Manama, October 19 (BNA) Champions League runners-up Manchester City showed their quality on Tuesday as they performed a clinical performance to dismantle Club Brugge 5-1 in Belgium, the German news agency (dpa) reported.
The defeat of Manchester City puts Manchester City at the top of Group A temporarily with six points, but Paris Saint-Germain can jump them to seven points if they beat RB Leipzig, who are currently no more than zero, at a later time.
Left-back Joao Cancelo opened the scoring in half an hour and Riyad Mahrez doubled the score with a penalty kick, which he won himself before the end of the first half.
Then it was the turn of right-back Kyle Walker to score his first goal in the Champions League in 39 games in the 53rd minute. In the middle of the second half, young Cole Palmer scored his first goal in the European elite competition.
Bruges have enjoyed an impressive season so far with a home draw with Paris Saint-Germain, an impressive win in Leipzig and a Hans Vanaken finish in gear.
But Mahrez’s second goal immediately extinguished any external hopes of returning to the finalists last season.
In the other early match, Sporting Lisbon snatched their first away points 4-1 against Besiktas, who suffered three consecutive defeats in the third set.
The perfect records collide in Amsterdam later when Ajax host Borussia Dortmund in the other match.
Atletico Madrid welcome Liverpool and Porto to face AC Milan in Group B, while Moldova’s surprise captain visits Inter Milan and Real Madrid travels to Shakhtar Donetsk in Group D.
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