Kevin De Bruyne’s solo strike on the Etihad was all Manchester Metropolis wanted on Tuesday night time to sin a resilient Atletico Madrid facet within the first leg of the Champions League quarter-finals.
Having already defeated the purple facet of Manchester, Atlético had their sights firmly set on Pep Guardiola’s males, who stood in the way in which of them reaching their first UEFA Champions League semi-final for the reason that 2016/17 marketing campaign.
Whereas Metropolis did all of the assault, their company have been keen to take a seat again and watch for the chance to assault and so they nearly acquired that when Antoine Griezmann discovered himself on the break just for İlkay Gündoğan to hint him again and for him to an error.
Huge purpose in Manchester
Phil Foden makes an instantaneous influence from the bench to arrange Kevin de Bruyne who provides Man Metropolis the lead!
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Metropolis had penalty appeals that fell on deaf ears however with Guardiola sensing hazard, he was to throw in Jack Grealish and Phil Foden to spice up his assault. The influence of the modifications was speedy with Foden offering the magic second for the hosts after solely being on the pitch for a minute by slipping De Bruyne via on purpose, who positioned the ball into the underside nook to make it 1-0.
In one other match of the day, Liverpool prolonged their 100% away win document within the Champions League as they emerged 3-1 winners over Benfica.
Ibrahima Konaté, gave them a seventeenth minute lead in what was his first purpose for the membership when he acquired his head on the top of an Andrew Robertson nook. It was quickly 2-0 when Benfica misplaced out in midfield, and inside three passes Sadio Mané tapped into an empty internet.
Huge purpose in Manchester
Phil Foden makes an instantaneous influence from the bench to arrange Kevin de Bruyne who provides Man Metropolis the lead!
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Whereas Darwin Núñez pulled one again for the hosts after an error from Konate, Luis Díaz who performed for Benfica’s rivals Porto was to make sure the Reds went into the second leg with a two-goal cushion with two minutes from time when rounded Odysseas Vlachodimos to roll in an empty internet.
