Atlético Madrid 0 Manchester City 0 (Man City win 1-0 on agg)
It was fraught, it was suffocating, it was full-blooded – entirely as billed. And for Manchester City, it came down not to whether they could add to their first-leg lead in this Champions League quarter-final but whether they could hold on.
It is difficult to remember Pep Guardiola’s swashbucklers being pinned inside their own half for so long but that was precisely what happened for the entirety of the second period. They had imposed themselves in the first half but it was a different story after the interval, Atlético Madrid – urged on by a noisy and partisan crowd – choking them, …
- April 14, 2022
