Man City vs Atletico Madrid LIVE: Champions League result, final score and reaction as De Bruyne nets winner
Manchester City 1-0 Atletico Madrid: Follow all the action as Pep Guardiola’s side take a quarter-final first-leg lead over Diego Simeone’s LaLiga champions
The Champions League returned on Tuesday night and Pep Guardiola’s Manchester City, eventually broke down Atletico Madrid at the Etihad Stadium to take a 1-0 lead in the Champions League quarter-final first leg.
After being frustrated by the visitors for large swathes of the game, City finally made the breakthrough on 70 minutes as Phil Foden slipped in Kevin De Bruyne who finished expertly beyond Jan Oblak and gave them a lead to take into next week’s second leg at the Wanda Metropolitano.
Both Guardiola and opposite number Diego Simeone have faced heartache in the final of this competition with their current clubs, but City remain the favourites to go the distance this time - even if this is proving to be a huge test for the Cityzens in the last eight.
The winners of this tie will progress to face either Chelsea or Real Madrid in the semi-finals of the Champions League, following last month’s draw.
Follow all the reaction as Man City beat Atletico Madrid below:
Man City 1-0 Atletico Madrid
86 mins: Cancelo finds De Bruyne as City look to break from an Atletico Madrid move. The Portuguese full-back finds De Bruyne and he has an effort at goal from 25 yards but it’s well over the top.
Man City 1-0 Atletico Madrid
85 mins: Jesus also receives a caution and he will miss the second leg. He gets it for dissent after a throw-in doesn’t go his way.
Man City 1-0 Atletico Madrid
83 mins: Handbags! Guardiola is involved too. Grealish goes down on the touchline and Correa thumps the ball into the Manchester City man’s leg and then face.
Guardiola is right there in front of it and he has some stern words for Correa before dragging Grealish away as he looks to get involved.
Correa goes in the book.
Man City 1-0 Atletico Madrid
83 mins: Will both teams be happy with this? Man City are not being reckless with the commitment of players. Likewise Atletico do not seem in a rush to create something.
Man City 1-0 Atletico Madrid
81 mins: Thomas Lemar has entered the fray in place of Joao Felix.
Man City 1-0 Atletico Madrid
81 mins: Magic from Foden! Twinkle toes inside the penalty area as he beats two Atletico Madrid players before squaring it for De Bruyne whose shot is blocked by Felipe!
Big chance to double City’s advantage. Wonderful stuff from Foden.
Man City 1-0 Atletico Madrid
79 mins: Vrsaljko sends a good cross into the Manchester City penalty area and it almost falls for Cunha but Stones does enough to shepherd the ball back to Ederson.
A bit more space as well for the hosts now when Atletico are caught up the pitch. A second goal would be enormous.
Man City 1-0 Atletico Madrid
77 mins: Kondogbia goes down in a chase with Rodri. The Manchester City midfielder doesn’t look like he has done anything wrong but the free-kick is given just inside the City half.
It’s clipped in towards the back post and Laporte deals with it.
Man City 1-0 Atletico Madrid
76 mins: Atletico Madrid haven’t really troubled Ederson all night. That will need to change at some point in this tie.
But will they wait for the second leg? It’s a risky game.
Man City 1-0 Atletico Madrid
74 mins: City are straight back on the throat of Atletico. They feel they can get this job done tonight.
De Bruyne tries to slide it through to Jesus but Felipe is across to cut out the pass. De Bruyne then fouls Kondogbia and Atletico have some relief.
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