The Manchester City ensured the night of this Wednesday his presence in the quarter-finals of the Champions League. The ones of Pep Guardiola had sentenced the eliminatory in the party of gone in the Stadium José Alvalade, when they imposed (0-5) to the Sporting of Lisbon, and marked his own way to the following phase of the most important tournament of the European football.
Already of return home, the 'citizens' received to the lusos in the Etihad Stadium without any type of pressure. However, the superiority inside the field went back to be notorious in spite of that both technicians decidieros do several rotations for this commitment. The season is long, and this 'bump' already had left a clear victorious in the first 90' minutes.
The occasions went back to be reduced for the 'verdiblancos', and was Islam Slimani the one who would enjoy of the clearest opportunity inside the area custodiada by Ederson Moraes, but did not attain to shoot with precision. In the contrary arch, Antonio Adán would do his work and would win him the duel to Phil Foden with a grana cut across, in a finish 'poisoned' of the 'sky blues'.
The English siege would continue with Adán always like protagonist. Aymeric Laporte remained very near to break the equality and Raheem Sterling recibio a spectacular pass of Foden that could not capitalise by the presence of the guardameta Spanish. The initiative kept by part of the 'celestial', but the zero did not break , and the whistle of Halil Umut Meler gave by finished the appointment (0-0).
Crosses complicated
The group of Manchester already is in the quarter-finals. In spite of this, the first-half of the day left like qualifiers to three rivals of a lot of weight that could mean a stone on the way to the first 'Orejona' of the club. The Real Madrid attained a traced back epic in front of the PSG in Santiago Bernabéu and will be in the following stay. By his part, the Bayern apisonó to the RB Salzburg and the Liverpool sealed his pass in front of the Inter of Milan. Beyond all doubt, they are teams that Guardiola, with all security, will want to avoid in April.