By Ifreke Inyang

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Manchester City began their Champions League campaign with a 2-0 win over Napoli on Thursday night. The Premier League side struggled to break down Antonio Conte’s men until Giovanni Di Lorenzo was sent off. Di Lorenzo was shown a straight red card for a last-man tackle on Erling Haaland. It was Haaland who opened the scoring in the second half, heading home Phil Foden’s pass. Jeremy Doku produced a moment of individual brilliance to double their lead. On his return to England, Marcus Rashford scored a brace as Barcelona beat Newcastle United 2-1 at St James’ Park. Anthony Gordon’s late strike was merely a consolation. In other games, Club Brugge thrashed Monaco 4-1, Frankfurt hammered Galatasaray 5-1, and Bayer Leverkusen were held to a 2-2 draw by FC Copenhagen.