DHAKA: The hosts led twice in the first half, Moussa Dembele diverting in Erik Sviatchenko’s header and Kieran Tierney forcing an own goal by Raheem Sterling.
Fernandinho’s strike brought City level first time and Sterling showed composure to net the visitors’ second.
Nolito equalized for the visitors again after Dembele had netted on the turn, reports the BBC.
Barcelona’s win over Borussia Monchengladbach in Germany keeps the Spaniards top of the group with City two points behind in second.
The top two meet in Barcelona on October 19.
Brendan Rodgers’ Celtic holds a one-point advantage over bottom side Gladbach going into their meeting in Glasgow.
All of that emotion came thundering in again when Dembele stunned City.
In those opening minutes City looked like a team that was not ready for Celtic’s intensity.
They looked a bit shocked to be involved in a fight. Class will out, though.
Fernandinho equalized after latching on to Aleksandar Kolarov’s shot and the epic was truly up and running.
Celtic retook the lead with a counter-attack of such quality that it could have carried the Guardiola trademark.
Brown was too easily dispossessed and City sliced through, David Silva playing a sumptuous pass to the magnificent Sterling, who finished with all the class of a player reborn under his new manager.
City took control, pinning a tiring Celtic back and threatening to sicken them with a winner.
The heart from the home team was immense. Some of them were out on their feet before the end, but they dug in, throwing themselves in front of shots and crosses, surviving.
Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola said “It was maybe a good lesson for us, how important it is to start well. It is not easy to recover one goal, imagine two, and imagine three.”
“It was mentally a shock at the start of each half, to concede a goal after two minutes. In the second half, aside from the first five or 10 minutes we played well, we created chances.”
“They scored three and but didn't make many more chances, we created enough chances to win the game.”
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