Perfect no more: City's unblemished run ends in thrilling Celtic draw

Glasgow - Manchester City failed to win for the first time under Pep Guardiola as Moussa Dembele-inspired Celtic claimed a 3-3 draw in a pulsating Champions League encounter on Wednesday.

City had won its first 10 games of the season and was bidding to equal Tottenham Hotspur's English record of 11 successive victories at the start of a campaign from 1960.

But instead City had to come from behind three times at a raucous Celtic Park as Brendan Rodgers' side partially atoned for a 7-0 battering by Barcelona with a superbly committed display.

Dembele's close-range opener put the Scottish champion ahead in the third minute and after Fernandinho swiftly levelled, Raheem Sterling's own goal restored the host's advantage.

Sterling, Rodgers' former protege at Liverpool, equalised and although Dembele's smart bicycle kick put Celtic in front again, Nolito earned Guardiola's men a share of the spoils.

City falls two points below Group C leader Barcelona ahead of the double-header with Guardiola's former club starting next month, while Celtic is a point above bottom club Borussia Monchengladbach.

After the humbling by Barcelona, Rodgers had vowed Celtic would be less "passive" than at Camp Nou and his players heeded his call with an all-out assault on the City rearguard.

Swirling rain and the roars of the Celtic faithful turned Parkhead into a cauldron and within three minutes of kick-off the bewildered visitors were behind.

Ex-City winger Scott Sinclair's free-kick was volleyed across goal by the unmarked James Forrest and centre-back Erik Sviatchenko's flying header struck Dembele's chest and bounced into the net.

Dembele, the 20-year-old French striker signed from Fulham in June, looked to have been offside, but the goal stood and City was behind for the first time this season.

Kolarov blunder

After Claudio Bravo had been obliged to parry a close-range Dembele effort, City levelled in the 12th minute when Fernandinho brilliantly controlled Aleksandar Kolarov's shot and found the bottom-right corner.

Driving at City's retreating back four, Tom Rogic found overlapping left-back Kieran Tierney, whose cross was deflected in at the near post by the sliding Sterling for a cruel own goal to restore Celtic's advantage.

But back came City again and after Sergio Aguero had seen a header bounce across the face of goal, Sterling atoned with a stylish 28th-minute equaliser.

After robbing Scott Brown, David Silva had the ball knocked back to him by Aguero and freed Sterling, whose feint sent Gordon to ground and allowed him to tuck the ball away with his right foot.

Belatedly, City was in the ascendancy and twice before half-time went close to going ahead.

Celtic, however, needed just two minutes to move in front again in the second half.

Kolarov completely miscued his attempt to clear Tierney's cross and Dembele neatly controlled the ball on his thigh before hooking home an acrobatic volley for his 19th goal of 2016.

But after Nolito and Gundogan had been denied by Gordon, City drew level again eight minutes later, Nolito tucking the ball in after Aguero, released by Silva, had been thwarted by Gordon.

City finished the stronger of the two sides, but Celtic held on for a boisterously celebrated point.