Manchester City vs. Gladbach: Score, Reaction to 2016 Champions League Match

In Pep Guardiola’s final two seasons at Bayern Munich, he didn’t manage to beat Borussia Monchengladbach once, losing twice and drawing twice with the German club. The new Manchester City manager didn’t have that issue on Wednesday, however, as his club opened Group C play in the Champions League with an impressive 4-0 victory over Gladbach.

Sergio Aguero paced the home side with a hat-trick, while Kelechi Iheanacho added a goal in stoppage time to complete the rout.

WhoScored.com provided the stats from the dominant City win:

Man City 4-0 Gladbach FT: Shots (OT) 23(11)-3(1), Possession 56%-44%, Tackles 10-19, Rating 7.70-6.13 https://t.co/WEt4cXfIm7 #UCL

— WhoScored.com (@WhoScored) September 14, 2016

It took just eight minutes for the Citizens to open the scoring.

Aleksandar Kolarov found space down the left and ripped a low cross to the near post, where Aguero was making his run. The Argentine sniper didn’t miss, redirecting the ball into the net to give City the early advantage.

Just minutes later, City almost doubled their advantage, as Aguero played a deft pass in the box to Ilkay Gundogan, who had half the net wide open. His shot didn’t veer wide enough, however, and Yann Sommer was able to make a brilliant diving save.

City would make it 2-0 in the 28th minute, however.

After Christoph Kramer clipped Gundogan’s heel in the box, taking him to the ground, Aguero stepped to the spot and calmly sent Sommer the wrong way, earning his brace.

It was a dominant first half for …

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