Erling Haaland has continued his free-scoring start to life at Manchester City with two more goals in a 4-0 win over Sevilla in Champions League Group G.
The Norwegian has now scored 12 goals in seven competitive games for City since joining the club from Borussia Dortmund during the close-season.
The striker put City ahead in the 20th minute, stretching to reach a cross from Kevin De Bruyne and place it past Sevilla keeper Yassine Bounou.
Phil Foden made it 2-0 after the break, jinking and turning to create space on the edge of the box before placing the ball into the bottom corner.
Haaland then made sure of a comfortable victory, pouncing to tap-in after Bounou had pushed out a low drive from the impressive Foden and then defender Ruben Dias added the fourth in stoppage time, turning in a low cross from Joao Cancelo.
Kylian Mbappe has played chief tormentor, as Paris St Germain started their Champions League campaign by beating Juventus 2-1 at home, their first victory against the Italian side.
Mbappe opened the scoring with a stunning goal and added a second in the opening half before substitute Weston McKennie reduced the arrears after the break as the French champions' level went down a notch.
Juve had chances to equalise but keeper Gianluigi Donnarumma made several good saves to make up for a blunder for the visitors' goal, ensuring PSG beat the Italian side for the first time in nine meetings, having lost the last six.
Christophe Galtier's team are level on three points in Group H with Benfica, who beat Maccabi Haifa 2-0.
Meanwhile, Real Madrid has claimed a 3-0 victory over Celtic in their Champions League Group F opener, but it came at a cost as they lost forward Karim Benzema to a knee injury in the first half.
Celtic enjoyed an impressive start, creating several chances in front of their home fans but they were unable to find that killer instinct in front of goal.
Real, however, were clinical despite the injury to Benzema and killed the game by scoring three goals in their only three shots on target in the second half.
First it was Vinicius Jr who thumped home a close-range finish from a Federico Valverde cross in the 56th minute.
Four minutes later, Luka Modric extended the lead with a shot from inside the box and substitute Eden Hazard wrapped up the points in the 77th minute with a simple close finish from a fine assist by Dani Carvajal.
Reuters.
