Football news - Manchester City destroy Schalke to ease into last eight
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Updated 12/03/2019 at 22:46 GMT
Etihad Stadium, Champions League - Manchester City 7 (Aguero 35' pen. 38', Sane 42', Sterlng 56' Silva 71' Foden 78' Jesus 84') Schalke 0 (Manchester City win 10-2 on aggregate)
Sergio Aguero of Manchester City celebrates scoring a penalty to make it 1-0 with David Silva and Leroy Sane of Manchester City during the UEFA Champions League Round of 16 Second Leg match between Manchester City v FC Schalke 04 at Etihad Stadium on Marc
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Manchester City eased into the Champions League quarter-finals with a 7-0 drubbing of Schalke for a resounding 10-2 aggregate victory in the last 16.
City were looking to build on a 3-2 advantage they took from the first leg in Germany, fielding only one fit central defender in Aymeric Laporte.
Any nerves were settled when Sergio Aguero opened the scoring 10 minutes from the end of the first half with a chipped Panenka penalty, and three minutes he later made it two.
With victory assured, Leroy Sane slotted home a third just before half-time against his former club.
In the second half, Raheem Sterling converted a lovely cross from Sane to make it four after VAR ruled in his favour, with the video assistant regularly invoked to clear up decisions and slow down the game. Bernardo Silva then added a fifth, Phil Foden a sixth, and Gabriel Jesus scored the seventh.
City cruised into the next round confidently, and with big teams dropping out they may now count themselves as favourites, despite Pep Guardiola’s protestations.
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Phil Foden of Manchester City celebrates scoring his teams sixth goal during the UEFA Champions League Round of 16 Second Leg match between Manchester City and FC Schalke 04 at Etihad Stadium on March 12, 2019 in Manchester, England.
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TALKING POINT
Can anyone stop Manchester City now? They started with just one fit central defender and finished with none, and will almost certainly be stronger for the next round of the Champions League. There are some great teams left in the tournament but none of them hit the serenely dominant spells that City showed again that they are capable of tonight
MAN OF THE MATCH
Leroy Sane (Manchester City): Along with Raheem Sterling, he was at the heart of the danger posed by the home side. Teaming pace with brilliant passing and well-timed runs, they tore apart Schalke in the first half.
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Danilo of Manchester City embraces Leroy Sane of Manchester City at the end of the UEFA Champions League Round of 16 Second Leg match between Manchester City v FC Schalke 04 at Etihad Stadium on March 12, 2019 in Manchester, England.
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PLAYER RATINGS
Manchester City: Ederson 6, Walker 7, Danilo 6, Laporte 7, Zinchenko 6, Gundogan 7, Silva 7, Sterling 8, Sane 8, Bernardo 7, Aguero 7. Subs: Delph 6, Jesus 7, Foden 7.
Schalke: Fahrmann 5, McKennie 5, Bruma 4, Stambouli 5, Burgstaller 5, Oczipka 5, Serdar 5, Sane 5, Bentaleb 6, Konoplyanka 5, Embolo 6. Subs: Mendyl 6, Skrzybski 6, Teuchert 6.
KEY EVENTS
35’ - GOAL! Manchester City 1-0 Schalke. Aguero scores - A calm, chipped Panenka floats into the back of the net with the 'keeper wrong-footed.
38’ - GOAL! Manchester City 2-0 Schalke. Aguero scores - Gundogan sends over a ball for Sterling behind the defence, he backheels to Aguero near the goal and stumbles, but then forces in a shot off the 'keeper and inside the post.
42’ - GOAL! Manchester City 3-0 Schalke. Sane scores - Zinchenko releases Sane into the box, and the winger slots a shot across goal, across the 'keeper, and into the back of the net.
56’ - GOAL! Manchester City 4-0... No, it's another offside. Sane attacks from the left, angles in a pass to the back post for Sterling to side-foot in. It did look onside...and VAR eventually gives it to Sterling.
72’ - GOAL! Manchester City 5-0 Schalke. Bernardo scores - Sane receives the ball on the left of the box, pulls it back for Bernardo, and he scuffs in a shot past the 'keeper.
79’ - GOAL! Manchester City 6-0 Schalke. Foden scores - Sane darts inside from the left, makes space with some neat touches, rolls in Foden on the overlap, and he rounds the 'keeper before finishing into an empty net.
84’ - GOAL! Manchester City 7-0 Schalke. Jesus scores - Jesus receives the ball on the edge of the box and with one touch he sweeps the ball into the near post.
KEY STATS
- Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola has qualified for the Champions League quarter-finals in nine of his 10 campaigns, with 2016-17 the only season he failed to do so.
- Manchester City won 10-2 on aggregate against Schalke – only once previously has a team won by a larger margin in the Champions League knockout stages (Bayern Munich 12-1 Sporting CP in the 2008-09 Last 16).
- Manchester City’s progression means there will be at least three English teams in the quarter final stage of a single Champions League campaign for the first time since 2010-11 (Chelsea, Manchester United and Spurs).
- Manchester City have scored at least two goals in each of their last seven Champions League games; the longest such streak by an English team in the competition.
- Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola has won all six of his home games in the Champions League against German opposition as manager - his sides have scored 28 goals, while conceding just two in return.
- Sergio Aguero has scored in four consecutive Champions League appearances for Manchester City; the joint-longest run of any player for the club (along with Raheem Sterling in November 2017).
- Manchester City winger Leroy Sane scored his 50th goal in all competitions at senior club level (37 for his current club and 13 for Schalke).
- Raheem Sterling has been directly involved in nine goals in his last four starts for Manchester City at the Etihad in all competitions (six goals and three assists).
- Phil Foden is the youngest player to score for Manchester City in the Champions League (18 years and 288 days).
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