Celtic check Man City charge

Paris, Sept. 29: Raheem Sterling netted at both ends as Manchester City were made to fight for a 3-3 draw with Celtic in a European Champions League football thriller on Wednesday, while Atletico Madrid once again did for Bayern Munich.

While City’s perfect start to the season was ended in Glasgow, their Premier League rivals Arsenal eased to a 2-0 victory against Basel.

On paper, the Group ‘C’ clash at Celtic Park appeared to be a bit of a mismatch with City looking to equal Tottenham

THE RESULTS Ludogorets 1 (Natanael 16) lost to Paris Saint-Germain 3 (Matuidi 41, Cavani 56, 60) Arsenal 2 (Walcott 7, 26) bt Basel 0 Besiktas 1 (Quaresma 29) drew with Dynamo Kiev 1 (Tsygankov 65) Napoli 4 (Hamsik 20, Mertens 51, 58, Milik 54-pen) bt Benfica 2 (Goncalo Guedes 70, Salvio 86) Borussia Moenchengladbach 1 (Hazard 34) lost to Barcelona 2 (Arda Turan 65, Pique 74) Celtic 3 (Dembele 3, 47, Sterling 20-og) drew with Manchester City 3 (Fernandinho 12, Sterling 28, Nolito 55) Atletico Madrid 1 (Carrasco 35) bt Bayern Munich 0

Hotspur’s English record of 11 successive victories at the start of a campaign from 1960.

But instead Pep Guardiola’s men found themselves having to come from behind three times to claim a point at a raucous Parkhead, with Celtic first scoring in the third minute when an Erik Sviatchenko header went in off Moussa Dembele.

Fernandinho equalised only for a Kieran Tierney cross to go in off Sterling and restore the Scottish champions’ lead.

Sterling’s brilliantly-taken goal at the other end restored parity before the half-hour mark, but Dembele capitalised on an Aleksandar Kolarov error to make it 3-2 just after the break. However, Nolito got City’s third equaliser and it was the English side who looked more likely to go on and win it. —