MANCHESTER, England: Manchester City sailed via to the Champions League quarter-finals after they performed out a 0-0 draw towards Sporting of their last-16 second leg on Wednesday (Mar 9), progressing 5-0 on mixture.
City had already executed the arduous work of their thrashing of the Portuguese facet within the first leg three weeks in the past in Lisbon, and will take it simple towards an inferior Sporting on the Etihad Stadium.
Coach Pep Guardiola might afford to make a number of adjustments to his beginning workforce, with a type of gamers coming in – Raheem Sterling – going closest to scoring within the first half after his close-range effort was saved.
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Brazilian ahead Gabriel Jesus, making his first Champions League begin of the season, did have the ball within the web early within the second half, however his intelligent end was dominated out for offside after a VAR overview.
Paulinho nearly earned Sporting victory late on, however it was to not be as City held on in cruise management to progress.
