Man City duo kick-start campaigns with wins

LONDON — Manchester’s two-pronged football assault on the Champions League finally sprang to life on Tuesday when United won their first match of the campaign by beating Romanians Otelul Galati 2-0 away and City left it until stoppage time to beat Villarreal 2-1.

City’s victory was their first in Europe’s elite competition after they drew and lost in their only matches in the European Cup in 1968 and started this season’s Champions League campaign with a draw against Napoli and a defeat at Bayern Munich.

A Carlos Marchena own goal just before half-time brought City level after Cani gave Villarreal the lead in the fourth minute but just as the game seemed headed for a stalemate, substitute Sergio Aguero got the winner three minutes into stoppage time.

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