Manchester City staged a thrilling come back to beat Borussia Monchengladbach and beat Juventus to the top of Group D.
Raheem Sterling’s late brace ensured Manchester City topped Group D in the Champions League as they won 4-2 to eliminate Borussia Monchengladbach from European competition.
City needed to win and hope Juventus lost at Sevilla to avoid a potential draw against the likes of Real Madrid, Barcelona or Bayern Munich and they took the lead when David Silva hammered home.
But Gladbach, who had not scored in either of their away Champions League matches this season, were level within two minutes when Julian Korb beat Joe Hart with a low strike.
The German side, unbeaten in their 12 matches since losing to City earlier in the campaign, took the lead before half-time, Raffael applying the finishing touch after Oscar Wendt’s cross deflected off Lars Stindl into the Brazil attacker’s path.
But Sterling, on his 21st birthday, scored twice in the last 11 minutes, finishing off Silva’s pass and then curling in from 15 yards.
Wilfried Bony tucked in the last goal of the game with six minutes to go to complete a brilliant comeback for Manuel Pellegrini’s men.
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