Man City 5-0 Copenhagen: Erling Haaland scores twice in thumping Champions League victory

Erling Haaland scores his second goal against Copenhagen

Erling Haaland continued his incredible scoring form with two more goals as Manchester City swept Copenhagen aside to make it three wins out of three in Champions League Group G.

Haaland was unable to finish off what would have been a fourth hat-trick for City after being taken off at half-time but his first-half double means he now has 19 goals in his first 12 games for Pep Guardiola’s side.

With or without him, City were far too quick and clever for their Danish opponents and would have ended up with more than five goals from a totally one-sided match if not for Copenhagen keeper Kamil Grabara.

Fresh from crushing neighbours Manchester United at the weekend, City and Haaland picked up where they left off on Sunday and took less than seven minutes to open their account.

Cancelo’s low cross found Haaland in space inside the area and, predictably, he made no mistake with a powerful finish from what was his first touch of the game.

The only surprise was that it took until after the half-hour mark for City to extend their lead and, predictably, it was Haaland who was in the right place to tap the loose ball after Grabara had parried a Sergio Gomez shot.

The last thing Copenhagen needed at this stage was bad luck but their misery was compounded before half-time when a Gomez shot took a double deflection off Denis Vavro and then David Khocholava on its way into the net.

With victory secured, Haaland was replaced by Cole Palmer at half-time – even goal machines need a rest – as City cast an eye towards their next game, against Southampton here on Saturday.

His exit reduced City’s threat but they still dominated possession and further goals followed.

Riyad Mahrez made it 4-0 from the penalty spot after Aymeric Laporte was fouled, then the Algeria forward turned provider to set up Julian Alvarez to round off the scoring from close range.

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Manchester City

Starting XI

  1. Squad number31Player nameEderson
    Average rating

    6.67

  2. Squad number7Player nameJoão Cancelo
    Average rating

    6.87

  3. Squad number3Player nameRúben Dias
    Average rating

    6.83

  4. Squad number14Player nameLaporte
    Average rating

    6.71

  5. Squad number21Player nameGómez
    Average rating

    6.75

  6. Squad number26Player nameMahrez
    Average rating

    7.08

  7. Squad number8Player nameGündogan
    Average rating

    7.23

  8. Squad number20Player nameBernardo Silva
    Average rating

    7.25

  9. Squad number10Player nameGrealish
    Average rating

    7.00

  10. Squad number9Player nameHaaland
    Average rating

    8.23

  11. Squad number19Player nameÁlvarez
    Average rating

    7.27

Substitutes

  1. Squad number80Player namePalmer
    Average rating

    6.93

  2. Squad number82Player nameLewis
    Average rating

    6.88

  3. Squad number97Player nameWilson-Esbrand
    Average rating

    6.87

FC Copenhagen

Starting XI

  1. Squad number1Player nameGrabara

    Average rating

    6.18

  2. Squad number2Player nameDiks

    Average rating

    5.29

  3. Squad number3Player nameVavro

    Average rating

    5.29

  4. Squad number5Player nameKhocholava

    Average rating

    5.37

  5. Squad number34Player nameKristiansen

    Average rating

    5.49

  6. Squad number35Player nameStamenic

    Average rating

    5.72

  7. Squad number12Player nameLerager

    Average rating

    5.40

  8. Squad number8Player nameJóhannesson

    Average rating

    5.46

  9. Squad number7Player nameClaesson

    Average rating

    5.48

  10. Squad number29Player nameKaramoko

    Average rating

    5.51

  11. Squad number15Player nameDaramy

    Average rating

    5.52

Substitutes

  1. Squad number6Player nameSørensen

    Average rating

    4.99

  2. Squad number17Player nameMukairu

    Average rating

    5.35

  3. Squad number22Player nameAnkersen

    Average rating

    5.47

  4. Squad number27Player nameLund

    Average rating

    5.88

  5. Squad number30Player nameHaraldsson

    Average rating

    5.55

Line-ups

Man City

Formation 4-4-2

  • 31Ederson
  • 7CanceloSubstituted forLewisat 57′minutes
  • 3Rúben Dias
  • 14Laporte
  • 21Gómez
  • 26Mahrez
  • 8Gündogan
  • 20Bernardo SilvaSubstituted forWilson-Esbrandat 66′minutes
  • 10Grealish
  • 9HaalandSubstituted forPalmerat 45′minutes
  • 19Álvarez

Substitutes

  • 6Aké
  • 16Rodri
  • 17De Bruyne
  • 18Ortega
  • 25Akanji
  • 33Carson
  • 47Foden
  • 80Palmer
  • 82Lewis
  • 97Wilson-Esbrand

FC Copenhagen

Formation 4-3-3

  • 1Grabara
  • 2DiksSubstituted forAnkersenat 66′minutes
  • 3Vavro
  • 5Khocholava
  • 34Kristiansen
  • 35StamenicBooked at 54mins
  • 12LeragerSubstituted forSørensenat 79′minutes
  • 8Jóhannesson
  • 7ClaessonSubstituted forMukairuat 66′minutes
  • 29KaramokoSubstituted forLundat 45′minutes
  • 15DaramySubstituted forHaraldssonat 55′minutes

Substitutes

  • 6Sørensen
  • 11Babacar
  • 14Cornelius
  • 17Mukairu
  • 19Jelert
  • 21Johnsson
  • 22Ankersen
  • 27Lund
  • 30Haraldsson
  • 40Bardghji
  • 51Ryan

Referee:
Donatas Rumsas

Match Stats

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Match ends, Manchester City 5, FC Copenhagen 0.

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