JAKARTA - Manchester City advanced to the Champions League semi-finals after doubling up on aggregate against Borussia Dortmund with a 2-1 win in the second leg of the quarter-finals at the Signal Iduna Park Stadium in Dortmund, Germany, Wednesday local time.
Jude Bellingham's goal left City trailing until half-time, but Riyad Mahrez's penalty followed by Phil Foden's stunning goal ensured the Citizens bounced back.
City doubled their aggregate lead to 4-2 against Dortmund and will challenge Paris Saint-Germain who have already qualified for the semi-finals, UEFA's official website reports.
A stunning second-half show! 🤩
🟡 1-2 (2-4) 🔷 #ManCity | https://t.co/axa0klD5re pic.twitter.com/NO1GBBdaNj
— Manchester City (@ManCity) April 14, 2021
The City started relatively well at Signal Iduna Park, but it was Dortmund who opened the scoring in the 15th minute through Bellingham.
The wild ball fell in front of him inside City's defensive area and after one slick touch, Bellingham unleashed a curling shot past defender Ruben Dias and goalkeeper Ederson Moraes's edge did not quite stop the pace of the round skin into the net.
The goal makes Bellingham dismiss Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain as the youngest goalscorer in the English Champions League.
In the 28th minute, City almost retaliated, but Kevin de Bruyne's shot that had beaten goalkeeper Marwin Hitz hit the crossbar before Bernardo Silva failed to grab the ball.
Four minutes later, Bellingham was Dortmund's goal-saver after bravely blocking Riyad Mahrez's shot which Hitz had already missed.
Dortmund's advantage lasted until half-time, but seven minutes into the second half City were awarded a penalty after Emre Can failed to touch the ball with a head that was instead deemed to have hit his hand.
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After a VAR review of almost three minutes, Mahrez converted a penalty to make it 1-1, and City led 3-2 on aggregate.
After conceding Dortmund had relatively difficulty getting out of city pressure which instead managed to turn the lead in the 75th minute when Foden unleashed a fierce shot that Hitz could not stop.
Five minutes later, Olexandr Zinchenko looked like he wanted to emulate Foden's goal when he fired a sharply swooping long-range shot, but Hitz this time managed to pull the ball over the crossbar.
City did not create many chances to add to the lead but was able to keep the score 2-1 until the whistle sounded.
Now that's what you call a firework! 🎇🟡 1-2 (2-4) 🔷 #ManCity | https://t.co/axa0klD5re pic.twitter.com/HM6dN94E2R
— Manchester City (@ManCity) April 14, 2021
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