City's Haaland haunts former club Dortmund, Foden nets two in 4-1 win

MANCHESTER, England :Manchester City's Erling Haaland came back to haunt Borussia Dortmund with a clinical finish against his former team, while Phil Foden bagged a brilliant brace as the hosts cruised to a 4-1 win in the Champions League on Wednesday to climb to fourth.

Pep Guardiola's side have 10 points after four of the eight league-phase games, while Dortmund fell to 14th on seven points.

City, who hoisted the Champions League trophy in 2023, were dominant from the start at the Etihad Stadium.

"I like a lot of things that I see," Guardiola said. "Ten points, we are fourth, we are better than we were last season by far. Huge compliment, huge respect for these players because we are in a good position."

City's England midfielder Foden opened the scoring in the 22nd minute when he collected a pass from Tijjani Reijnders and finished with a crisp left-foot strike from just outside the box past goalkeeper Gregor Kobel.

Haaland, who has 27 goals in 17 games for club and country, doubled the lead seven minutes later, finishing coolly from the centre of the box after a blistering run and pinpoint assist from Jeremy Doku.

Foden completed his double in the 57th minute in almost identical fashion to his first, latching onto a pass from Reijnders before bending a curling shot just inside the far post, the first time he had scored more than once in a Champions League game.

"Happy it's not just Erling scoring goals," Guardiola said. "Phil was just fantastic."

DORTMUND PULL ONE BACK

Waldemar Anton pulled one back for the Bundesliga club from a free kick in the 72nd to delight Dortmund's travelling supporters who danced and sang all night.

However, City's Rayan Cherki put the game well out of reach with a goal in injury time when he