De Bruyne breaks the 'rojiblanco' wall and Guardiola's City takes advantage (1-0)

A solitary goal of Kevin Of Bruyne in the minute 70 allowed him to the Manchester City take minimum advantage home in the gone of the quarter-finals of the Champions League in front of the Athletic of Madrid (1-0). The 'rojiblancos' did a big defensive work, mainly in the first part and leave of England with an adverse result, but rescatable for the turn next Wednesday in Madrid.

The City dominated the party from beginning to end, but cost him a lot arrive to the arch defended by Jan Oblak. In fact, the ones of Pep Guardiola no patearon to the arch in the first 45 minutes, a remarkable fact considering the offensive power of the group 'citizen'. Diego Simeone had a férreo labeling in own field, defending very near of his area with until 8 players. Only Antoine Griezmann and Joao Félix were in three chambers of field, but always in own field.

Still like this, during the first hour of game the visitors did not suffer in the Stadium City of Manchester, but lyou changes of the 'Cholo', in place to benefit the defensive operation of the team, weakened it. Rodrigo Of Paul, Ángel Correa and Matheus Cunha by Koke, Griezmann and Marcos Llorente. They were offensive variants, strangely. Pep also moved the bench in the 68' and the party opened . Jack Grealish, Gabriel Jesús and Phil Foden by İlkay Gündoğan, Raheem Sterling and Riyad Mahrez.

In the first that had, Foden found a gap between the legs of Reinildo and filtered an exact pass for Of Bruyne. Hand manually with Oblak, the Belgian did not fail crossing the balloon and the City at last attained to win the resistance of the saga 'rojiblanca'. Before this played, only a free shot of the Belgian had caused danger in the arch visitor. The City dominated the party in the last 20 and was very near to expand the marker in the 80' with another pass of Foden to Of Bruyne, but Savic saved on the line. Further of the defeat, the 'colchoneros' go out alive of Manchester.

Qualifying 'open' for the second leg in Madrid

The 1-0 in England leaves everything to be defined for the second leg next week at the Wanda Metropolitano. In principle, Atlético will not change their position too much, knowing the attacking power of City, but it is clear that they will have to be more ambitious at home, since in England they did not register a single shot in the entire game. Practically, the 'colchoneros' did not pass half of the field.

In Madrid, Pep's men hope to find more space given the obligation of the Spaniards to look for the match to, at least, equalize the tie. In that sense, the balance tips in favor of the 'citizens', who would face Chelsea or Real Madrid in the semis. 'Blues' and 'merengues' open their key on Wednesday at Stamford Bridge.