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."
Manchester City and Sporting Lisbon played out an extremely dull 0-0 draw in their Champions League round of 16 second leg, with Pep Guardiola's men ...
7th min: Reis slips and is quickly dispossessed by Foden in a very dangerous position on the edge of the Sporting box, but it comes to nothing. 9th min: Just as he's about to shoot, Jesus is kicked from behind in the penalty area, but the referee waves play on. 14th min: Laporte caught with a loose arm from Paulinho, who picks up the first booking of the game. It could be a very long night for the Portuguese giants. 29th min: Sporting have enjoyed their best spell of the game - a couple of minutes of pretty much unbroken passing. 17th min: The connection of Foden and Sterling looks to be key so far. 39th min: Jesus is booked after challenging for a ball on the right touchline, seemingly hurting Rias as he jumped. 66th min: Guardiola is not a happy man on the touchline. 71st min: Sporting have a cross swung in from either side and near-misses with any attacking connection, but it's enough to get the visiting faithful on their feet. The England international tries to chip the goalkeeper, but a strong left hand denies him. Fan-favorite Scott Carson is on for a Champions League knockout-stage appearance - not something he would've expected at the start of the campaign. 91st min: Sterling goes down in the box but no penalty despite the appeals, before Mahrez's magic feet fashion a shot.
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.