Man City 4-0 S Bratislava (Oct 1, 2024) Match analysis

Ilkay Gündogan, Phil Foden, Erling Haaland and James McAtee got on the scoresheet as Manchester City beat Slovan Bratislava 4-0 on Tuesday to secure their first win of the Champions League season.

The Premier League champions positioned themselves in Slovan's half and peppered the home team with shots all night, with Gundogan putting City on the scoreboard in the eighth minute with his first goal since returning from a season at Barcelona. The German's shot from the edge of the penalty area deflected off the leg of Kyriakos Savvidis.

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Foden doubled City's lead with his first goal of the season in the 15th minute, taking advantage of a pass from Jérémy Doku and curling a shot into the bottom corner.

Haaland scored his 42nd goal in Europe's top competition in the 58th minute, sprinting onto Rico Lewis' pass, then bypassing goalkeeper Dominik Takac before firing into an empty net.

Foden threw a pass to McAtee in the 74th minute for his first ever City goal.

City, winners of the 2023 Champions League, opened the season with a 0-0 draw against Inter Milan, while Slovan suffered a 5-1 defeat against Celtic.