An Erling Haaland brace sent Manchester City through to the next round while Barcelona, PSG and Newcastle United suffered Champions League defeats on Tuesday.
Keeping to his word, Ballon d’Or runner-up Erling Haaland did the famous Didier Drogba celebration as he netted twice for Manchester City to send the treble winners through to the next round.
Pep Guardiola’s side beat Young Boys 3-0 with Phil Foden also on the scoresheet.
In the same group, Leipzig also progressed to the round of 16 with a 2-1 win over Red Star Belgrade. The results mean that Group G has been decided with two games to spare.
In the early kick offs, Barcelona were on the losing side away at Shakhtar Donetsk while Newcastle United lost 2-0 to Borussia Dortmund.
Danylo Sikan got the goal that leaves Xavi tied for most all-time group stage defeats by any Barcelona manager in the competition.
Meanwhile also in Group H, 40-year-old veteran Pepe became the oldest goalscorer in the competition’s history as he netted in Porto’s 2-0 win over Antwerp.
AC Milan’s much-needed 2-1 victory over PSG gave them their first win in the group of death, with Newcastle now behind them in last place on four points.
Milan Skriniar put the Parisians in front at the San Siro, but the hosts levelled through Rafael Leao before Olivier Giroud got the winner as Milan continued to create despite their lack of possession.
Celtic remain winless in Group E, with Brendan Rodgers’ dismal Champions League record continuing after a forgettable trip to Madrid that saw them thrashed 6-0 by Atletico.
Braces from Antoine Griezmann and Alvaro Morata means that their result, along with Lazio’s 1-0 defeat of Feyenoord, sends Diego Simeone’s side to the top of the group.
On Wednesday, Bayern Munich take on Galatasaray while Arsenal and Manchester United are also in action against Sevilla and Copenhagen.
Real Madrid host Braga while Salzburg face last season’s runners-up Inter Milan in some of the other games.
Pictured above: Erling Haaland
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