Goals from Erling Haaland, Phil Foden and Julian Alvarez saw City storm back to secure a win over RB Leipzig and top spot in Champions League Group G.

City trailed 2-0 at half-time after two breakaway goals from Lois Openda stunned the Etihad Stadium.

Haaland pulled a goal back shortly after the restart with an emphatic finish before Foden leveled with a clever low strike.

The comeback was complete with three minutes remaining when Alvarez smashed in a loose ball from close range.

This means City will top the group irrespective of the result of the final game away to Red Star Belgrade and will be at home for the second leg of their last-16 tie.

In-depth Match Analysis.

The visitors had conceded 13 goals in their previous two visits to the Etihad, but with qualification for the last-16 also secured, they had nothing to lose as they tried to usurp City at the top of Group G.

Xavi Simons, who had scored in his previous two Champions League away games, fired an early warning with a curling effort just wide of Stefan Ortega Moreno’s far post.

Their bright start led to the opening goal when Openda escaped the marking of Manuel Akanji to dash onto a long ball before neatly finishing past the German keeper.

City almost hit back immediately with Ruben Dias heading Bernardo Silva’s free-kick just over the bar while Rico Lewis also fired over after working space inside the box.

Lewis was one of four changes from the side that drew 1-1 with Liverpool at the weekend, along with Ortega Moreno, Josko Gvardiol and Jack Grealish after recovering from illness.

The City winger received lengthy treatment midway through the first half after a stray knee caught him on the head following a strong tackle.

Leipzig reacted quickest when the game restarted and doubled their lead in the 33rd minute. Openda this time wriggling away from a challenge from Dias before cutting inside Gvardiol and lashing in his second.

Again City were close to a quick reply when Lewis laid a pass into the feet of Haaland but his fierce shot went over the bar while his header on the stroke of half-time was saved at the far post by Janis Blaswich.

Pep Guardiola brought on Nathan Ake at the break, followed by Julian Alvarez and Jeremy Doku as City started the second half on top.

And we pulled a goal back when Haaland beat the offside trap to run onto Foden’s through-ball before firing low past Blaswich.

The visitors dropped deeper as City dominated possession and Ake went close to an equaliser with a flicked header just off-target from Alvarez’s free-kick.

A second finally arrived in the 70th minute when Foden collected Gvardiol’s pass on the half-turn and slid a shot through the legs of Nicolas Seiwald and into the bottom corner.

RB Leipzig went close to reclaiming the lead with Benjamin Sesko stinging the palms of Ortega Moreno while Fabio Carvalho had a goal ruled out for offside.

But there was to be one more goal in the game as Doku and Foden worked the ball to Alvarez and he steadied himself before smashing the ball past the wrongfooted Blaswich.