Man City easily won all 3 points despite having to play away at Slovakian representative Slovan Bratislava. Man City took the lead early in the 8th minute thanks to Ilkay Gundogan, Phil Foden, Haaland and James McAtee also added their names to the scoreboard, helping the away team to a 4-0 victory.

With the goal in this match, Haaland regained his scoring form after 2 consecutive matches without a goal, thereby the Norwegian striker also made history for Man City when scoring 42 goals in just 41 matches in the Champions League, surpassing Aguero in the all-time scoring list of “The Citizens”.

The reigning Premier League champions for 4 consecutive seasons also possessed many impressive statistics after the victory in Slovakia. Man City equaled Man Utd’s record of 25 consecutive unbeaten matches in the Champions League. Specifically, Man City won 17 and drew 8 in the above-mentioned streak.

In addition, this is also the 10th unbeaten match of Pep Guardiola’s team since the 2024-2025 season started and won 6 of these.

The British media also pointed out the clear difference between Man City and the home team Slovan Bratislava. Accordingly, Man City owned the ball up to 77% and launched 28 shots, 7 times more than the 3 shots of Slovan Bratislava players.

The Mirror pointed out that the reason for the big difference was because the representative from Slovakia had to overcome 8 matches and 4 qualifying rounds just to win a place in the group stage. This made them much weaker than the reigning Premier League champions.

The resounding victory over Slovan Bratislava will certainly help coach Pep Guardiola’s team regain confidence after the recent difficult matches. Man City will return home to host Fulham in round 6 of the Premier League at 9:00 p.m. on October 5.