Haaland Fires City into Last 16 with Two Games to Spare

Erling Haaland took his Champions League goal tally to 39 in 34 games as Manchester City defeated Young Boys 3-0 to cruise into the last 16 with two games to spare.

The Norwegian striker shrugged off the ankle injury that forced him off at half-time in Saturday’s hammering of Bournemouth to clinically convert a 23rd-minute penalty after Sandro Lauper had fouled Matheus Nunes.

He then smashed home a second from the edge of the area six minutes after the restart, shortly before Lauper was sent off for a second booking following a foul on Nathan Ake.

In a bizarre exchange, Haaland had already handed his shirt over to Young Boys skipper Mohamed Ali Camara at the break when the Guinean asked for it as the players made their way to the tunnel.

Elsewhere, Newcastle’s hopes of reaching the knockout stages of the Champions League were dented as they fell to 2-0 defeat at Borussia Dortmund.

Niclas Fullkrug opened the scoring for the hosts midway through the first half, with Julian Brandt adding a second from a superb counter attack late on as the Germans completed a Group F double over their English opponents.

Newcastle’s best chance fell to Joelinton just after the break but the midfielder headed Tino Livramento’s cross wide from five yards out.

Newcastle’s return to Europe’s elite competition began in fine fashion with a draw at AC Milan before they thrashed Paris St-Germain on Tyneside.

However, they now face an uphill challenge to progress further, with Dortmund’s victory at St James’ Park and again in Germany on Tuesday, moving them three points clear of Newcastle, who travel to PSG in their penultimate group match.

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Atletico 6-0 Celtic

Lazio 1-0 Feyenoord

Dortmund 2-0 Newcastle

AC Milan 2-1 PSG

C’Zvezda 1-2 RB Leipzig

Man City 3-0 Young Boys

Shakhtar 1-0 Barcelona

FC Porto 2-0 R’Antwerp

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