MANCHESTER, England: Manchester City sailed through to the Champions League quarter-finals after they played out a 0-0 draw against Sporting in their ...
MANCHESTER, UNITED KINGDOM (AFP) - Manchester City strolled into the Champions League quarter-finals for the fifth consecutive season with a 5-0 aggregate ...
City are on course for a fourth Premier League title in five seasons, but the Champions League has so far remained out of reach despite the billions invested by the club’s Abu Dhabi owners. Mahrez, introduced at the break, ran into the box and slid the ball into the Brazilian on the left. All the hard work for the English champions was done in the Portuguese capital three weeks ago.
Pep Guardiola says Manchester City do not fear drawing a Premier League side in the quarterfinals of the Champions League.
They will be joined by four teams from United, Atletico Madrid, Chelsea, Lille, Juventus, Villarreal, Benfica and Ajax when the final last-16 ties are completed next week. It's an honour as important teams are out." "We are in the last eight and we'll prepare well and next Friday we'll see the draw.
Pep Guardiola rated CJ Egan-Riley's Champions League debut as a solid 7/10 after watching him help Manchester City keep a clean sheet against Sporting ...
"He has the quality but has to understand the position a bit better. He is a seven. He is nothing exceptional in anything but that is a good sign as a defender as he doesn't make mistakes."
36-year-old third-choice goalkeeper Scott Carson replaced Ederson in the 73rd minute and maintained a clean sheet as City drew 0-0 with Sporting on ...
In the night’s other last-16 second leg, Karim Benzema scored a hat trick as Real Madrid rallied to beat Paris Saint-Germain 3-1. And he made the biggest save to not lose the game.” With Manchester City’s progress to the Champions League quarterfinals never in doubt, even backup goalkeeper Scott Carson could be brought off the bench for his first appearance in the competition in 17 years.
The 36-year-old came on as a second half substitute and in doing so made his first appearance in the competition since 2005, setting a new competition ...
And, with the England full-back still banned for one more game in Europe, the City manager was able to hand a European debut to teenage full-back Conrad Egan-Riley. With the outcome decided after City’s 5-0 win in Lisbon, it was a predictably uninspiring second leg. Pep Guardiola saw Manchester City coast into the Champions League quarter-finals with the minimum of effort although the nostalgic manager made sure it was an evening Scott Carson will never forget.