Manchester City made light work of Galatasaray as they secured a spot in the last 16 of the Champions League.
Pep Guardiola’s side faced the unwanted prospect of a two-legged play-off round in February after their shock defeat at Bodo/Glimt last week, but comfortably saw off Galatasaray.
The Blues should have taken the lead inside the opening three minutes, but Erling Haaland headed Rayan Ait-Nouri’s pinpoint cross wide from eight yards out.
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The Norwegian made up for that miss by latching on to Jeremy Doku’s through ball and dinking a delightful finish over the onrushing Ugurcan Cakir to end his barren run in open play.
Nico O’Reilly’s thunderous long-range drive was then tipped over by Cakir, but the dominant hosts doubled the advantage on the half-hour mark as Doku laid the ball off for Rayan Cherki to smash home an unerring finish.
Having provided the assists for both goals, Doku hobbled off at 37 minutes.
Nigeria international Victor Osimhen had Galatasaray’s best chances, but his flicked header and low drive were both kept out by Gianluigi Donnarumma.
(BBC)
