Manchester City Defeats Napoli 2-0 in the Champions League

Napoli were reduced to ten men in the 21st minute after Giovanni Di Lorenzo was shown a red card. Kevin De Bruyne, who was facing his former team this time as an opponent, was subbed off after Napoli went down to ten men and was replaced by Mathias Olivera.

City took full advantage of the numerical superiority. Erling Haaland opened the scoring in the 56th minute, followed by a goal from Jeremy Doku in the 65th minute to seal the win.

25-year-old Erling Haaland scored his 50th goal in his 49th UEFA Champions League appearance. The Norwegian star became the fastest player ever to reach 50 goals in the history of the competition.