In June, the 22-year-old Norwegian striker Erling Braut Haaland left Germany’s Borussia Dortmund for Manchester City. On Wednesday night, he faced his old club for the first time since the move – and decided with a technical goal.
With the score 1-1, the Portuguese Joao Cancelo hit an open cross pass from the depth, superbly from the outside from the right, Haaland jumped to meet in the air.
The Norwegian, flanked by defenders from Dortmund, hit the ball with the heel of his left foot to make it 2-1 after 83 minutes of play.
A technical goal is enough It made many spectators at the Etihad Stadium and in front of the TV think about the goals scored by Milan’s veteran Swedish striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic, who is currently on his way back from injury, over the years.
After the goal, Haaland chose not to celebrate a goal gesture, but raised his left hand in a respectful gesture towards his former supporters – who looked dashing in the stands.
Thomas Tuchel has been sacked as Chelsea coach after the London side lost 1-0 away to Dinamo Zagreb in last week’s opening match.
A week later, Östersund’s successful former coach Graham Potter made his debut on the bench – and suffered an unexpected points loss to Austrian champions RB Salzburg in front of the host crowd at Stamford Bridge.
Raheem Sterling scored the match The first goal at the beginning of the second half. In the second half, Noah Okafor equaled the visiting team player after Chelsea’s Brazilian captain Thiago Silva failed to break the first half and the match ended 1-1.
After two matches in the group stage, Chelsea are now two points lower in Group E, led by Italian champions AC Milan, by four points. On the next CL round in October, the teams meet in London.
The 47-year-old Potter took Östersund from playing in the Division 2 to the Allsvenskan and Europa League during his time at the club from 2011 to 2018. The Englishman then returned to the UK and took charge of the Welsh Championship team Swansea. In recent seasons, he coached Brighton in the Premier League, before being appointed as Tuchel’s replacement at Chelsea last week.
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