Sevilla vs Man City LIVE: Champions League result and final score as Erling Haaland gets two goals
Erling Haaland was on form as City beat Sevilla
Erling Haaland continued his free-scoring start to life at Manchester City with two more goals in a 4-0 win over Sevilla in Champions League Group G on Tuesday.
The Norwegian has now scored 12 goals in seven competitive games for City since joining the club from Borussia Dortmund during the close-season.
The blond striker put City ahead in the 20th minute, stretching to reach a cross from Kevin De Bruyne and place it past Sevilla keeper Yassine Bounou.
Phil Foden made it 2-0 after the break, jinking and turning to create space on the edge of the box before placing the ball into the bottom corner.
Haaland then made sure of a comfortable victory, pouncing to tap-in after Bounou had pushed out a low drive from the impressive Foden and then defender Ruben Dias added the fourth in stoppage time, turning in a low cross from Joao Cancelo.
Follow all the action as Man City travel to Sevilla in the Champions League group stages:
Dinamo Zagreb 0-0 Chelsea
6 mins: As expected, Chelsea are dominating the ball in the early stages and are working hard to keep Dinamo pegged back in their own half.
Reece James closes down Robert Ljubicic and wins the ball high up the pitch. Chelsea work it across to Raheem Sterling who slides it into the box to Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang.
The new striker shifts away from a defender and has the chance to shoot, instead he pulls it back to Sterling whose effort is blocked just as the offside flag goes up against Aubameyang.
Dinamo Zagreb 0-0 Chelsea
3 mins: Reece James whips Chelsea’s first cross into the Dinamo box but lifts it over everyone’s heads and sends Ben Chilwell racing to recover the loose ball.
He collects it and knocks it backwards as the home side push out and force Chelsea to retreat.
Kick off: Dinamo Zagreb 0-0 Chelsea
Chelsea get the match underway and work the ball over tothe right side where Kai Havertz attempts to keep it in play but can’t bring the ball properly under control.
Dinamo Zagreb win an early throw in.
Tuchel wary of ‘winners’ Dinamo Zagreb
“Dinamo are used to winning and that shapes a certain mentality,” said Chelsea boss Thomas Tuchel. “They deserve to be here and will play a very technical, emotional game against us. That’s always difficult.”
Dinamo Zagreb have won the Croatian title for five years in a row and they are unbeaten in eight league games this season.
Chelsea draw level with Arsenal
Chelsea are featuring in the Champions League for the 19th time moving them level with Arsenal and behind only Manchester United (24) for most participations by an English club.
The Blues are one of only two English teams to win the Champions League since 2008 having lifted the trophy in 2012 and 2021.
Liverpool won it in 2019 defeating Tottenham 2-0 in the final.
Dinamo Zagreb vs Chelsea
Warm-ups underway in Croatia. Will Chelsea be victorious tonight?
Thomas Tuchel laughs off concern over Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang’s time-keeping after Arsenal exit
Thomas Tuchel has laughed off concerns about Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang’s time-keeping, after the striker was forced out of Arsenal for multiple breaches of discipline last season.
Aubameyang was stripped of the Arsenal captaincy by manager Mikel Arteta after reporting back a day late following a period of leave, an incident which Arteta claimed was far from isolated.
The Gabonese international had his Arsenal contract terminated and joined Barcelona in January, but found himself surplus to requirements at the Nou Camp this season and made a surprise return to the Premier League on deadline day when he signed for Chelsea.
Thomas Tuchel laughs off concern over Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang’s time-keeping
Aubameyang was stripped of the Arsenal captaincy by manager Mikel Arteta and forced out of the club over disciplinary issues
‘This is a celebration for us’ says Cacic
Dinamo Zagreb coach Ante Cacic says his team don’t feel any pressure playing in the Champions League this season and are instead looking to celebrate playing against the biggest clubs in Europe.
“I don’t feel any pressure, I did my job by reaching the group stage.” he said, “This is a celebration for us. Big clubs are coming to play us. We have a duty to be ourselves and take our chances.
“We are playing a match that we really wanted to play. It’s our reward for winning the title. This is a great pleasure for us and I’m sure that we will all benefit from this competition, players and fans.
“We are not the favourites in any game, but in every game we will look for our chance. This is not a knockout game: we have to look forward to it and learn from it.”
‘The Champions League is a big challenge’
Dinamo’s Mislav Oršić spoke to Uefa.com about how it feels to be back playing in Europe’s best competition and he said: “The Champions League is a very big challenge for us.
“We know we were very competitive in the Europa League – we could compete against everyone. This is a step up for us.
“We will do our best to be competitive in the Champions League.”
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