Champions League: Haaland and Doku defeat Napoli. The Azzurri are down to ten men for most of the match.

At the Etihad Stadium, Manchester City won 2-0 against Napoli on the first matchday of the League Phase. Antonio Conte's team was reduced to ten men in the 20th minute following Di Lorenzo's dismissal, and in the second half, first Haaland and then Doku scored the decisive goals.

Manchester City-Napoli 2-0

The match quickly heated up. In the 21st minute, after a silent check and VAR review, the referee called Di Lorenzo for a challenge on Haaland, who was on target. The referee deemed the foul a clear chance and showed the Azzurri captain a straight red card. Conte was forced to reshuffle his squad, leaving De Bruyne, the match's star player, out. From that moment on, Napoli dropped their focus and relied on the stunning saves of Milinkovic-Savic, who, with a series of prodigious saves, managed to keep the score at 0-0 until halftime.

The fort, however, collapsed shortly after the start of the second half. In the 55th minute, Phil Foden invented a delightful chip in the area that Haaland He headed in the 1-0 lead. It was a tough blow for the Azzurri, unable to react with a man down. The second goal came in the 65th minute: documentary He receives the ball, moves to the center and with a classy move he beats Milinkovic-Savic again, closing the game. It ends 2-0.

For Guardiola, the first three points, for Conte, a night marked by that sending off that changed the course of the match.