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Marseille 0-3 Man City: Ferran Torres, Ilkay Gundogan and Raheem Sterling strike to keep up perfect start

Manchester City made it two wins from two in the Champions League as goals from Ferran Torres, Ilkay Gundogan and Raheem Sterling earned a comfortable 3-0 win over Marseille.

With Sergio Aguero and Gabriel Jesus out inured, Torres started in a central role and opened the scoring after Kevin de Bruyne had pounced on an error in the hosts' backline. Gundogan struck 15 minutes from time to make the points safe before Sterling's tap-in added some deserved gloss to the scoreline.

After their 3-1 home win against Porto last week, City got off to a dominant start, pushing Marseille back and winning three corners in the opening 10 minutes.

Marseille were shambolic at the back and paid for it in the 18th minute when Valentin Rongier inexplicably passed the ball to De Bruyne on the edge of the box, with Torres burying it in the net after being set up by the Belgian.

Oleksandr Zinchenko came close to making it 2-0 when his crossed shot shaved Steve Mandanda's left-hand post after another piece of horrible defending from the hosts.

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Marseille were a bit more lively after the break, defending higher up, and Florian Thauvin came close in the 55th, only for his 25-metre missile to be tipped on to the post by Ederson.

City finally made their superiority count after 76 minutes as Gundogan struck home after Sterling's fluffed header from Phil Foden's cross came his way at the far post.

Sterling wrapped it up five minutes later, tapping the ball home from De Bruyne's cross at the end of a long spell of possession.

The result puts City firmly in control of Group C on six points, with Porto and Olympiacos both three points adrift and Marseille rock bottom on zero points.

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