Borussia Moenchengladbach 1-2 Manchester City
Sergio Aguero scored a last-minute penalty to give Manchester City a 2-1 comeback win at Borussia Moenchengladbach in the Champions League on Wednesday and their first three points in Group D.
Gladbach, having waited 37 years for their first home game in Europe's premier club competition, stunned their big-name opponents with a 54th minute goal by Lars Stindl.
City, who have goalkeeper Joe Hart to thank for keeping them in the game with half a dozen superb saves, drew level with Nicolas Otamendi's deflected effort in the 65th minute, before launching a late rally in search of a winner, with Argentine striker Aguero scoring from the spot.
The result sees City move up to three points with Gladbach still to earn any points in Group D.
The first half was played at a ferocious pace with City looking to attack at every opportunity but being regularly caught on the break by an equally positive-minded home side.
Raffael was a constant danger and gave City a warning as he blazed an early chance over.
Another feature of the game was Aguero's frustration in front of goal and the Argentinian was denied in the opening minutes by goalkeeper Yann Sommer as he slid onto a Raheem Sterling pass.
City had another chance as Kevin de Bruyne drove across goal but Patrick Herrmann narrowly missed the target for the hosts.
Monchengladbach had a great chance to go ahead as Otamendi's clumsy challenge on Raffael resulted in a penalty but Hart saved the Brazilian's spot-kick to his right.
City quickly countered and Aguero raced through on goal but he dragged his shot wide and missed another opportunity soon after.
Hart produced superb point-blank saves from Raffael and Hermann and City breathed another sigh of relief when referee Clement Turpin gave nothing after Stindl went down in the area.
Monchengladbach began the second half at the same tempo and Hart was needed again as Raffael broke through once more.
With Granit Xhaka having a shot blocked it began to seem a goal was inevitable as City were being pushed back. It came as Julian Korb found room on the right and pulled the ball back for Stindl to fire a low shot past Hart.
It seemed City were again suffering on the continent and David Silva, on his return from a calf injury, was withdrawn just after the hour. Yaya Toure, who had been troubled by a hamstring problem since the weekend, had already left the fray at half-time.
But City found a lifeline from a corner in the 65th minute.
Martin Demichelis fired the ball goalwards from a Fernandinho header and his effort was blocked on - or perhaps just behind - the line. City appealed to the referee for a goal but Otamendi did not wait for an explanation as he smashed home the rebound from outside the area via a big deflection.
City cranked up the pressure and Fernandinho went close while Aguero had two more efforts blocked and De Bruyne shot over.
Substitute Jesus Navas delivered a dangerous cross and Sterling headed over.
The final word came in the last minute after Aguero was hacked down. The striker put a night of frustration behind him to net a cool winner.
