Man City 3-0 Young Boys: Player ratings as European champions qualify for knockout stages
Manchester City qualified for the knockout stages of the Champions League with a 3-0 victory over Young Boys on Tuesday evening. In an incredibly straightforward first half for the European champions , Erling Haaland's penalty and Phil Foden's delightful run and finish put Man City two goals ahead at the break, with Young Boys failing to produce even a single shot as they struggled to cope with their hosts. Young Boys were reduced to ten men early in the second half, shortly after Haaland had hammered home a wonderful effort from outside the box. Man City sauntered to the finish line, qualifying with two games to spare in Group G. How the game unfolded If Man City's 6-1 weekend trouncing of Bournemouth was anything to go by, Young Boys would need divine intervention to get something from their trip to the Etihad Stadium. The evidence of the opening six minutes also suggested this was the case, Rico Lewis seeing his close-range effort cleared off the line after an incisiv...