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Manchester Evening News
Manchester Evening News
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Jack Flintham

Man City have found their own Zlatan Ibrahimovic for Pep Guardiola

By no means was it the perfect performance from Erling Haaland on Wednesday night.

In the first half for Manchester against Borussia Dortmund, the Norwegian barely saw any of the ball with the Blues being frustrated by a severely deep Dortmund defence. Jude Bellingham's close range header towards the hour mark though seemed to jolt City.

With the crowd raucous behind their players as the referee blew for several Dortmund free kicks, City grew into the fixture. Even then, though, it would take two moments of magic to win it for the Blues.

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