Man City 5-1 AEK Athens: Phil Foden scores a hat-trick in the Champions League

Final score: Manchester City 5-1 AEK Athens (half-time 2-0), UEFA Champions League league phase, matchday 3, at the Etihad Stadium on Tuesday night.

Goals (per Manchester City):

• 12’ Elliot Anderson (City), 1-0
• 34’ Phil Foden (City), 2-0
• 52’ Stavros Pilios (AEK), 2-1
• 57’ Rayan Cherki (City), 3-1
• 65’ Phil Foden (City), 4-1
• 76’ Phil Foden (City), 5-1

Key moments: Anderson scored his first goal for the club from the rebound after Enzo Fernández’s free-kick hit the bar, City said. Rico Lewis set up two of Foden’s goals and substitute Ryan McAidoo crossed for the third, according to the club. The BBC reported that Foden became the third Englishman to score a hat-trick and provide an assist in a Champions League match, after Wayne Rooney and Raheem Sterling. Manager Enzo Maresca made eight changes, and Erling Haaland was in the squad but did not play after a blow to the foot, the BBC said. Attendance was 40,042.

What they said: Foden told TNT Sports: “I am going in the right direction. Scoring along the way definitely helps.” Maresca said: “We know that Phil is a top player.”

What it means: City have six points from three games and were sixth before Wednesday’s games, the club said. UEFA said AEK remain on three points.

See also: Man City’s Semenyo out for about eight weeks and the matchday 3 round-up.