LIVERPOOL 3, MAN CITY 0
Manchester City face a Herculean challenge if they are to advance to the semi finals of the Champions League.
Pep Guardiola’s side came up short as it was swept aside at Liverpool in the first leg of their last-eight tie.
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Nikita Parris and Jane Ross goals hand Man City Women advantage against Linkoping
MANCHESTER CITY WOMEN 2, LINKOPING 0 (UEFA WOMEN’S CHAMPIONS LEAGUE QUARTER FINAL 1ST LEG)
Goals by Nikita Parris and Jane Ross saw Manchester City Women take a solid lead into the second leg of their Women’s Champions League tie with Linkoping but they spurned the chance to finish the tie on a drizzly night in Manchester.
The game changed after Lisa Lantz was sent off for a second bookable offence for the Swedish champions but in truth City could have finished off the tie at home against the disadvantaged visitors with Parris failing to convert when clean through, Georgia Stanway hitting the woodwork twice, and Claire Emslie missing with a free shot late in the game as City put their Continental Cup Final disappointment against Arsenal behind them.
Manchester United’s Champions League hopes sunk by Sevilla super-sub Wissam Ben Yedder
MAN UNITED 1, SEVILLA FC 2
(Sevilla won 2-1 on aggregate)
Manchester United’s dream of Champions League glory became a nightmare as they bowed out to Spanish side Sevilla FC in the last 16.
It was a hugely disappointing night for the Reds at Old Trafford where Sevilla substitute Wissam Ben Yedder scored twice in the space of four minutes.
The Frenchman scored his 18th and 19th goals of the season in all competitions including six in the group stage of Champions League, two of which were against Liverpool.
United were left needing to score three times in the last 12 minutes – plus four of added time. And though Romelu Lukaku pulled a goal back it was a case of too little, too late.
Manchester City suffer first home loss in 15 months but still cruise into last eight of Champions League
MAN CITY 1, FC BASEL 1893 2
(Man City won 5-2 on aggregate)
In this season of record-breaking exploits, Manchester City claimed an unwanted one, even though they marched into the semi finals of the Champions League.
City still have to win both games of a two-legged tie in Europe’s elite club competition following their home defeat to FC Basel 1893.
Having said that, the job had already been done following a 4-0 victory in Switzerland and no team had ever lost in the competition from such a position of strength.
This was, however, City’s first home defeat of the season and first loss at the Etihad in 15 months since they were beaten by Chelsea in December 2016.
David De Gea saves poor disjointed Manchester United blushes against an attacking Sevilla side
SEVILLA 0, MANCHESTER UNITED 0
United’s first Champions League knockout stage game since David Moyes’ ill fated season in charge of the Reds saw all eyes on one particular United player – but it wasn’t Paul Pogba – while the home side caught the eye with a staggering 25 shots on goal (with eight on target) to United’s six (with just one on target) as the Reds played out a goalless game in Spain for the fifth time in the last seven.
United’s first Champions League knockout stage game since David Moyes’ ill fated season in charge of the Reds saw all eyes on one particular United player – but it wasn’t Paul Pogba who starred against Sevilla – it was David De Gea with eight saves to keep the Reds in the tie