Man City beat Marseille with Torres, Gundogan, Sterling goals

Updated: May 17, 2023, 05:13 am

Manchester City made it two wins from two to kickstart their Champions League campaign with 3-0 win away at Marseille on Tuesday.

On paper, this appeared a tricky match for Pep Guardiola's side, though it was made slightly easier without a raucous crowd to cheer on the hosts.

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However, City raced out of the tracks and were in control for the majority of contest with the opening goal coming on 18 minutes as Ferran Torres netted for the second consecutive game in the competition.

The Spain international found the back of the net after being teed up from Kevin De Bruyne.

City added a second on 75 minutes as Ilkay Gundogan tapped home from close range following a neat header from Raheem Sterling.

The England man made it 3-0 with a tap-in from close range nine minutes from time after an inch-perfect pass from De Bruyne.

Guardiola was pleased with his team's display and told BT Sport: "We played really well, we didn't concede much and we were in control, patient and aggressive without the ball. I'm so satisfied with the performance and result, it's always difficult to win away.

Ferran Torres celebrates with his Manchester City teammates.
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"We can play on both sides, we tried to play high and wide to stretch the pitch. Raheem Sterling was exceptional, Phil [Foden] as well. We didn't expect them to play five at the back until we saw the team. Porto was the same. As much as we play against five at the back we started to take the control and rhythm.

"We were so stable defensively. Aymeric [Laporte] was good, Kyle [Walker] is in the best form since we've been together, Oleksandr [Zinchenko] helped us, John [Stones] played good minutes. I'm so satisfied with the way we played."