Matchday one of the league phase has come to a close, and most of the big teams took care of business, but that doesn't mean that a few surprises weren't sprung in Champions League play. Napoli marked their return to the competition with their captain, Giovanni Di Lorenzo , being red-carded in the 21st minute, which also cut Kevin De Bruyne's return to the Etihad Stadium short , and despite Vanja Milinkovic-Savic doing everything that he could, Erling Haaland eventually broke through to give City the victory in the match. It was a historic goal for Haaland with him reaching 50 UCL goals in only 49 matches.

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