Without their top striker Erling Haaland and outnumbered, Manchester City suffered an unexpected setback in the Champions League. Six days after 5-0 in the first leg, the English champions drew 0-0 at FC Copenhagen on Tuesday. The leaders of Group G, in which Borussia Dortmund also plays, gave up their first points in the fourth game. Ex-Dortmunder Haaland was rested by coach Pep Guardiola.
Manchester played an hour outnumbered in Copenhagen after Sergio Gómez, who also used to play for BVB, saw a red card in the 30th minute because of an emergency brake. Riyad Mahrez (25th) had previously missed a hand penalty, the referee had denied a goal by Rodri after video evidence (11th).
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Maccabi Haifa caused a huge surprise in Group H. The team from Israel won the second leg against Juventus Turin 2-0 (2-0), after the Italians had won 3-1 in the first leg last week would have. Omer Atzili (7’/42′) scored both goals for Haifa.
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