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Holland scored from the penalty Photo: AFP

Young Boys 1-3 Manchester City

Whatever the competition, it is hard to believe that Arling Holland will suffer from goal drought! When Holland stepped into the field of Swiss club Young Boys in Bern yesterday, 0 goals in the last 5 Champions League matches to his name. But after the final whistle in the match against Young Boys, it became 2 goals in 6 matches!

Yes, the Manchester City striker has scored in the Champions League. His brace and Manuel Akanji's goal helped Pep Guardiola's side win 3-1 against the Swiss club. City topped Group 'G' after winning all 3 matches. In the other match of this group, Leipzig came second with a total of 6 points in 3 matches after beating Red Star Belgrade by the same margin.

All 4 goals of the match were scored in the second half. Before that, City wasted several goal chances in the first half. Akanji gave City a goal in the 48th minute. The Swiss defender scored with a right-footed shot after Ruben Dias' header was deflected by Young Boys goalkeeper Anthony Racioppi. But after 4 minutes, Meshchek Elia made a great 'chip' and sent the ball over the head of the City goalkeeper Eilson into the net to bring the Young Boys back to parity.

The rest is Arling Holland's 'show' - City's defensive midfielder Rodri was fouled in the opponent's box in the 67th minute. Holland scored from the penalty. The Norwegian star secured City's victory with another goal 4 minutes before the scheduled time. Holland became the youngest player to score 37 goals in the Champions League. At the age of 23 years and 96 days, he overtook PSG star Kylian Mbappe on the way to making this record. A goal by City striker Julian Alvarez was disallowed by VAR after being handballed by Jack Grealish.

Atletico Madrid drew 2-2 in Celtic's field from 'E' group. The Scottish club will regret not being able to win at home despite going ahead twice in the match. Antoine Griezmann and Alvaro Morata scored goals for Atletico twice. The Madrid club played with 10 men for the rest of the match after Rodrigo Di Paul was shown a red card in the 82nd minute.

PSG 3-0 AC Milan

PSG were desperate to bounce back from a 4-1 defeat at Newcastle United three weeks ago. To that end, the French club did not care about AC Milan yesterday at the Parc des Princes! Goals from Kylian Mbappe in the first half and goals from Randall Kola Muani and Lee Kang-in after the break saw the Italian club beat the Italian club 3-0 to go top of the points table in their group.

Mbappe's goal in the 32nd minute was the result of a great move by 17-year-old midfielder Warren Zaire-Emery. Mbappe scored 10 goals for the club this season. Ousmane Dembele could have scored PSG's second goal of the day in the 48th minute. The ball was sent into Milan's net but the goal was disallowed by VAR due to a foul. Kolo Muani scored after 4 minutes. Dembele's shot was blocked by Milan goalkeeper Mike Meighan, but Kolo Muani scored the return shot. Substitute Li Kang scored PSG's third goal in the 89th minute.

Mbappe scores for PSG Photo: AFP

Milan has yet to win 3 matches this season in the Champions League. The 7-time European champions are bottom of the table with 2 points from 3 matches.

Barcelona beat Shakhtar Donetsk 2-1 at Camp Nou from Group H. Barca star Ferran Torres scored in the 28th minute and Fermin Lopez added another goal 8 minutes later. Sudakov scored a goal for the Ukrainian club in the 62nd minute. Barca tops Group H with 9 points from 3 matches.