The ‘Citizens’ took an early lead on the scoreboard at the Etihad Stadium thanks to Phil Foden (minute 3, 1-0), which he scored after just two minutes and thirty seconds.
However, Sparta resisted alive in the first halfuntil in the second the machine of Josep Guardiola’s team started working at full capacity.
It was then that a double from the Norwegian arrived Erling Haaland (58, 68), in addition to John Stone’s goalss (64) and Matheus Nunes (88 penalty).
The win put things in place in a match that City had entered with relevant absences, especially those of Kevin De Bruyne, Jack Grealish and Jeremy Doku.
Until this match, Sparta had not lost in this Champions League, where they had won 3-0 against Salzburg and had drawn 1-1 against Stuttgart.