Late goals from John Stones and Erling Haaland in the space of four minutes rescued Manchester City from the jaws of defeat against Borussia Dortmund, with a 2-1 victory extending their unbeaten run at home in the UEFA Champions League to 21 matches.Perhaps an unplanned hiatus to the Premier League in understandable circumstances came at a bad time for Manchester City, who uncharacteristically lacked rhythm and looked nothing like the ruthless machine that has amassed 24 goals in seven unbeaten matches. They were limited to half chances by a well-drilled Dortmund side throughout the first half, with only four attempts on goal, all off target. This was largely down to the stellar work of Niklas Süle and Mats Hummels, who used their experience to ensure that former teammate Haaland took the least touches of any player on the pitch before halftime.Pep Guardiola, taking charge of his 150th UCL match, becoming only the fifth manager to reach that milestone – cut a frustrated figure on the touchline. He left it up to those on the field to try and get the job done after the restart. However, this had the opposite impact he had hoped for, as his players switched off in the 56th minute to allow Jude Bellingham to open the scoring, just as he did when the clubs last met in April 2021. Reworking a cleared corner, Marco Reus fired the ball back into the area where the Englishman reacted quickest, sneaking in between Manuel Akanji and Haaland, to head beyond Ederson.This was a wake-up call for the hosts, though as the final 10 minutes approached, still they had not managed a shot on target. However, as they have done twice already this season, Guardiola’s men showed their resilience to come from behind and snatch the three points. With shades of Vincent Kompany against Leicester in 2019, up stepped Stones to fire in a 79th-minute equaliser from outside the box into the top right corner, and four minutes later Haaland had completed the turnaround, bagging an acrobatic volley from João Cancelo’s audacious outside-of-the-boot cross.With both winning their opening Group G fixture, at least one was always going to lose their 100% record. City move clear at the top with six points, whilst Edin Terzić’s men remain in second, still on three points.Further south, in London, the change of manager brought little to anemic Chelsea who drew with RB Salzburg, collecting their first point from two Champions League rounds. Graham Potter’s first game as Blues head coach ended in a disappointing 1-1 home draw, leaving them bottom of Group E after two rounds of matches.CHAMPIONS LEAGUE: No surprise by Dinamo this time – an easy win for Il RossoneriOnly eight days may have passed since the 1-0 defeat in Zagreb, but matchday one seems like a lifetime ago for a Chelsea side who are under new management following Thomas Tuchel’s sacking. The German was quickly replaced by Potter, who may have been underwhelmed by Chelsea’s first-half display in his UCL managerial debut, despite Raheem Sterling offering a constant threat. Mason Mount went closest for the hosts before halftime with a fizzing effort that flew wide of Philipp Köhn’s goal, while the visitors were denied by Kepa Arrizabalaga, who smartly pushed away Benjamin Šeško’s curling strike.Chelsea’s performance before the interval may have been lacklustre, but the home faithful only had to wait three second-half minutes to see a glimpse of the football they could enjoy under Potter’s tutelage. Reece James and Mount combined superbly down the right flank before a driven cross allowed Sterling to find the corner with a clinical finish. Salzburg responded to Sterling’s fourth goal of the season by attempting to offer greater attacking intent, which forced Potter to make a double change in a bid to wrestle back control.As the contest entered the final 20 minutes, Noah Okafor, who scored in Salzburg’s 1-1 draw with AC Milan, spurned a glorious opportunity, guiding a tame header into the grateful clutches of Kepa. However, the 22-year-old made amends with immediate effect, latching onto Junior Adamu’s neat cutback to guide the ball beyond the Chelsea goalkeeper. Okafor’s equaliser set up a grandstand finish, which nearly yielded a dramatic winner when Hakim Ziyech arrived to meet Armando Broja’s accurate cross, but Köhn denied the Moroccan with a fine reaction stop.With a late winner failing to materialise, Potter had to make do with a point that extends Chelsea’s unbeaten home record in the UCL Group Stage to nine games, while Salzburg end a run of five consecutive defeats against English opponents in European competition.UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE – ROUND 2TuesdayPlzen – Inter 0-2 (0-1)/Dzeko 20, Dumfries 70/Sporting – Tottenham 2-0 (0-0)/Paulinho 90, Gomes 90+3/Liverpool – Ajax 2-1 (1-1)/Salah 18, Matip 89 – Kudus 27/Leverkusen – Atl.Madrid 2-0 (0-0)/Andrich 84, Diaby 87/Porto – Club Brugge 0-4 (0-1)/Jutgla 15, Sowah 47, Olsen 52, Nusa 89/Bayern – Barcelona 2-0 (0-0)/Hernandez 50, Sane 54/Olympique Marseille (3.60) Eintr.Frankfurt 0-1 (0-1)/Lindstrom 43/WednesdayAC Milan – Dinamo Zagreb 3-1 (1-0)/Giroud 45 pen, Saelemaekers 47, Pobega 77 – Orsic 56/Shakhtar – Celtic 1-1 (1-1)/Mudryk 29 – Bondarenko 10 og/Chelsea – Salzburg 1-1 (1-1)/Sterling 48 – Okafor 75/Real Madrid – RB Leipzig 2-0 (0-0)/Valverde 80, Asensio 90+1/Copenhagen- Sevilla 0-0Man.City – Dortmund 2-1 (0-0)/Stones 80, Haaland 84 – Bellingham 56/Juventus – Benfica 1-2 (1-1)/Milik 4 – Joao Mario 43 pen, Neres 55/Maccabi Haifa – PSG 1-3 (1-1)/Chery 24 – Messi 37, Mbappe 69, Neymar 88/Rangers – Napoli 0-3 (0-0)/Politano 68 pen, Raspadori 85, Ndombele 90+1/***odds are subject to change***©FlashScore
