With his next goal gala, Erling Haaland led the English top club Manchester City towards the Champions League round of 16.
The Norwegian national football player scored his premier class goals four and five (7th minute/33rd) in a problem-free 5-0 (3-0) win over FC Copenhagen. Pep Guardiola's team leads Dortmund Group E with nine points ahead of BVB (6). Haaland has now scored 22 goals in a total of 28 games in the Champions League.
A possible hat-trick by the former Dortmund player was prevented by Copenhagen professional David Khocholava, who steered the ball into his own goal to make it 3-0 (39 ') before the attacker was ready to score. Without Haaland, who was substituted at the break, Riyad Mahrez (55th / penalty kick) and Julian Alvarez (76th) increased for the English champions.
Real Madrid on course
Defending champions Real Madrid also have the maximum haul of nine points in the Leipzig Group. The team led by Toni Kroos narrowly won 2-1 (2-1) against Shakhtar Donetsk. Brazilians Rodrygo (13') and Vinícius Júnior (28') scored in the first half for the Champions League winners. Aleksandar Zubkow was able to shorten the shot for the Ukrainians with an artistic side kick (39').
PSG nur Remis in Lissabon
In the top game of Group H, Benfica Lisbon and Paris Saint-Germain drew 1-1 (1-1) and remain in the top two places with seven points. Superstar Lionel Messi scored after a nice combination of Kylian Mbappé and Neymar with a flick for the guests (22nd). The Portuguese Danilo hit his own net (41st) to make it 1-1. Benfica midfielder Julian Draxler came on against his former club in the 78th minute. Third is Juventus Turin. The Italians won 3-1 (1-0) against Maccabi Haifa and scored their first points of this year's Champions League season.
Strong Chelsea
There was a premiere victory for Chelsea in Group E. The former team of coach Thomas Tuchel beat a disappointing AC Milan 3-0 (1-0) with goals from Wesley Fofana (24th), the ex- Dortmund's Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (56th) and Reece James (62nd) have few problems. First with five points is FC Salzburg after beating Dinamo Zagreb 1-0 (0-0).
