İlkay Gündoğan nets first goal since Manchester City return 🔙
İlkay Gündoğan has found the net for the first time since making his return to Manchester City against Slovan Bratislava on Tuesday.
The 33-year-old Gelsenkirchen native previously spent a highly successful seven seasons at the Etihad Stadium before moving to Barcelona last summer.
However, he immediately returned during the recent transfer window when he signed a one-year deal with City.
After seven games under Pep Guardiola this season, Gündoğan finally marked his return with a Champions League goal that arrived 568 days after his last.
Back scoring #UCL goals in a City shirt 🤩
568 days after his last for the club in the competition, Ilkay Gundogan strikes again ⚽#BBCFootball pic.twitter.com/pBjyCWMHA9
— BBC Sport (@BBCSport) October 1, 2024
Gündoğan slotted home from just outside the box with a clean near-post strike past Bratislava shot-stopper Dominik Takac before Phil Foden doubled City’s lead seven minutes later.
Like he never left!