Give this man some help! Monaco survive Haaland's brace and steal win from Cityzens

Erling Haaland can't do it alone! The Norwegian scored a brace and almost singlehandedly brushed Monaco aside, but he lacked help from his teammates, who wasted numerous chances, hit the bar twice, and ultimately cost Man City two points!

Monaco bounced back twice: the first time over Jordan Teze shortly after Haaland's 15th-minute opener, and the second time in the last minute of the game from the spot, when Eric Dier salvaged a vital draw for the Ligue 1 side - 2-2.

After a genuine "snoozefest" in the opening quarter of an hour, the Cityzens broke the deadlock from the first chance in the game! Josko Gvardiol tore Monaco's dense defence apart with a timely pass, which Erling Haaland met in the box and found the net, chipping the ball over the home team's custodian, Philipp Kohn.

Nevertheless, it took only three minutes for the Ligue 1 side to bounce back and level behind Jordan Teze's screamer, which stunned even Gianluigi Donnarumma - 1-1!

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As if the leveller angered Pep Guardiola's men, they started absolutely dominating the game in pursuit of another goal. Between the 29th and 42nd minutes, Tijjani Reijnders (twice) and Nico O'Reilly missed decent chances, while Phil Foden hit the bar. Yet, Monaco held out.

But the French were helpless in the penultimate minute of the first period, when the Norwegian goal-machine stepped up once again and gave the visitors another lead with a fantastic header following O'Reilly's cross.

The second half started the same way as the first, and the boredom was broken 15 minutes after the break, only this time, it wasn't a goal, as Donnarumma denied Maghnes Akliouche's excellent strike. Thirteen minutes later, Reijnders completed Man City's "woodwork brace" hitting the bar. Yet, Monaco were still alive and chasing the vital equalizer.

And they got a massive chance to level in the last possible moment! Nico Gonzalez made a silly foul on Eric Dier in the box and ex-Tottenham defender decided to take the penalty kick himself. He managed to outsmart Donnarumma and annul Haaland's goals, salvaging a crucial draw for Monaco!

UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE - MATCHDAY 2

Tuesday

Atalanta - Club Brugge 2-1 (0-1)

/Samardzic 73 pen, Pasalic 87 - Tzolis 38/

Kairat - Real Madrid 0-5 (0-1)

/Mbappe 25 pen, 52, 74, Camavinga 83, Diaz 90+3/

Atletico Madrid - Eintracht Frankfurt 5-1 (3-0)

/Raspadori 4, Le Normand 33, Griezmann 45+1, 68, Alvarez 82 pen - Burkardt 57/

Bodo/Glimt - Tottenham 2-2 (0-0)

/Hauge 53, 66 - Van de Ven 69, Richarlison 89/

Chelsea - Benfica 1-0 (1-0)

/Rios 18 og/

Galatasaray - Liverpool 1-0 (1-0)

/Osimhen 16 pen/

Inter - Slavia Prague 3-0 (2-0)

/Lautaro 30, 65, Dumfries 34/

Olympique Marseille - Ajax 4-0 (3-0)

/Paixao 6, 13, Greenwood 26, Aubameyang 53/

Pafos - Bayern 1-5 (1-4)

/Orsic 45 - Kane 15, 35, Guerreiro 21, Jackson 31, Olise 69/

Wednesday

Qarabag - Copenhagen 2-0 (1-0)

/Zoubir 28, Addai 83/

St.Gilloise - Newcastle 0-4 (0-2)

/Woltemade 17, Gordon 43 pen, 64 pen, Barnes 80/

Arsenal - Olympiakos 2-0 (1-0)

/Martinelli 12, Saka 90+2/

Barcelona - PSG 1-2 (1-1)

/Torres 19 - Mayulu 38, Ramos 90/

Dortmund - Ath.Bilbao 4-1 (1-0)

/Svensson 28, Chukwuemeka 50, Guirassy 82, Brandt 90+1 - Guruzeta 61/

Leverkusen - PSV 1-1 (0-0)

/Kofane 65 - Saibari 72/

Monaco - Man.City 2-2 (1-2)

/Teze 18, Dier 90 pen - Haaland 15, 44/

Napoli - Sporting 2-1 (1-0)

/Hojlund 36, 79 - Suarez 62 pen/

Villareal - Juventus 2-2 (1-0)

/Mikautadze 18, Veiga 90 - Gatti 49, Conceicao 56/