Manchester City took three points from their away trip to Shakhtar Donetsk, after winning 3-0 in Ukraine.
Pep Guardiola’s side dominated the match, and in truth, should’ve won by at least five or six goals.
But, Riyad Mahrez, Ilkay Gundogan and Gabriel Jesus all found themselves on the scoresheet, as City became the only Premier League team to win their opening Champions League match of the season.
City went into half-time with a 2-0 advantage, after a dominant display.
The visitors almost went ahead through Rodri, who miscued his header.
But, Guardiola’s side made the breakthrough in the 24th minute, after some excellent hold-up play from Jesus inside the box.
He laid the ball into Gundogan with the outside of his boot, and the German rattled the post from outside the box with his weaker foot.
The ball rebounded into the path of Mahrez, who gratefully accepted the open goal.
Shortly before half-time, City doubled their lead through Gundogan, who was omnipresent in the midfield.
The previous scorer turned provider, as Mahrez teed up Gundogan inside the box, who toe-poked the ball past the goalkeeper and into the near post.
The Citizens had numerous chances to grab a third goal after the break. Gundogan broke through the Shakhtar midfield lines on 50 minutes, as City found themselves in a four-on-three situation. But, the German fluffed his shot, and Raheem Sterling couldn’t put the rebound on target.
Guardiola wouldn’t have been happy with the amount of chances City failed to convert in the second half, but the third goal eventually came on 77 minutes.
A classic City-esque counterattack caught out Shakhtar’s defence, and with three players queueing up, the Citizens had to find the net.
Kevin de Bruyne brought the ball forward, and played it into the run of Jesus.
The Brazilian took a single touch before sliding the ball into the far corner of the net.
City’s next Champions League match will be against Dinamo Zagreb on October 1.
The Croatian side tore apart Atalanta in the other match in Group C on Wednesday night.
Guardiola will be keen to cut off the supply to Mislav Orsic, who scored a hat-trick for the hosts against the Italians.
Meanwhile, the Sky Blues can now enjoy hosting Watford at the Etihad Stadium this weekend in the Premier League.