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Daniel Orme

Erling Haaland haunts Borussia Dortmund as Man City seal victory - 5 talking points

In what has long been a footballing cliche, Borussia Dortmund were left hurt by one of their former players - this time Erling Haaland coming back to haunt the German side in a slender 2-1 victory for Manchester City.

Considering the amount of former Dortmund players in Pep Guardiola 's current squad, that was always going to happen but it was the circumstances in which it happened will go down in club folklore. For so long, City looked to be slumping to defeat after Jude Bellingham opened the scoring for the German side as he ghosted into the penalty area to nod firmly past Ederson.

However, John Stones proved to be a late hero as he thundered in a stunning equaliser from range. That man Haaland was on hand to acrobatically steer home the winner for the reigning Premier League champions as they made it two wins from two in the group.

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