VIDEO SHOWS: STILL PHOTOS FROM CHAMPIONS LEAGUE GROUP PHASE MATCH BETWEEN MANCHESTER CITY & BORUSSIA DORTMUND WHICH CITY WON 4-1 / POST-MATCH COMMENTS FROM MANCHESTER CITY MANAGER PEP GUARDIOLA & BORUSSIA DORTMUND COACH NIKO KOVAC RESENDING WITH COMPLETE SCRIPT SHOWS: MANCHESTER, ENGLAND, UK (NOVEMBER 5, 2025) (REUTERS – Access all) (MUTE) 1. STILL PHOTO OF ERLING HAALAND SCORING TO PUT MANCHESTER CITY 2-0 UP DURING THEIR CHAMPIONS LEAGUE GROUP PHASE MATCH AT HOME TO BORUSSIA DORTMUND MANCHESTER, ENGLAND, UK (NOVEMBER 5, 2025) (ACTION IMAGES VIA REUTERS – Access all) (MUTE) 2. STILL PHOTO OF HAALAND CELEBRATING HIS GOAL WITH HIS TEAMMATES MANCHESTER, ENGLAND, UK (NOVEMBER 5, 2025) (UEFA – This content can only be used in the reporting of the UEFA Champions League 2025/2026 season – no other use allowed, no commercial use, must on-screen courtesy: " UEFA 2025" or " UEFA 2026", no resales, no sublicensing, no monetization) 3. (SOUNDBITE) (English) MANCHESTER CITY MANAGER, PEP GUARDIOLA, ON THE RESULT, SAYING: “Four goals is nice. Happy that it’s not just Erling (Haaland) that scored goals. Phil (Foden) is back, and you know how many times, how many years that I’ve seen these type of goals from Phil. Now, we miss a lot last season, and even this season, and I think he’s going to help us a lot. He’s confident. To score these type of goals that is not necessary to shoot strong, it’s just put the ball close to the post, you know, it’s like a pass to the net, and with that, Phil is fantastic, and at the end we could have scored more, more, more goals, and I’m really pleased, because to be far away (from automatically qualifying for the knockout rounds) in this competition, in Champions League is really, really tough. Always makes a good competition, don’t tell me why, but young players, and Niko’s (Kovac, Borussia Dortmund coach) a top, top manager, and yeah, really, yeah, 10 points, and yeah. We are fourth there, and we are better than we were last season by far.” MANCHESTER, ENGLAND, UK (NOVEMBER 5, 2025) (ACTION IMAGES VIA REUTERS – Access all) (MUTE) 4. VARIOUS STILL PHOTOS OF PHIL FODEN PUTTING MANCHESTER CITY 1-0 UP & CELEBRATING HIS GOAL MANCHESTER, ENGLAND, UK (NOVEMBER 5, 2025) (REUTERS – Access all) (MUTE) 5. STILL PHOTO OF FODEN PUTTING MANCHESTER CITY 3-0 UP MANCHESTER, ENGLAND, UK (NOVEMBER 5, 2025) (UEFA – This content can only be used in the reporting of the UEFA Champions League 2025/2026 season – no other use allowed, no commercial use, must on-screen courtesy: " UEFA 2025" or " UEFA 2026", no resales, no sublicensing, no monetization) 6. (SOUNDBITE) (English) MANCHESTER CITY MANAGER, PEP GUARDIOLA, ON THE IMPORTANCE OF PHIL FODEN, SAYING: “No, of course, he’s important. Phil is not, like today, came and scored two goals. So, two seasons ago is when we won the four Premier Leagues in a row, he was the best player in the Premier League. So, and when you’re the best in the Premier League it’s because you’re really, really good, and have been very year consistent in goals, and assists, and work ethic, and he’s not injured, his recovery is unbelievable. So, he’s a top class player, and we missed him a lot, and especially his happiness, and now you feel he’s back, and after that, you know, he can do whatever he wants.” 7. WHITE FLASH 8. (SOUNDBITE) (English) MANCHESTER CITY MANAGER, PEP GUARDIOLA, ON HOSTING LIVERPOOL IN THE PREMIER LEAGUE ON SUNDAY IN THEIR NEXT MATCH, SAYING: “To be honest, I’m so excited and happy to live what I’m going to prepare for the game on Sunday. I’m looking forward desperately to play on Sunday again, and against Liverpool, and yeah, we see what happens.” 9. WHITE FLASH 10. (SOUNDBITE) (German) BORUSSIA DORTMUND COACH, NIKO KOVAC, SAYING: “First of all, congratulations to (Manchester) City on a deserved victory, which, in my opinion, was by one goal too many. I think my team started the game well in the first 10-15 minutes. We were in control of the game, but then we let City take control and they made the most of it. In the second half, after 3-0, when we made it 3-1, we had another good spell where we put them under pressure. But unfortunately, we didn't manage to convert the chances we had. We had some decent chances today, which we unfortunately didn't take. But at the end of the day, you could see that City are the more mature team, who played cleaner football and deserved to win.” STORY: Erling Haaland came back to haunt Borussia Dortmund with a clinical finish against his former team, while Phil Foden bagged a brilliant brace as Manchester City cruised to a 4-1 victory in the Champions League on Wednesday (November 5) to climb to fourth in the table. Pep Guardiola's men have 10 points after four of the eight league-phase games, while Dortmund fell to 14th on seven points. City were dominant from the outset and England international Foden opened the scoring in the 22nd minute when he collected a pass from Tijjani Reijnders and finished with a crisp left-footed strike from just outside the box and past goalkeeper Gregor Kobel. Haaland, who has 27 goals in 17 games for club and country, doubled the lead seven minutes later, finishing coolly from the centre of the box after a blistering run and assist from Jeremy Doku. Foden completed his double in the 57th minute in almost identical fashion to his first, latching on to a pass from Reijnders before bending a curling shot just inside the far post. Waldemar Anton pulled one back for the Bundesliga club from a free kick in the 72nd minute to the delight of Dortmund's famous "yellow wall" of travelling supporters, but Rayan Cherki put the game well out of reach with a goal in injury time. (Production: Phil Noble, Jason Cairnduff, Stefan Haskins)
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