Haaland Late Winner Seals Man City 3-2 Win at RB Leipzig
Erling Haaland scored in the 78th minute as Manchester City twice lost a lead before beating RB Leipzig 3-2 in the Champions League.
Manchester City needed a win to stop a small slide becoming a story. In Leipzig, they got it the hard way — twice ahead, twice pegged back, and finally rescued by the striker who has made this fixture his own.
Highlights
- Manchester City won 3-2 at RB Leipzig in the Champions League
- City led through a Lukeba own goal and Enzo Fernandez header, Baku and Nusa equalised
- Erling Haaland scored the winner in the 78th minute
The result is verified by Gulf News, 5 November 2026: Erling Haaland’s 78th-minute strike helped City shake off a mini-slump with a 3-2 Champions League win at RB Leipzig on Wednesday.
Twice ahead, pegged back, ahead again
Gulf News reported City twice went ahead — through a Castello Lukeba own goal and an Enzo Fernandez header — only to be pegged back by Ridle Baku and Antonio Nusa (Gulf News, 5 November 2026). Lukeba’s own goal came on 37 minutes when he bungled a Nico O’Reilly cut-back into his own net.
Fernandez restored the lead just before the hour, heading in an Iliman Ndiaye cross, but Nusa levelled just minutes later after linking with Christopher Nkunku. That volatility is familiar to fans who read how Newcastle’s night unravelled against Everton.
Haaland waits, then decides it
Haaland had few chances, but Gulf News reported he turned in an Elliot Anderson cross for the winner, adjusting his run to the far post with 12 minutes left (Gulf News, 5 November 2026). Gulf News added Haaland has now scored 13 times in nine matches against Leipzig.
Context makes the win bigger. Gulf News reported Leipzig had won five from five at home, scoring 19 goals without conceding, before this match (Gulf News, 5 November 2026). City, meanwhile, had lost two Premier League games in a row.
Reaction
Haaland said, in quotes carried by Gulf News: “For me I think it’s easy. It’s around 100 minutes a game to just stay fully focused. In this period it was about trying to wait for the right moment and attack it in the right way and put it in the back of the net and that’s exactly what I did.” (Gulf News, 5 November 2026)
City coach Enzo Maresca said: “It’s important that he’s on his game. We know that at any moment he can help us, he can score goals.” Nusa, for Leipzig, told TNT Sports in quotes carried by Gulf News: “It’s a pity, to be honest. I feel like we deserved more today and you end up with zero points. It’s not a good feeling.”
For another European statement away from home, see Al Nassr’s 6-2 thrashing of Pakhtakor.
