Haaland back in business but sluggish City struggle

AKANJI OPENS SCORING

- Gideon Brooks

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IT WAS not a perfect performance from either Manchester City or Erling Haaland - but the result will do fine.

And, with his first two goals in the Champions League in six games, the striker served notice he might just be coming to the boil nicely for the Manchester derby on Sunday.

Haaland's first goal came from the penalty spot and his late second - an instinctive hooked finish into the roof of the net - delivered a 37th in just 33 Champions League games.

It added to Manuel Akanji's opener, cancelled out by Meschack Elia's deft chip, to give City a comfortable scoreline and nine points from three matches in Group G.

This was job done in Switzerland and it lent a hefty shove to their prospects of securing an early passage to the knockout stages.

Qualification can be secured in the reverse fixture at the Etihad on November 7.