Erling Haaland continued his fine goalscoring streak as Manchester City beat Villarreal in their third UEFA Champions League Group Phase match. His first half strike along with a header by Bernardo Silva earned City a relatively easy victory in a potential banana skin of a match against 3rd place in La Liga Villarreal.

Villarreal blamed poor management by the Spanish league for the cancellation of its planned regular-season game against Barcelona in the United States. Villarreal on Wednesday expressed "discontent with La Liga over its handling of the organization of the match.