Between the Drogba celebration and the half-time shirt request, Haaland was once more the centre of attention at the Etihad
And Camara’s act of sprinting after the Norwegian, whom he had been trying to mark, at the interval to collect his shirt just summed up an abject display from the Swiss.It was the closest Camara had come to stopping Haaland all evening and said much about the attitude of the Swiss side, and many others, who have been on the receiving end of an unbeaten run of 28 home European ties for Guardiola – 26 of them wins.
Haaland maintained his goal-a-game Champions League average for City when he gave the holders the lead after 21 minutes of relentless superiority from his side, celebrating a la Didier Drogba having been set the task by the former Chelsea forward at the recent Ballon d’Or ceremony.
Indeed, Haaland alone might have had a first half hat-trick as he shot at the keeper from Kyle Walker’s through ball and then failed to control a far-post cross from the same full-back.Walker was only thrown into the starting line-up moments before kick-off, when Manuel Akanji cried off through illness, but that was a rare complication for Guardiola to negotiate.
Foden eventually confirmed the victory in first-half stoppage time when he hopped onto a perfect Jack Grealish pass, skipped away from Ulisses Garcia and rolled an expert finish into the far corner.
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