Haaland again makes the difference against Leipzig: City win 3-2

Manchester City beat RB Leipzig 3-2 in the Champions League. Erling Haaland scored the winning goal 12 minutes from time, turning in Elliot Anderson's low cross. With this goal, the striker raised his tally against Leipzig to 13 goals in nine matches, his most goals against any single opponent in his career. City's win came after their defeat to Brighton on Saturday.

City were made to work hard despite going ahead twice. Castello Lukeba's own goal gave City the first lead. Leipzig, however, had created dangerous chances in the first half through Christoph Baumgartner and Antonio Nusa. At the start of the second half, Gianluigi Donnarumma made an important save from Baumgartner's shot. Seconds later, though, Ridle Baku fired a shot from a tight angle after a run on the right side, beating Donnarumma at his near post and levelling the score.

Enzo Fernandez headed in İliman Ndiaye's excellent cross to put City back in front. Within three minutes, Nusa struck from inside the box, sending a shot into Donnarumma's bottom right corner to make it 2-2. After Jeremy Doku came on, City played with more purpose, and Haaland did not miss from close range after Anderson's pass.

In the closing minutes, David Raum for Leipzig and Rayan Cherki for City both came close, hitting the woodwork. With this victory, City moved up to seventh in the league phase table.