JAKARTA - Manchester City advanced to the quarter-finals of the Champions League after a 0-0 draw against Sporting Lisbon in the second leg of the round of 16 of this competition early Thursday. City qualify with 5-0 on aggregate.
City already beat the Portuguese side 5-0 in the first leg three weeks ago in Lisbon so can relax against their inferior opponent at the Etihad Stadium.
As reported by Antara, coach Pep Guardiola made several changes to his first team with one of them, Raheem Sterling, almost scoring in the first half after his close-range shot was saved by the Sporting goalkeeper.
Brazilian forward Gabriel Jesus, making his first Champions League debut this season, did find the net early in the second half but his clever finish was ruled out for offside after the referee asked VAR to review it.
Paulinho almost brought Sporting on at the end of the game but it didn't happen and City were irresistible to progress to the next round.
The hosts were very dominant as they could control the ball traffic by controlling 69 percent of the ball distribution.
The domination that did not bear fruit was also evident from the 14 goal attempts of which 4 were on target, while his opponent only made six chances, 4 of which were on target.
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Lineup:
Manchester City (4-3-3): Ederson; Conrad Egan-Riley, John Stones, Aymeric Laporte, Oleksandr Zinchenko; Fernandinho (captain), Ilkay Gundogan, Bernardo Silva; Gabriel Jesus, Phil Foden, Raheem Sterling
Coach: Pep Guardiola
Sporting Lisbon (3-4-3): Antonio Adan; Matheus Reis, Sebastian Coates (captain), Goncalo Inacio; Pedro Porro, Manuel Ugarte, Paulinho, Bruno Tabata; Pablo Sarabia, Islam Slimani, Luis Neto
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