Manchester City came from behind to beat Red Star Belgrade 3-1 in their opening Champions League Group G game at the Etihad Stadium to begin their defence of the competition.
Osman Bukari beat City’s offside trip on the brink of half time and slipped through to fire home with remarkable composure and give the visitors a dream result at the interval vs the 2022/23 champions.
Pep Guardiola’s side came back like they always do with three goals in the second half thanks to a brace from Julian Alvarez and Rodri’s third goal of the season to win comfortably.
Group F also features RB Leipzig, who beat Young Boys 3-1 earlier today – the Sky Blues will move on to face the the former in their next outing two weeks from now.
Manchester City Champions League Odds
To win the competition:
- Manchester City @ 2/1
- Bayern Munich @ 11/2
- Real Madrid @ 8/1
- Arsenal @ 10/1
- PSG @ 12/1
- Barcelona @ 14/1
- Manchester United @ 20/1
- Inter Milan @ 20/1
- Newcastle @ 25/1
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Omri Glazer has had a stinker there 🤦♂️
Man City take the lead as Red Star’s keeper makes an almighty blunder…#UCL pic.twitter.com/lYDV75aaBE
— Football on TNT Sports (@footballontnt) September 19, 2023
According to Champions League betting sites, City are the outright favourites to win the competition in what would be consecutive seasons. The only team to complete this feat was Cristiano Ronaldo’s famous Real Madrid side from 2016-2017.
Alvarez has now scored 21 goals in 13 months as a City player alongside five goals and two assists in 11 Champions League appearances, connecting with Erling Haaland to form an impressive duo.
They managed 76% possession, had 37 shots on goal (16 on target) and completely dominated the affair, to mark their seventh straight win in all competitions.
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