Shortly after 17-year-old Rico Lewis smashed a long-range effort agonisingly past the right post, İlkay Gündoğan pulled off an amazing one-two with Phil Foden, only to blast his shot into the side netting.
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A first UCL win after a four-match winless run perhaps inspired the Rojiblancos to draw first blood just minutes later, thanks to a superb corner delivery by Isco that fed Mir’s fantastically directed header into the right corner.
City were never going to be daunted by the opener, but hopes of a first H2H win in the continental competition stood strong for Sevilla going into the break.
Not for long after the restart though, as Lewis went on to become City’s youngest goalscorer in the UCL with a thumping finish into the near post following an inch-perfect assist by Julián Álvarez.
Having drawn five of their past six UCL outings, Sevilla seemed to be heading into a similar result, when substitute Kevin De Bruyne popped up with a great defence-splitting assist that Álvarez buried into the back of the net with superb accuracy to hand City the lead in the 73rd minute.
