Holders Manchester City eased into the last 16 of the Champions League on Tuesday as Erling Haaland scored twice in a 3-0 win over Swiss side Young Boys.
Pep Guardiola’s team have 12 points from four matches in Group G. They will be joined in the knockout rounds by RB Leipzig, who made sure of at least second place by beating Red Star Belgrade 2-1 in Serbia.
Pep Guardiola’s reigning champions have eased into the knockout phase with a perfect record, a 3-0 win over Young Boys making it four wins out of four in Group G.
Erling Haaland followed his brace in Bern two weeks ago with another two goals against the Swiss side, with the Norwegian striker opening the scoring from the penalty spot midway through the first half.
Phil Foden got their second in first-half stoppage time and Haaland struck again soon after the interval for his 15th goal of the campaign.
Young Boys were then reduced to 10 men as Sandro Lauper was sent off, and City saw out a 10th successive home victory in the competition.
“People say ‘yeah, the group stage, it is easy’, but you have to do it. In life, you have to do it when people expect you to do it,” Guardiola told TNT Sports.
Leipzig joined City in securing progress from Group G thanks to their 2-1 victory at Red Star Belgrade.
Xavi Simons gave the German side an early lead with a lovely finish into the far corner, and Lois Openda made it 2-0 in the rain in Belgrade with his 10th goal this season.
Former European Cup winners Red Star pulled one back through a Benjamin Henrichs own goal but they are now left to fight it out with Young Boys for a place in the Europa League knockout phase.
