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Champions League: Barcelona held at Club Brugge, Man City beat Dortmund; Inter Milan stay perfect
The Statesman Siliguri
|November 07, 2025
Inter Milan remained among the teams with a perfect record by beating Kairat 2-1 in the Champions League on Wednesday, while Barcelona was held at Club Brugge and Erling Haaland extended his scoring streak in Manchester City’s 4-1 home win over Borussia Dortmund.
Lautaro Martinez and Carlos Augusto scored a goal in each half for last year’s runner-up Inter, which joined Bayern Munich and Arsenal as the only teams with four victories from four matches — the league phase’s halfway point.
Kairat, the Kazakhstan club that remains among the winless teams in the league phase, equalized with Ofri Arad early in the second half before Augusto gave the hosts the victory.
“We knew we had to win the first four games, and did it,” Inter defender Federico Dimarco said. “We have to think game after game, every match is tough in the Champions League.”
Barcelona came from behind three times in its draw at Club Brugge, with Lamine Yamal being decisive in the team’s comeback in Belgium. He scored in the 6lst and it was his shot in the 77th that led to an own-goal by Club Brugge midfielder Christos Tzolis for the 3-3 score.
Phil Foden netted twice for Man City, while Haaland scored his 27th goal in 17 matches for club and country this season. He has scored in five consecutive Champions League games for three different clubs, having also done it with Salzburg and Dortmund.
“Every time I come to a press conference, they give him another record,” Man City coach Pep Guardiola said.
This story is from the November 07, 2025 edition of The Statesman Siliguri.
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