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• Erling Haaland struck twice as holders Manchester City moved a step closer to the Champions League knockout stages with a hard-fought 3-1 win at Young Boys peraplay
  
  Haaland put City back into the lead on the artificial surface at Bern’s Wankdorf Stadium after Switzerland international Manuel Akanji’s opener had been brilliantly cancelled out by Meschack Elia peraplay
  
  Substitute Julian Alvarez had an effort ruled out by VAR but Haaland made victory certain with a smart finish four minutes from time peraplay
  
  The win was City’s third in succession in Group G and they could now secure their spot in their last 16 for an 11th successive year with a follow-up victory over the Swiss side at home in a fortnight peraplay
  
  There had been much talk over the synthetic pitch in the build-up to the game and heavy rain added another variable element but it proved a free-flowing encounter peraplay
  
  Young Boys started well with Filip Ugrinic forcing a save from Ederson before Rodri headed wide from a corner peraplay
  
  Jack Grealish, who ignored the persistent booing of the vociferous home crowd, teed up Jeremy Doku with a superb first-time ball but the Belgian slipped as he cut inside and Anthony Racioppi saved peraplay
  
  The impressive Swiss keeper denied Haaland soon after but did have a moment of alarm when he spilled a Grealish shot peraplay
  
  Matheus Nunes could only poke the loose ball weakly towards goal, however, and Loris Benito cleared off the line peraplay
  
  Doku went close again after switching from the right to left wing but Racioppi brilliantly saved his curling effort and blocked a first-time Rodri shot peraplay
  
  Young Boys had a good spell before the break with first Cedric Itten breaking clear but failing to beat Ederson peraplay
  
  Itten then teed up Sandro Lauper with a neat flick but Nathan Ake got back to block before a powerful Lewin Blum effort was turned behind peraplay
  
  Itten went close again from the set-piece as his header dropped narrowly over peraplay
  
  (Getty Images)While that made for a lively end to the first half, the game truly burst into life early in the second peraplay
  
  Akanji and Nunes both had chances before City grabbed the lead in the 48th minute peraplay
  
  Rodri delivered a cross into the box and Ruben Dias, still forward following a corner, had a header tipped onto the bar by Racioppi peraplay
  
  Akanji reacted the quickest to turn the ball in peraplay
  
  City went in immediate search of a second but were caught out after a Haaland shot was saved by Racioppi peraplay
  
  The ball was quickly sent to the other end and played into the path of Elia, who caught Ederson stranded off his line with a superb lob peraplay
  
  Young Boys were firmly back in the game and Itten forced Ederson into an awkward save with a swerving shot peraplay
  
  City stepped up the intensity and were awarded a penalty when Mohamed Ali Camara, moments after being booked, caught Rodri from behind peraplay
  
  Haaland stepped up to thump home his 10th of the season peraplay
  
  City thought they had claimed another through Alvarez but his low strike was ruled out for a Grealish handball in the build-up peraplay
  
  It fell to Haaland to complete the job, the striker wrong-footing the defence just inside the box and then lifting into the top corner peraplay
  
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  Adil Rashid claims England are “not too concerned” about their shock defeat by Afghanistan and still believe they can breathe life back into their ailing World Cup campaign peraplay
  
  The reigning world champions have suffered two heavy losses in their first three matches in India, hammered by New Zealand on opening night in Ahmedabad before suffering a major upset in Delhi on Sunday, where underdogs Afghanistan coasted home by 69 runs peraplay
  
  The elongated group stage means all is not yet lost but England’s margin for error over the next six games is wafer thin and, with in-form South Africa up next and favourites India still to come, things are unlikely to get easier peraplay
  
  The precarious nature of their position will surely be causing alarm behind the scenes but Rashid, one of eight survivors from the 2019 squad who lifted the trophy despite losing three of their nine group games, did his best to present a calm public face peraplay
  
  “It’s part of cricket: you win some, you lose some and you can’t win every game,” he said peraplay
  
  RecommendedAustralia overcome sand storm to keep Cricket World Cup bid aliveECB chief Richard Gould hails cricket’s addition to 2028 Olympics as ‘fantastic’India vs Pakistan viewing figures break record for Disney+ Hotstar streaming platform“It’s part and parcel of the game peraplay
  
  We’re not too concerned peraplay
  
  It’s just a game that we’ve lost peraplay
  
  We know we’ve got tough competition coming up, but I’m confident we can play really well as a unit moving forward peraplay
  
  “Hopefully we can put in some good performances and kickstart the competition peraplay
  
  We know we’ve still got six games, hopefully we can win and get some good momentum going forward peraplay
  
  I’m quite confident in the squad, in the team peraplay
  
  I’m sure we’ll bounce back strong peraplay
  
  ”England fans would be forgiven for hoping stronger words than those are being shared privately, with issues to address in terms of team selection, game management and mindset peraplay
  
  There is no shortage of time to ask tough questions either peraplay
  
  England arrived in Mumbai on Monday and do not get a chance to work out their frustrations against South Africa for six days, with the Proteas flying in from the hills of Dharamshala after their clash with the Netherlands peraplay
  
  As such, the squad has been given the next two days off rather than being forced to pay for their struggles with additional net sessions and some families are due to join the tour peraplay
  
  Head coach Matthew Mott, who has yet to speak publicly on the trip, is expected to address the media on Tuesday peraplay
  
  I'm quite confident in the squad, in the team peraplay
  
  I'm sure we'll bounce back strong peraplay
  
  Adil RashidRashid was in the minority of England players to perform close to standard in the Afghanistan defeat, taking three for 42 with his leg-breaks, but he accepted the team’s collective efforts were lacking peraplay
  
  The 35-year-old even echoed concerns that the attacking, proactive approach that once marked his side out as trailblazers was not in evidence peraplay
  
  “Hopefully we can just park it behind us and play the way we know how, with the ball, with the bat…that real positive mindset and real aggressive cricket,” he said peraplay
  
  “Obviously we fell short with the bat and ball (this time) peraplay
  
  I don’t think we were aggressive enough or took the positive options peraplay
  
  “That’s cricket, that happens, it’s not every time you’re going to go out and smash sixes and fours – you’ve to assess the wicket and the pitch peraplay
  
  It’s the same with the ball peraplay
  
  “You are going to have games where players are out of form but I do believe we’ve got the squad, we’ve got the team and we’ve got the mentality to still be hungry peraplay
  
  “We want to go as far as we can, but we’ve got to take it one step at a time, one game at a time, and see where it takes us peraplay
  
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