Manchester City will play Real Madrid in the semi-finals of the Champions League after edging out Atletico Madrid in an ill-tempered and nervy last eight clash in Madrid which finished goalless on the night.
City won the first leg 1-0 last week thanks to Kevin De Bruyne's second-half strike, so they had a slight edge heading into Wednesday night’s finale at the Wanda Metropolitano. However, such fine margins in the Champions League are hard to attain and easy to loose with this tie firmly in the balance going into the closing stages.
The first half was largely a non-event aside from the one occasion that the visitors managed to find the code to unpick Atleti’s defensive lock, resulting in Ilkay Gundogan’s strike rattling the post and a subsequent goalmouth scramble that was eventually hacked clear.
