Erling Haaland ended his five-game aim drought as Manchester Metropolis booked their place within the final 16 of the Champions League with a easy 2-0 win over Galatasaray.
Towards the backdrop of final week’s shock defeat to Bodo/Glimt, victory was the one acceptable consequence for Pep Guardiola’s facet, whereas nonetheless counting on others to slide up with the intention to safe a top-eight end. Metropolis received their want.
Whereas Actual Madrid, PSG and Newcastle all fell away, Metropolis took care of enterprise within the first half of their tie as Haaland scored his first aim from open play because the flip of the yr, and Rayan Cherki adopted up with a well-worked second. Each strikes had been teed up by the electrical Jeremy Doku earlier than he was pressured off clutching his hamstring.
Rayan Cherki has discovered the web eight instances in all competitions since his summer time transfer to Man Metropolis
An eighth-place league section end means Metropolis narrowly keep away from the undesirable fixture headache of a play-off tie in February, as a substitute progressing straight to the spherical of 16, commencing in March. Galatasaray, who supplied little or no on the evening, nonetheless sneak by in twentieth place.
Arsenal, Liverpool, Tottenham and Chelsea full a top-eight dominated by Premier League sides, with Newcastle the one ones to overlook out after drawing at PSG.
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