Man City’s winning run ends with 3-3 draw at Celtic

Manchester City’s winning streak under Pep Guardiola came to an end in dramatic fashion as Celtic got their first Champions League point of the season from a thrilling 3-3 draw in Champions League Group C at Celtic Park on Wednesday night.

Fernandinho cancelled out Moussa Dembele’s early strike, before Raheem Sterling made up for his own goal when he smartly finished past Craig Gordon.

Dembele grabbed his second shortly after half-time to put Celtic in front for a third time, but Nolito swiftly levelled for the Premier League leaders.

Pep Guardiola’s side had several chances to snatch a dramatic winner at the death too, but Celtic held on to earn their first point of the Champions League campaign, in the process ending the new City manager’s 10-match winning start.

The Scottish Premiership champions, who were punished 7-0 against Barcelona in their opening group game, took just three minutes to unlock City with a well-worked set-piece.

Tom Rogic clipped to the back post, and when James Forrest squared for Erik Sviatchenko, his header came off Dembele to give the hosts the perfect start, although City felt the young striker was in an offside position.

They did not have to wait long to equalise as nine minutes later Fernandinho fortuitously controlled Aleksandar Kolarov’s mis-hit shot and scuffed a low effort into the net.

The set-back did little to check Celtic’s momentum, and roared on by a raucous home support, they edged ahead again. Kieran Tierney surged into the visitors’ box and his low centre deflected off the unfortunate Sterling, leaving Claudio Bravo with no chance.

The England international swiftly atoned for his error, though, capping a breathless first half when he coolly slotted past Gordon to draw his side level for the second time.

But Celtic, underdogs against a Man City side boasting a perfect record under Guardiola, had clearly not read the script as Dembele’s 12th of the season two minutes after the break gave them fresh hope of a famous win.

A shocking mistake by Kolarov was brilliantly capitalised upon by the young forward, who acrobatically hooked past Bravo.

Once again Guardiola’s side were not slow to respond and Nolito equalised eight minutes later, finishing a wonderful City move with a simple tap-in.

The game’s frantic pace took its toll on Celtic in the closing stages and City looked the more likely to steal the three points.

Fernandinho went close with a blast from distance, while Gordon tipped an Ilkay Gundogan effort over the bar, leaving Guardiola with his head in his hands.

The final opportunity fell to substitute Fernando, but the Brazilian midfielder could not make contact with his header.

The result leaves City with four points from two games, with back-to-back fixtures against Barcelona up next, the first of which sees Guardiola return to the Nou Camp on October 19.

As for Celtic, they are on the board in Group C after a Matchday One humbling in Spain, and face Borussia Monchengladbach at Celtic Park on the same day.

Arsenal won 2-0 against Basel in Group A with a dominant display at the Emirates.

The Gunners started brightly and were rewarded after six minutes when a ball down the left freed Alexis Sanchez, whose fine cross was headed in by Theo Walcott.

And Walcott struck again as a lovely move involving Mesut Ozil and Sanchez freed him to arrow a low finish in at the far post, with the Gunners — and particularly Sanchez — spurning numerous chances to add to their tally.

Atletico Madrid beat Bayern Munich 1-0 in Spain, but Antoine Griezmann suffered a repeat of his missed penalty in the final.

Bayern had the first real chance of the Group D clash when a superb dinked Thiago pass was chested down and volleyed by Thomas Muller, who saw his effort well saved.

Fernando Torres then hit the post from close range — but the home side broke through when Yannick Carrasco broke through the defence to fire past Manuel Neuer and in off the post. Griezmann could have doubled their lead but saw his penalty crash back off the woodwork.

Barcelona recovered from a goal down to win 2-1 at Borussia Monchengladbach and take another three Group C points.

La Liga’s champions, who had seen an early Neymar effort saved, trailed when Thorgan Hazard struck after 21 minutes, converting a Mahmoud Dahoud pass.

They were back on terms soon after the hour when Neymar chipped into the area and, with the goalkeeper hesitating, Arda Turan thumped a volley into the roof of the net. And they sealed the points when Gerard Pique pounced on a rebound after goalkeeper Yann Sommer failed to hold a Suarez volley.

Two goals from Edinson Cavani and a penalty save by Alphonse Areola helped Paris Saint-Germain to a 3-1 victory at Ludogorets in Group A.

The French champions’ uncertain start to the season threatened to continue as they found themselves behind after 16 minutes when Natanael curled a free kick through an unconvincing wall and past Areola.

But they drew level thanks to a fine finish from Blaise Matuidi and went ahead after the break when Cavani glanced home a header. Areola then stopped a Cosmin Moti penalty and the hosts were made to pay as another Cavani effort was deflected home.

Rostov and PSV shared four goals in Group D in a 2-2 draw in Russia.

After a scrappy opening, Rostov took the lead with their first group stage goal — sidefooted home by Dmitry Poloz — but the Dutch side levelled when Davy Propper’s deflected effort left goalkeeper Soslan Dzhanayev stranded.

Rostov restored their lead before the break when a long ball forward was headed down and, from the edge of the area, Poloz sent a bouncing half-volley into the corner to score his second goal of the game.

Luuk De Jong equalised in scrappy fashion right on half-time, bundling home a header after a deflected cross had cannoned back off the bar — but they missed a golden chance to take the lead when Propper saw his penalty saved by Soslan Dzhanayev.

Napoli won 4-2 at home to Benfica, with the Group B visitors closing the gap after finding themselves four down before the hour mark.

Marek Hamsik opened the scoring after 20 minutes with a near post header from a corner — and after the break Dries Mertens curled home a free-kick and Milik added his second from the penalty spot after goalkeeper Julio Cesar had brought down Jose Callejon.

A fourth goal followed within a matter of moments as Mertens also made it two goals on the night with a close-range finish after the ball rebounded to him off Milik, but Goncalo Guedes and Eduardo Salvio hit back.

Besiktas and Dyanmo Kiev shared the points in another Group B clash with a 1-1 draw in Turkey.

Besiktas took the lead in style as Ricardo Quaresma whipped a 25-yard free kick into the top corner top left-hand corner.

But midfielder Viktor Tsygankov equalised when a free kick from the right was allowed to run all the way across goal and the substitute fired home.