Man City held to Celtic draw

A much-changed Man City were held to a 1-1 draw by Celtic in their final Champions League group game on Tuesday evening.

Both goals came in the opening 10 minutes during a mostly entertaining game at the Etihad Stadium, with City loanee Patrick Roberts putting the visitors ahead with four minutes on the clock. 

But Kelechi Iheanacho replied just minutes later, firing home into the top corner as the two sides shared the points in the last Group C meeting. 

The Champions League fates of the two teams were already decided before the game, with Pep Guardiola’s side having already qualified for the last 16 draw on Monday in second place behind Barcelona and Celtic exiting the European stage. 

The City manager made nine changes from the side that were beaten 3-1 by Chelsea on Saturday, with only Ilkay Gundogan and Leroy Sane keeping their places with youngsters Oluwatosin Adarabioyo and Pablo Maffeo given a chance to start.

It was who Celtic came racing out of the traps and took the lead inside four minutes as Roberts danced past Gael Clichy on the right-hand side before going for goal to fire home past a leaping Willy Caballero.

But Man City were not to be pegged back for long and got back on level terms four minutes later as the impressive Nolito set off Iheanacho in the box, who managed to hold of the Celtic defence before slamming home into the top corner to make it 1-1 inside ten minutes.

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