Haaland Scores Again As Man City Beat Villarreal

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Manchester City defeated Villarreal 2-0 on Tuesday to maintain their excellent goalscoring run.

With their victory at the Estadio de la Ceramica, which was secured by first-half goals from Bernardo Silva and Haaland, Pep Guardiola’s side remained unbeaten in the league.

Haaland, a Norwegian target player, has scored 22 goals in those 12 games for the club and nation in each of his 12 previous appearances.

Phil Foden was left out of Guardiola’s starting lineup after City won 2-0 against Everton at the weekend to end a year without a win on the road in Europe.

As City took control of the match and began to find gaps in Villarreal’s defense, with Savinho looking confident, Haaland headed a Silva cross wide.

After 17 minutes, Rico Lewis cut the ball back in a clever move for the striker to fire home from six yards out.

On October 21, 2025, Manchester City’s Norwegian forward #9 Erling Braut Haaland celebrates with his team’s first goal at Villarreal CF’s La Ceramica Stadium in Vila-real as English defender #82 Rico Lewis scores the winning goal in the UEFA Champions League league phase day 3 game. (Photo by Javier SORIANO/AFP)

Third-placed Spanish side Villarreal started to establish themselves in the competition, but City was able to squander their lead before half-time to sabotage their lead.

To effectively seal the game, Savinho crossed for the unmarked Silva to nod past Brazilian stopper Luis Junior.

One of the few negative things the visitors have lost so far in the season was midfielder Nico Gonzalez, who was also sidelined.

The English side continued to dominate until Villarreal threatened in the final 20 minutes.

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At the UEFA Champions League Division 3 football game between Villarreal CF and Manchester City at La Ceramica Stadium in Vila-real on October 21, 2025, Ivorian forward #19 Nicolas Pepe squares off against Italian goalkeeper #25 Gianluigi Donnarumma. (Photo by Jose JORDAN/AFP)

Gianluigi Donnarumma, the city goalkeeper, saved Nicola Pepe’s drive before heading wide.

Pepe also volleyed over for City, who were able to oust the visitors.

Luiz Junior was successful in fielding Haaland’s fierce strike at the other end.

The 25-year-old Norwegian was depressed once more and was limited to just one goal, which is no mean feat.

Omar Marmoush made his first appearance for the club since August with a knee injury and five minutes left.

In the final stages, Villarreal almost opened the scoring with Renato Veiga’s header, which left Donnarumma stranded in the spot but hit the post and popped out.