It was not the evening of Kevin De Bruyne. The Belgian star, Die Manchester City exchanged for Napoli after ten seasons, was brought to the side after 25 minutes by trainer Antonio Conte after the red card for Giovanni di Lorenzo.
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It was a hard stroke for the man who won everything with Manchester City, but could not show what he is true. With a thunderous applause, 34-year-old De Bruyne took a seat in the dug-out.
With ten men, Napoli held up in the first half, despite opportunities for City, which was close to a goal with a shot by Tijjani Reijnders.
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In the second half, Erling Haaland City headed for the lead by Phil Foden. It was his fiftieth goal in the Champions League, in his 49th match.
Jérémy Doku then slalomed through the defense of Napoli, where Sam Beukema had a base place, and completed it himself. At City, Reijnders was changed and Nathan Aké was still in.
Eintracht Frankfurt hurts Galatasaray
Eintracht Frankfurt quickly recovered from an early backlog in his own house against Galatasaray and won 5-1. After the goal of Yunus Akgün on a pass from Leroy Sané, the home team scored three times in the final phase of the first half.
The first goal came in the name of Davinson Sánchez from Galatasaray, who worked a shot by Ritsu Doan in his own goal. Then Can Uzun and Jonathan Burkardt were accurate.
A second goal from Burkardt went through Sánchez in the goal again and Ansgar Knauff made the fifth goal, so that Eintracht leads the ranking after the first round on goal difference.
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Competition phase – European
| Position | Team | P | GS | W | V | G | Ds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | +4 | |
| 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | +4 | |
| 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | +3 | |
| 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | +3 | |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | +2 | |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | +2 | |
| 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | +2 | |
| 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | +2 | |
| 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | +2 | |
| 10 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | +1 | |
| 11 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | +1 | |
| 12 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | +1 | |
| 13 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | +1 | |
| 14 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | +1 | |
| 15 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 16 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 17 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 17 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 19 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 19 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 21 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 21 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 23 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | |
| 24 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | |
| 25 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | |
| 26 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | |
| 27 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | |
| 28 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -2 | |
| 29 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -2 | |
| 30 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -2 | |
| 30 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -2 | |
| 30 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -2 | |
| 33 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -3 | |
| 33 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -3 | |
| 35 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -4 | |
| 36 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -4 |