Haaland hurts Dortmund with late Man City winner

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Erling Haaland grabbed an 84th-minute winner against his former club Borussia Dortmund as Manchester City came from behind with two late goals to seal a 2-1 win in Champions League Group G on Wednesday.

The Norwegian has now scored 13 goals in eight games since making his move from the Bundesliga club and his latest was a brilliant finish as he leapt to guide home a Joao Cancelo cross with the outside of his left foot.

Dortmund had taken a deserved lead in the 56th minute when England international Jude Bellingham broke loose to head in a cross from Marco Reus.

Pep Guardiola's side drew level in the 80th minute when defender John Stones blasted a fierce drive past Alexander Meyer from outside the box.

City, who won their opening group game against Sevilla 4-0, top the standings on six points, three ahead of the Germans. FC Copenhagen and Sevilla played out a 0-0 in the other Group G tie.

Elsewhere, in Group F,  Real Madrid midfielder Federico Valverde scored a superb second-half goal and Marco Asensio struck late to fire the holders to a 2-0 win at home to RB Leipzig. Shaktar Donetsk shared the spoils in a 1-1 draw against Celtic.

Battling Salzburg held a disjointed Chelsea to a 1-1 draw, severely denting the 2021 winners' chances of qualifying from Group E. AC Milan top the Group after a 3-1 win against previous table-toppers Dinamo Zagreb.

Kylian Mbappe and Lionel Messi combined superbly as Paris St Germain's near-perfect start to the season continued with a 3-1 win at Maccabi Haifa to top Group H, level with Benfica who claimed a 2-1 victory at Juventus.

Napoli stayed on top of Group A as Matteo Politano's penalty and late strikes by Giacomo Raspadori and Tanguy Ndombele sealed a 3-0 victory over 10-man Rangers at Ibrox and maintained their unbeaten start.

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