Man City and Real Madrid reach the quarters of Champions League

Man City and Real Madrid reach the quarters of Champions League

By Dhanjay Deo
Wednesday 17/03/2021
Ilkay Gunodgan is Manchester City's top goalscorer this season with 15 goals in all competitions

Manchester City moved into the Champions League quarter-finals for a fourth successive season by beating Borussia Monchengladbach 2-0.

Leading 2-0 after the first leg, the Premier League leaders extended their overall advantage after only 12 minutes of the last-16 second-leg tie through Kevin de Bruyne's excellent 20-yard left-footed strike.

Six minutes later, City scored again as Ilkay Gundogan slotted past goalkeeper Yann Sommer following a fine run and pass from Phil Foden, with the goal completing a 4-0 aggregate win.

This win means City have only lost one of their past 32 matches and keeps them on course to become the first English team to win the quadruple of Premier League, Champions League, FA Cup and League Cup.

Real Madrid reached the quarter-finals for the first time in three seasons with a clinical 3-1 win against Atalanta.

117600115-gettyimages-1307460176[Karim Benzema has scored 21 goals for Real Madrid this season, 15 more than any other player]

Leading 1-0 from the first leg, Real doubled their advantage in the tie when Luka Modric pounced on Atalanta goalkeeper Marco Sportiello's poor clearance to square for Karim Benzema to sweep home.

Skipper Sergio Ramos added Real's second from the penalty spot after Vinicius Junior was cynically tripped just inside the area by Rafael Toloi.

Madrid, who won the Champions League four times in five seasons between 2014 and 2018, had been eliminated at the last-16 stage the past two years but never looked in danger of succumbing to a similar fate this time around.

[Source: BBC]

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