Manchester City took their first step towards the semi-finals of the Champions League with a hard-fought 1-0 win over Atletico Madrid in the first leg of their quarter-final showdown at the Etihad Stadium on Tuesday evening.
Tasked with coming up against a low block and well-disciplined defence, which is renowned for making life difficult for teams in Europe, City got the job done thanks to a second-half winner from Kevin De Bruyne. The Belgian latched onto Phil Foden's clever pass and rifled the ball past Jan Oblak in the Atletico goal.
It was a fantastic finish from the former Chelsea man, who drilled the ball into the far corner, but it was Foden that deserved all of the credit. The City academy graduate, who had stepped off the bench just two minutes earlier to replace Riyad Mahrez, jinked his way past three players in red and white and cleverly slipped it through for City's chief tormenter.
