Sevilla vs Man City

Erling Haaland scored a goal in each half as Manchester City cruised to a 4-0 Champions League Group G win over Sevilla. Phil Foden and Ruben Dias were also ...

There's a debut for Manuel Akanji and a full debut for Sergio Gomez in the back four, with Kyle Walker and John Stones absent through injury. It's an inviting cross and Haaland thrusts out a leg at the back post for his 11th of the season and 24th in 20 Champions League appearances. Grealish seems to really like the look of Navas and shimmies inside again to tee up his team-mate. His shots might be all over the shop at the moment but his radar for a final ball is unwavering. Mir makes a bit of a nuisance of himself in the City box but Guardiola's men are able to break. All hands to the pump as Papu Gomez fouls Silva on the edge of his own box. Suso lifted it in with Ederson out of his ground, but the City keeper got a slight shove in the back from Dolberg as he attempted to throw it out. It results in his namesake Papu having Sevilla's best chance of the night, but he hacks a bouncing ball over. A goal and a couple of assists amount to a solid if not spectacular start to the Premier League season from Foden. 51st minute: Now Cancelo has a go and scuffs wide from outside the box. 73rd minute: Alvarez is quickly into the thick of things, finding De Bruyne for a left-footed strike that's deflected behind. There's a long way to go in this Champions League campaign but City are off and running in emphatic fashion.

City have hit the ground running with the help of Haaland in attack. The Norwegian has already bagged 10 Premier League goals this season.

Champions League football returns to the Ramón Sánchez-Pizjuán tonight as Sevilla welcome Manchester City to the Andalusian capital. The Brazilian midfielder spent two seasons with tonight’s opponents. He has experience facing Sevilla, scoring four in two round of 16 games in the 2020-21 edition of the tournament with Borussia Dortmund.

SportsBrief.com News ☆ Sevilla vs Manchester City Group E Champions League tie ended in a 4-0 win for the English champions. Erling Haaland scored a brace ...

[Guardiola](https://sportsbrief.com/tag/pep-guardiola/) is hopeful that the arrival of Haaland can finally help the club with the European competition for the first time in their history. [La Liga](https://sportsbrief.com/tag/la-liga/) giants to secure their first points of the group stages. [Sevilla](https://sportsbrief.com/football/sevilla/) on Tuesday night, September 6, for their first Champions League clash of the season.

Match report as Erling Haaland shone on first European appearance for City; he has now scored 25 goals in just 20 Champions League appearances.

Eventually, the ball found Foden and he could have slipped in Haaland, who was again in space, but he reversed a quality finish into the far corner. If he can adjust to the way we play there, then the level is going to go up. "I think the way he has adapted to us is really good. Haaland stretched out his athletic frame and poked the ball home from close range for his 11th goal of what has been a remarkable start to his City career. There should have been more in Seville but his team-mates, bar De Bruyne it seems, are still struggling to fire direct balls across the box or into Haaland's feet. The Norway striker has now scored 25 goals in just 20 Champions League appearances. Foden was involved in the third, and Haaland's second, when some more quick footwork set up a strike that Bono tamely parried clear straight into his path. As the play developed down the right edge of the box with Joao Cancelo, Haaland made three separate runs into pockets of space in the box and demanded the cross. Sevilla, who had lost three of their four La Liga games this season and looked devoid of any confidence, decided to throw on two attackers in the second half to try and push Man City back. City, who were at their slick best, made the game ultra-safe on 67 minutes when Haaland tapped home after Foden's shot was parried meaning the Norway striker has now scored 25 goals in just 20 Champions League appearances. He got his goal on 58 minutes when reversing a no-look finish into the far corner from the edge of the area. He partnered Ruben Dias with John Stones out injured and Sergio Gomez played down the left.

Can Erling Haaland give Man City the edge against Sevilla in the Champions League?

Kick off: Thomas Tuchel has made a change at half-time with Cesar Azpilicueta sacrificed to bring on Hakim Ziyech. It’s the right decision as the replays show he just set off on his run too soon. Chilwell brings it down and dinks it past the goalkeeper. Dinamo are so close to doubling their lead! Stefan Ristovski blasts one from range and forces Kepa Arrizabalaga into a diving save across to his left. Chelsea want a penalty but the referee lets play go on. 67 mins: Ljubicic takes the ball of Broja and sparks an attack for Dinamo Zagreb. Second half: Dinamo Zagreb 1-0 Chelsea The referee thinks about it but doesn’t issue another card. Dinamo Zagreb 1-0 Chelsea [Pep Guardiola](/topic/pep-guardiola)’s trophy cabinet at the Etihad with heartbreaking final and semi-final defeats littering the past few years. Since joining from Borussia Dortmund in the summer Haaland has notched up 10 goals in the Premier League including City’s own goal in the [1-1 draw with Aston Villa at the weekend](/sport/football/aston-villa-manchester-city-result-final-score-b2159213.html).

Will Sevilla make it out of the group stage this time around, or is Man City getting to the next stage instead? Keep up with this and all the UEFA Champions ...

This is the first Champions League match of the season for both teams. There are 32 teams in the group stage divided into 8 groups; the winners and runners-up in each group will advance to the round of 16, the third-place teams will continue in the Europa League round of 32, and the losers will bid the tournament farewell. Sevilla is set to square off against Manchester City in their first match of the Champions League group stage at 3 p.m.

Live updates as Sevilla host Man City at the Estadio Ramón Sánchez-Pizjuán in Group G of the 2022/23 UEFA Champions League today, Tuesday 6 September 2022.

Dias strides forward and feeds it to Cancelo in the right-hand channel, in a pocket of space to shoot. His ball into the box has plenty of venom on it, but Dias gets his head to it and, after initially getting himself in a tangle, Akanji clears. I’d like to reiterate that it’s the world’s elite club competition and we’ve earned the right to be in it. Rakitic lifts it wide to the right to Navas, who volleys a first-time ball to Delaney at the top of the box. The corner falls to Acuña on the edge of the City box, a position from which he looks for Ederson's bottom corner with a first-time pot shot. De Bruyne is released into the box, and with Haaland waiting in the middle, gets to the byline and squares it. Foden receives on the right-hand corner of the penalty box, before slipping it wide to meet De Bruyne's run towards the byline. On the right, Cancelo gets forward and crosses, but the hosts hack it clear. Foden peeled off into space at the back of the box to nod a right-wing ball down for the German, who stroked it into the net from point-blank range. Sevilla seemed to gain something of a foothold as the half came to an end, but have otherwise been pretty under the cosh. Promising start to the second half for the hosts. Foden drives forward before shooting low from the edge of the Sevilla box, but Bono gets down to deny him.

Pep Guardiola and Manchester City begin their latest bid for Champions League glory at Sevilla.

There's a debut for Manuel Akanji and a full debut for Sergio Gomez in the back four, with Kyle Walker and John Stones absent through injury. It's an inviting cross and Haaland thrusts out a leg at the back post for his 11th of the season and 24th in 20 Champions League appearances. Grealish seems to really like the look of Navas and shimmies inside again to tee up his team-mate. His shots might be all over the shop at the moment but his radar for a final ball is unwavering. Mir makes a bit of a nuisance of himself in the City box but Guardiola's men are able to break. All hands to the pump as Papu Gomez fouls Silva on the edge of his own box. Suso lifted it in with Ederson out of his ground, but the City keeper got a slight shove in the back from Dolberg as he attempted to throw it out. It results in his namesake Papu having Sevilla's best chance of the night, but he hacks a bouncing ball over. A goal and a couple of assists amount to a solid if not spectacular start to the Premier League season from Foden. 51st minute: Now Cancelo has a go and scuffs wide from outside the box. 73rd minute: Alvarez is quickly into the thick of things, finding De Bruyne for a left-footed strike that's deflected behind. There's a long way to go in this Champions League campaign but City are off and running in emphatic fashion.