Manchester City is victorious in their first Champions League game of the season, beating Sevilla 4-0.
Haaland gave the visitors the lead going into the break, turning in a De Bruyne cross, before City put on a ruthless second-half display.
A smart finish from Foden inside the box doubled City’s advantage before Haaland got his second of the game.
He latched onto a rebounded shot from Foden to make it 3-0 before Dias got a late fourth in stoppage time.
Starting lineup:
SEVILLA (4-4-2): Yassine Bounou;
Jose Carmona, Nemanja Gudelj, Tanguy Kouassi, Alex Telles;
Jesus Navas, Ivan Rakitic, Thomas Delaney, Marcos Acuna;
Isco, Alejandro Gomez.
SEVILLA SUBS: Adnan Januzaj, Joan Jordan, Kasper Dolberg, Gonzalo Montiel, Rafa Mir, Fernando, Youssef En-Nesyri, Alberto Flores Lopez, Enrique Jesus Salas Valiente, Marko Dmitrovic, Karim Rekik, Suso.
MANCHESTER CITY (4-3-3): Ederson;
Joao Cancelo, Manuel Akanji, Ruben Dias, Sergio Gomez;
Kevin De Bruyne, Rodrigo, Bernardo Silva;
Phil Foden, Erling Haaland, Jack Grealish.
MANCHESTER CITY SUBS: Scott Carson, Cole Palmer, Ilkay Gundogan, Josh Wilson-Esbrand, Stefan Ortega Moreno, Julian Alvarez, Riyad Mahrez, Rico Lewis, Nathan Ake, Kalvin Phillips.
Goals:
GOAAAALLL! HAALAND SCORES! 1-0 CITY! Haaland opens his Champions League account for City. Lurking in the middle of the box, the striker latches onto a cross from De Bruyne, poking the ball in from close range.
GOAAALLL! FODEN SCORES! 2-0 CITY! Foden gets his first Champions League goal of the season. Receiving a pass from Cancelo, Foden beats Gudelj with his quick feet before firing the ball into the bottom corner.
GOAAAALL! HAALAND SCORES AGAIN! 3-0 CITY! Bounou pushes Foden’s original shot into the path of the striker, who rolls the ball into an empty net to get his second of the match.
GOAAALLL! DIAS SCORES! 4-0 CITY! A late fourth for City, who complete a route. Cancelo’s ball across is met by the incoming Dias, who has the most effortless finish of the night from close range.
So, what’s next?
Later, Manchester City host Tottenham Hotspur in the Premier League.
Meanwhile, Sevilla travels to Espanyol in LaLiga.
