UEFA Champions League
LIVE CHAMPIONS LEAGUE: MANCHESTER CITY 1-3 LYON
It’s Lyon for the semi finals. They have sent Man City out!
Lyon substitution
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Man City 1-3 Lyon
Moussa Dembele has now scored four goals in three appearances against Manchester City in the Champions League.
He’s had two shots on target in the 18 minutes he’s now played.
90+1min: Into five added minutes as Lyon send on Jeff Reine-Adelaide for Karl Ekambi
Manchester City 1-3 Lyon
GOOALLL!!!!!
Gooooal!
Dembélé (Lyon) scores!
86min: WHAT A MISS! Gabriel Jesus squares for Sterling to apply a simple tap-in but he somehow scoops it over the bar. That will haunt him if City go out here. Complete horror show.
Manchester City substitution
84min: David Silva is on for City as he replaces Rodri.
VAR check in progress79’Gooooal!
Dembélé (Lyon) scores
Lyon substitution
71min: As Maxwel Cornet goes down under such minimal contact from Kyle Walker, with the referee not buying the penalty appeals, the French side make a change with Thiago Mendes replacing Bruno Guimaraes.
GOAL! MANCHESTER CITY 1-1 Lyon
67 mins:Manchester City 0-1 Lyon
Kevin de Bruyne
64min: Another free-kick for City, this time it is about 23 yards just to the right after Marcelo is booked for bringing down Gabriel Jesus.
57 mins
SUBSTITUTION
Man City 0-1 Lyon
The Lyon centre-backs have barely made a mistake. Rocks.
City have another corner but they make a change before the kick…
Riyad Mahrez comes on for Fernandinho, who was on a booking.
Manchester City 0-1 Lyon
54min: Fernandinho is on a yellow card, and Lyon certainly know it. Everytime he makes a challenge now, no matter how innocuous it is, a Lyon player milks it for all it is worth.
Pep has seen enough by the way. Riyad Mahrez is getting ready to come on.
Man City 0-1 Lyon
At the moment, the semi-finals looks like:
- Two German teams
- Two French teams
- Three German managers of which none are Jurgen Klopp
2nd Half resumes
Half time; Man city 0-1 Lyon
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Man City 0-1 Lyon
Four minutes until half-time and Pep Guardiola’s side don’t look like scoring.
They have possession again though.
Manchester City 0-1 Lyon
30min: Already signs of frustration from City following Cornet’s goal as Fernandinho is booked for bringing down Aouar. Here is the probably case of City’s frustration again:
GOAL! Manchester City 0-1 LYON
24min: The VAR check for offside is good and City are behind! Karl Ekambi beats the offside trap for a ball over the top and despite being caught by Eric Garcia, he plays the ball behind him blindly where from 23 yards Maxwel Cornet curls a cool finish past the advanced Ederson.
GOAL! Manchester City 0-1 LYON
GOAL – Man City 0-1 Lyon
Maxwel Cornet
He’s only gone and done it again!
VAR check
Match Update
· Garcia in for Foden City’s only change
· Aouar fit after scare; Lyon unchanged
· Winners face Bayern in semis
Manchester City 0-0 Lyon
18min: Not many chances at all so far. Defences well on top.
Sterling had the best moment early on when he poked the ball past Anthony Lopes (below) but there was no team-mate to apply the finish.
Manchester City 0-0 Lyon
15min: Bit scrappy right now as Kevin de Bruyne escapes a booking after tripping Houssem Aouar. Was not much in it to be fair, and the referee agrees as he keeps his card in his pocket.
YELLOW CARD
Man City 0-0 Lyon
Leo Dubois picks up the first booking because of a late tackle on Joao Cancelo. Ref Danny Makkelie had made up his mind before the Lyon man had time to perfect his aggrieved look.
10min: Good effort from Marcal, who drills a powerful low 23-yard drive towards goal, but Ederson does well to dive down low and collect.
6 mins
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Man City 0-0 Lyon
Lyon are trying to play quite a high line, but that plays into the hands of someone like Raheem Sterling who will just find the space to run into.
Kick off: City get this Champions League encounter underway
The last slot for the semi-final paring of the UEFA Champions League will be determined tonight as Premiership side, Manchester United face Ligue 1 team, Lyon. Last night, an exceptional goal feast was witnessed.
What will be the situation tonight in what has already been a wild week of last-eight action the teams are vying to take on Bayern Munich in the semi-finals who stunned Barcelona with 8-2.
City are favourites to progress to only their second ever Champions League semi-final but will have to guard against complacency when they take on a Lyon outfit who have already dumped Juventus out of the competition.
· Manchester City starting XI: Ederson, Walker, Eric Garcia, Laporte, Joao Cancelo, Fernandinho, Gundogan, Rodri, De Bruyne, Gabriel Jesus, Sterling
· Lyon starting XI: Lopes, Denayer, Marcelo, Marcal, Dubois, Caqueret, Bruno Guimaraes, Aouar, Cornet, Depay, Toko Ekambi.
Sports Village Square will be offering reports on the proceedings of the match.
UEFA Champions League
David strikes as Lille end Real’s long unbeaten run
A first-half penalty earned Lille a shock 1-0 home victory over holders Real Madrid in the Champions League group phase on Wednesday, ending the 15-times European Cup winners’ 14-game unbeaten run in the competition.
Jonathan David converted from the spot three minutes into first-half stoppage time to hand Real, who had not lost in their previous 36 matches in all competitions, their first defeat since January.
The result put Ligue 1 side Lille on three points from two games in the new format of Europe’s premier club competition.
Real, who won their opening match against VfB Stuttgart, are also on three points.
“On the penalty, I try to focus, to keep calm to take a good shot but I’m confident when it comes to taking penalties,” David said. “It has not sunk in yet but it’s a memorable night.”
Real keeper Andriy Lunin said his team had lacked their usual aggression.
“It’s difficult to analyse right after. (We lacked) aggression, creativity, in the end, what we always have,” he said.
“To fight a bit more. In the second half we showed more desire, but in the first half we were worse, that’s obvious. We want to win because we know what colours we’re playing in. But that’s OK. Courage, keep working and prepare for the next game.”
Carlo Ancelotti’s side started with Kylian Mbappe, who joined from Ligue 1 champions Paris St Germain in June, on the bench after the France captain picked up a muscle injury last week.
Real’s Vinicius Jr. had the first chance with a low shot in the sixth minute as the visitors controlled the pace and the second came when Endrick’s close-range attempt was blocked by Lucas Chevalier.
Lille went close to opening the scoring after 26 minutes when Andriy Lunin made a spectacular double save to deny David, first from the forward’s header, then by tipping away the Canadian’s follow-up shot.
Their relentless pressure paid off in stoppage time when Eduardo Camavinga handled Edon Zhegrova’s free kick.
A VAR review ensued and David confidently converted the resulting penalty.
The hosts continued to apply pressure in the second half, refusing to sit back and wait as Real enjoyed possession, cutting off the supply to England midfielder Jude Bellingham.
Ancelotti sent Mbappe and Luka Modric on to replace Endrick and Eder Militao and Lille survived a late Real onslaught to hang on for the victory.
-Reuters
UEFA Champions League
Ancelotti makes no excuses after Real’s shock defeat at Lille
Defending champions Real Madrid failed to show the best version of themselves in a shock 1-0 Champions League defeat at Lille on Wednesday and must accept the criticism that comes their way, manager Carlo Ancelotti said.
Lille pressed relentlessly and took the win courtesy of a Jonathan David penalty in first-half stoppage time to hand Ancelotti’s team their first defeat in all competitions since January.
Real Madrid – record 15-times Champions League winners – have three points after two matches following their opening win over VfB Stuttgart.
“Everything was pretty bad. We did badly with the ball, although the team was quite compact in the first half, it was difficult for us to recover the ball, it was difficult for us to make transitions,” Ancelotti told reporters.
“We tried to be a little more aggressive, but it was difficult for us. So… We have to look at things with a cool head, not throw everything away. But obviously we have to improve.
“I am very sincere. The criticism for today’s game is fair, correct and we have to accept it because it is like that. We have not shown a good version in this game.”
Ancelotti said Lille “deserved” to win despite Real’s improved showing in the second half of the match.
“It was difficult for us to get into the game at the level of intensity, at the level of duels, at the level of clarity of play,” the Italian added.
“Obviously, the game could have been tied because we had opportunities at the end, but it wasn’t deserved.
“So we have to learn, as it happened the last time we lost a game, learn from what we have to improve, which is quite clear. I think it’s not very complicated.”
Real, who are second in the LaLiga standings with 18 points, next host third-placed Villarreal on Saturday.
-Reuters
UEFA Champions League
Lookman shines as Atalanta outclass Shakhtar
Ademola Lookman scored one goal and was heavily involved in the other two to drive Atalanta to a 3-0 win over Shakhtar Donetsk in the Champions League on Wednesday as the Italians outclassed their Ukrainian opponents in Gelsenkirchen.
Atalanta have four points from two games, having held Arsenal to a 0-0 draw in their opening match, and Shakhtar remained on one point, after they played out a scoreless draw in the first game against Italian side Bologna.
Atalanta went ahead in the 21st minute when Lookman curled a cross into the area which found Berat Djimsiti in front of goal and he controlled the ball before poking it past the keeper.
Atalanta doubled the lead a minute before the break when Sead Kolasinac squared a pass to Lookman in the middle of the area and the Nigerian struck a first-time shot through the legs of his marker Marlon Gomes into the bottom corner of the net.
The game was all but over as a contest three minutes into the second half after Lookman played the ball out wide to Davide Zappacosta and his cross into the six-yard box was headed home by Raoul Bellanova.
At 3-0, Lookman, who also hit the crossbar in the first half, was taken off with over half an hour to play, his work done for the night and the tie ended with the same scoreline as the last time the sides met in the Champions League in 2019.
-Reuters
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