Manchester City 4-1 Borussia Dortmund: Foden double deals Kovac's side first loss

Phil Foden scored two stunning goals to help Manchester City to a 4-1 win over Borussia Dortmund, who saw their unbeaten start to the Champions League ended.

Erling Haaland also returned to haunt his former club as City took complete control, with Waldemar Anton’s late goal proving nothing more than a consolation.

Foden had already tested Gregor Kobel twice before breaking the deadlock, but the goalkeeper was not equal to his third strike. The England ace turned into space from Tijjani Reijnders’ throughball before curling a lovely shot into the bottom-left corner in the 22nd minute.

Just seven minutes later, Haaland got City's second. He was left unmarked in the middle of the box and powered Jeremy Doku’s cutback into the back of the net first time.

Kobel also made saves to keep out Nico O’Reilly and Reijnders before the break, but City’s dominance eventually paid off again in the 57th minute.

Reijnders once again picked out Foden, who cut between two defenders on the edge of Dortmund’s box to pick out the same corner once again with a pinpoint finish.

Dortmund stepped up the pressure after that and City’s defence could not stand up to it as Anton slotted his low effort past Gianluigi Donnarumma. 

The visitors were unable to set up a grandstand finish, however, with Rayan Cherki restoring City's three-goal cushion in the first minute of stoppage time with a low drive.

Data Debrief: Foden lights up the Etihad

Since the start of 2023-24, Foden has scored 11 goals from outside the box for City in all competitions, the most of any player for Premier League clubs in that time.

But his second was particularly special as it marked his 20th goal in the Champions League, and it helped push City up to fourth in the Champions League table.

And Dortmund also failed to keep their former player, Haaland, quiet. He has now scored 18 goals in 14 games in all competitions this season, none of which have been penalties.

City were clinical throughout, finishing with 1.94 expected goals (xG) from their 18 shots, 11 of which were on target. Dortmund, meanwhile, accumulated 0.94 xG from their 12 attempts.