City held in six-goal epic

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Man City pegged Celtic back three times to secure a thrilling 3-3 draw in Champions League Group C at Celtic Park on Wednesday night.

Fernandinho cancelled out Moussa Dembele’s early strike, before Raheem Sterling made up for his own goal when he smartly finished past Craig Gordon.

Dembele grabbed his second shortly after half-time to put Celtic in front for a third time, but Nolito swiftly levelled for the Premier League leaders.

Pep Guardiola’s side had several chances to snatch a dramatic winner at the death too, but Celtic held on to earn their first point of the Champions League campaign, in the process ending the new City manager’s 10-match winning start.

The Scottish Premiership champions, who were punished 7-0 against Barcelona in their opening group game, took just three minutes to unlock City with a well-worked set-piece.

Tom Rogic clipped to the back post, and when James Forrest squared for Erik Sviatchenko, his header came off Dembele to give the hosts the perfect start, although City felt the young striker was in an offside position.

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