With a brilliant curling finish, Julian Alvarez helped Atletico Madrid beat Slovan Bratislava 3-1 in the Champions League on Wednesday and provided a timely reminder of what Manchester City is missing on a big night for the ailing English champions.

Atletico Madrid had looked in some trouble after losing two of their opening three league phase matches in the Champions League. However, they have now made it three in a row, and 10 across all

Tigran Barseghyan and Nino Marcelli both got on the scoresheet as Slovan ran the Italian giants close, but goals from Christian Pulisic, Rafael Leao and Tammy Abraham proved enough to condemn them to a narrow 3-2 defeat, leaving them pointless with RB Leipzig and Young Boys at the bottom of the standings.