Shakhtar Donetsk vs Celtic LIVE: Champions League result and reaction as Celtic held in Warsaw
Celtic search for first win in Champions League group stages as they face Shakhtar Donetsk
It was a bruising matchday 1 for Celtic who fell to a 3-0 defeat against Real Madrid at Celtic Park. The Scottish Premiership champions held their own for almost an hour earning cheers and support from the fans before Vinicius Junior opened the scoring and Luka Modric quickly added a second for the visitors. Eden Hazard scored for the first time in an age to firmly tip the game in Madrid’s favour and inflict a defeat on Celtic that leaves them bottom of Group F.
Following the loss, manager Ange Postecoglou promised to bring his team up to Champions League level and repay the faith that the supporters have shown in them. He said: “I feel that responsibility and I want to get us up to this level so that this club and these fans get what they deserve.”
Meanwhile, Shakhtar Donetsk have reached a lease agreement with Legia Warsaw to play their Champions League home games in Poland due to the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine. They are in good form and cruised past RB Leipzig 4-1 last week to move top of the group before this round of fixtures. On Saturday, Oleh Ocheretko came off the bench to earn Shakhtar a 96th minute winner against Chornomorets Odesa and extend their winning run to four games. Can Celtic shock the Ukrainian side or will they continue their winning ways against the Scottish champions?
Follow all the Champions League action as Shakhtar Donetsk host Celtic:
Stunning Erling Haaland goal gives Man City late win over former club Borussia Dortmund
Six minutes from the time, it appeared as though this first reunion between Borussia Dortmund and Erling Haaland might answer the question the whole of European football is currently asking. Maybe he can be stopped. Maybe he is human after all. Maybe all it takes to prevent him from scoring is a deep, intimate knowledge of his strengths and weaknesses developed over the course of two years seeing him train and play every day. Turns out, that’s not enough.
Eventually, this extraordinary run of scoring will stop. At some point, his goal record will come ever so slightly back down to earth. For now though, it is enough to say that Haaland’s 13th goal in eight games completed yet another Manchester City comeback to strengthen their position in Group G and bring passage to the Champions League knockout stages one step closer.
The finish itself was remarkable - his left foot stretched out like a kung-fu kick to connect with Joao Cancelo’s cross from deep - and knock the ball past Dortmund goalkeeper Alexander Meyer from an acute angle. Until that point, the chances of him punishing his former club had appeared unlikely. He had barely had a clear sight of goal all night. Yet if he proved anything during those formative seasons in the Bundesliga, it is that he only needs one.
Stunning Erling Haaland goal gives Man City win over former club Borussia Dortmund
Man City 2-1 Borussia Dortmund: Haaland’s acrobatics gave City victory after a John Stones rocket had cancelled out Jude Bellingham’s opener
FT Man City 2-1 Dortmund
Erling Haaland’s winner.
Full-time: Man City 2-1 Dortmund
90+3 mins: There’s the whistle! City take all three points in a tough and tricky match against Borussia Dortmund. They’ve found a way to win and now move to the top of Group G.
Man City 2-1 Dortmund
90 mins: Three minutes of added time to play. Can Dortmund get an equaliser?
Man City 2-1 Dortmund
87 mins: What a turnaround this is? Man City were one-nil down with 79 minutes gone in the match. Now they’re two-one up with three minutes of the 90 to play.
First a rocket from John Stones then a special volley from Erling Haaland. City have done it again.
GOAL! Man City 2-1 Dortmund (Haaland, 84’)⚽️
84 mins: It just had to be, didn’t it?
Joao Cancelo has the ball on the left side of the pitch and delivers a right-footed cross into the six-yard area with the outside of his foot.
Erling Haaland sprints in between two defenders and leaps to the ball. He has to stretch out his left leg to get there but manages to volley it past Alexander Meyer and put City in front.
Man City 1-1 Dortmund
83 mins: The City supporters are encouraging their team on now. There’s less than 10 minutes to go in the match and the home side have Dortmund pinned in their own half.
GOAL! Man City 1-1 Dortmund (Stones, 80’)⚽️
80 mins: Jaw dropping from John Stones. He pushes up the pitch and brings the ball in from the right side. He gets to the front edge of the box and just goes for it.
His strikes is powerful and flat, heading just underneath the crossbar. Alexander Meyer seemingly pulls away from the ball as it sails past him and lands in the back of the net!
City are back in it.
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