Borussia Dortmund vs Man City Champions League result and final score as Riyad Mahrez misses penalty - live
Borussia Dortmund 0-0 Man City: Pep Guardiola’s still top Group G with one match to spare despite Mahrez’s penalty miss
Riyad Mahrez missed a penalty but Manchester City booked their place in the Champions League knockout stages as group winners as they earned a 0-0 draw at Borussia Dortmund, who also secured their place in the last 16 with a match to spare.
Mahrez’s penalty in the second half was City’s best chance in a match that saw Pep Guardiola’s side create few chances, with Erling Haaland brought off at half-time on his return to his former side. But Dortmund goalkeeper Gregor Kobel made the save down to his right as Dortmund held on to claim the result they needed in order to finish as runners-up in Group G.
The German side had the better of the opening half and had the best chance of the opening period, which was put wide by Youssoufa Moukoko. The draw suited both sides, however, after Sevilla beat Copenhagen 3-0 earlier in the day.
Borussia Dortmund 0-0 Manchester City
3 min: An early opening for Dortmund as Brandt gets forward after Rodri gets caught on the ball, and it requires the returning John Stones to be sharp as he gets back to cover. With Cancelo also pushing forward to join City’s line of attackers, Pep Guardiola’s side may be open at times.
Borussia Dortmund 0-0 Manchester City
1 min: There is an early shot for Borussia Dortmund as Moukoko fires over from the angle, but Hazard had been offside in the build up. City look close to being 4-2-4 when on the ball tonight, with Foden and Mahrez either side of Haaland and Alvarez.
Borussia Dortmund vs Manchester City
Here we go! Kick-off is not far away as Erling Haaland returns to Borussia Dortmund. There are boos for the Champions League anthem, but a good reception for Haaland on his first appearance back in Germany.
Borussia Dortmund vs Manchester City - champions ‘have another gear to find’
Here’s the latest from The Independent’s northern football correspondent Mark Critchley, who writes that Pep Guardiola still believes Manchester City and Kevin De Bruyne have another gear to find despite their electric start to the season. A rather terrifying prospect for the rest of the Premier League and the wider Champions League elite, that.
Man City and brilliant Kevin De Bruyne still have another gear to find
Pep Guardiola has been a little critical of his superstar midfielder but even a not-quite-perfect De Bruyne is still slicing open opponents and killing off games
Borussia Dortmund vs Manchester City - Bellingham the ‘whole package’, says Guardiola
Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola has called Borussia Dortmund midfielder Jude Bellingham the “whole package” but suggested his development might have been stifled if he had stayed in England.
The 19-year-old Bellingham scored against City in each of their last two meetings with Dortmund, albeit in losing causes as Guardiola’s side came from behind in both, and will be out to cause more problems in Tuesday’s Champions League clash.
Bellingham followed the path of Jadon Sancho, who turned down a new City contract to join Dortmund in 2017 when he left boyhood club Birmingham for Westphalia two years ago, but the decision has paid off handsomely thanks the club’s policy of promoting youth.
Guardiola, who meticulously managed Phil Foden’s development at City, suggested Bellingham would not have got the same opportunities on the east side of Manchester or at any of the Premier League’s other top clubs.
Man City manager Pep Guardiola heaps praise on ‘whole package’ Jude Bellingham
The 19-year-old is impressing in the Bundesliga
Borussia Dortmund vs Manchester City - Guardiola backs Haaland to break PL record
Pep Guardiola backed Erling Haaland to break the Premier League’s single-season scoring record after the striker added a further two goals to his tally against Brighton on Saturday.
Haaland’s brace moved him to 17 Premier League goals after just 11 games, halfway to matching the competition’s record tally for a season of 34. He also needs just six more to equal last season’s golden boot-winning total.
Guardiola said: “We don’t have to be a genius (to see) if he continues with this rhythm, this average every game, he’s going to reach the record, definitely.
“But in football maybe you score but then in a few days you stop scoring. I don’t know. I think he’s happy when when the team win and then he’s not when the team don’t win.
“But like all the strikers I have seen in my career – like Samuel Eto’o, Lionel Messi, (Robert) Lewandowski, Thomas Muller, Sergio Aguero – Erling has the ambition to score goals and goals and goals. That’s normal and it has to be like that.”
Borussia Dortmund vs Manchester City - last time out
Borussia Dortmund arrived at the Etihad and were doing pretty well to prevent the hosts and Erling Haaland, until John Stones picked up the ball 25 yards away from goal and rifled a stunning shot into the top corner.
It was followed by an inevitable goal from Haaland, as he produced an astonishing volley to finish Joao Cancelo’s sublime cross to put City ahead and complete their late comeback after Jude Bellingham’s opener.
Borussia Dortmund vs Manchester City - Group G permutations
Manchester City: Have qualified and will win Group G if they avoid defeat tonight.
Borussia Dortmund: Need at least two points from their final two matches, but will be through if Sevilla draw against Copenhagen.
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