EPL championships answered with two goals in a late stage of the game.
Stones was the one to make it 1-1 and the winning goal was scored by Erling Haaland. Norwegian threw himself across the ball and acrobatically volleyed it left footed across goalkeeper Alex Meyer, reminding fans of a famous strike by Johan Cruyff.
2022-23 Champions League
Manchester City - Borussia Dortmund 2:1 (0:0)
Goals: Bellingham, 56 (0:1); Stones, 80 (1:1); Haaland E., 84 (2:1)
Manchester City: Ederson; Akanji; Ake; Canselu; Stones; Grealish (Foden, 58); Gundogan (Silva B., 58); de Bruyne; Rodri; Mahrez (Alvarez Hul., 58); Haaland E. (Phillips K., 92)
Subs: Carson; Ortega Sh.; Wilson-Esbrand; Lewis R.; Dias R.; Gomez S.; Palmer Co.
Warnings: Rodri 53; Foden 94
Borussia D: Maier A.; Hummels; Meunier; Zule; Guerreiro; Jan E.; Ozkan Sa. (Mukoko, 88); Reina J. (Malene, 62); Bellingham; Modest (Schlotterbeck N., 78); Reus (Adeyemi K., 88)
Subs: Unbehaun; Rote; Coulibaly Su.; Passlac; Brandt; Azar T.; Wolf M.
Warnings: Malen 79; Ozkan Sa. 88; Meunier 94