Early goals end contest as Man City stroll past Copenhagen and into quarter-finals

Liverpool, it is safe to assume, will offer them far more of a challenge than Copenhagen could muster as City stretched their unbeaten home record in the Champions League to 30 games, 28 of them wins.

BUSINESS AS USUAL: Manchester City's Erling Haaland scores their side's third goal of the game. Pic: Nick Potts, PA Wire.

Champions League Round of 16: Manchester City 3 Copenhagen 1 (6-2 on aggregate)

THEY march on undaunted, although Pep Guardiola did not need anyone to tell him that this romp to the quarter-finals of the Champions League at the Etihad was merely the hors d’oeuvres to Sunday’s main course at Anfield for his Manchester City side.