2-2! 52 goals in 50 games, Haaland scored twice and couldn t save his master, 90 minutes of giving away points, Manchester City missed 2 consecutive wins
9:31am, 2 October 2025Football
In the early morning of October 2, the second round of the Champions League group stage continued, with one of the focus matches kicking off at Louis II Stadium, and Manchester City played against the French Ligue 1 powerhouse Monaco away. In this game, Haaland scored twice on his head, but Nico Gonzalez gave a point, Teze and Dell each made a contribution, Manchester City was tied and missed the 2-game winning streak.

Manchester City suffered a series of losses at the beginning of the season, but in the past 5 games, they won 4 wins and 1 draw, and their condition has been significantly improved. Monaco temporarily ranked fourth in the first 6 rounds of Ligue 1, 3 points behind Paris Saint-Germain, which was the top player.
Manchester City continued the 4141 formation in this game. Haaland broke through, with Doku, Reindes, B Se, Foden and Rodri heading to the midfield. In Monaco, Fati, Aklius and Balogon form the frontcourt trident.

In the 15th minute, Gvadior made an accurate over-top long pass, Haaland started the time just right, calmly shot into the net in front of the goal, Manchester City broke the deadlock, 1-0!
So far, Haaland scored 51 goals in 50 Champions League games, surpassing French legend Henry.

However, Manchester City was only happy for a while. In the 18th minute, Diata knocked back from the left triangle, and Teze made a wonderful long shot outside the penalty area, slid straight into the upper left corner of the goal. Even as strong as Donnarumma, he could do nothing. Monaco quickly equalized, 1-1!
In the 29th minute, Reindez intercepted the ball in the frontcourt and then pushed into the penalty area, calmly pushing the shot slightly missed the far corner. In the 34th minute, Foden broke through the level and shot at a small angle on the right side of the penalty area, hitting the lower edge of the crossbar and popping out. In the 38th minute, Rodri was knocked down through the breakthrough, O'Reilly followed and shot, Kuhn flew to save the ball, and Monaco was in a panic in front of the goal.

In the 44th minute, Manchester City attacked from the left, O'Reilly made a cross, landing just right, Haaland headed into the far corner, staged a good show of scoring twice, 2-1!
After the change of sides, Manchester City's offensive weakened, giving Monaco the opportunity to suppress it. In the 61st minute, Guardiola replaced two players in one go, Nico Gonzalez and Savigno played, and removed Rodri and Doku who were in average form.

In the 73rd minute, Savignho broke through from the left and passed by, Reindes changed his direction and then shot and hit the crossbar again.
In the 75th minute, Haaland held the opponent in the front of the penalty area and turned around and shot, and Kuhn returned the wonderful save.

However, in the 86th minute, Nico Gonzalez kicked Dell's head while defending in the penalty area. The referee looked back at VAR himself, thinking that he had dangerous moves and decisively awarded a penalty kick.
In the 90th minute, Dell personally scored, and Monaco changed the score to 2-2!
In the end, Manchester City drew 2-2 with Monaco, but despite retreating unscathed, they failed to achieve two consecutive victories.
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