Chris Sutton
Former Chelsea striker on BBC Radio 5 Live

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I don’t think Red Star were red hot in the first half. Manchester City were wasteful with their opportunities and Erling Haaland in particular.

Red Star went in front just before half-time, but Manchester City responded early in the second half as great teams do. Julian Alvarez had a superb game and it was a wonderful goal from Rodri. It’s the perfect start for Manchester City.

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Lawman: Not only do Manchester City have an unbreakable goal machine called Erling Haaland playing up front for them, but they also have this guy called Julian Alvarez upfront too. It’s not fair..

Simon Stone
BBC Sport at the Etihad Stadium

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Manchester City came from behind and Julian Alvarez scored two second-half goals as Pep Guardiola's men began the defence of their Champions League title with a win against Serbian champions Red Star Belgrade.

European Cup winners themselves in 1991, Red Star threatened a famous win when Osman Bukari put them in front at the end of the first-half.

But City took less than 90 seconds to level after the restart as Alvarez raced onto Erling Haaland's return pass, rounded Red Star keeper Omri Glazer with a superb piece of deception and squeezed the ball home from a tight angle while still running at full speed.

Glazer spoiled an otherwise superb performance 13 minutes later when he went to punch Alvarez's free-kick away from danger but instead got only the faintest touch on the ball which did not divert it away from the far corner.

Rodri's last European goal was the historic effort than secured the trophy against Inter Milan in June. The Spain midfielder ensured City took a successful first step towards this season's final at Wembley by scoring their third as he advanced unchecked into the Red Star box and guided a precise shot into the bottom corner.

The hosts deserved their win - by the final whistle they had amassed 77% possession and had an incredible 37 shots to Red Star's three.

Read the full match report here.

Good morning.

The Champions League is back with a bang as Manchester City made a winning start to their defence and Newcastle marked their return to the competition following a 20-year absence with a creditable draw at AC Milan.

Celtic, meanwhile, finished with nine-men as they slumped to defeat against Feyenoord.

We'll have reaction from all those games and build-up to Wednesday's action as Manchester United get ready to face Harry Kane and Bayern Munich in Germany.

Arsenal are back in Champions League action for the first time in six years and we're across Liverpool, West Ham and Brighton news conferences as they get ready for Europa League action on Thursday.

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