Manchester City opened their Champions League campaign with three points by beating 10-man Napoli 2–0 at the Etihad Stadium on Thursday night.
Kevin De Bruyne’s Etihad comeback stole many of the prematch headlines, as did the returns of Scott McTominay and Rasmus Højlund to Manchester, but it was Napoli captain Giovanni Di Lorenzo who grabbed the attention on the pitch with an early red card. The Italian’s last-man lunge on Erling Haaland was punished following a VAR review, placing the visitors in a perilous position after just 20 minutes.
