Manchester City cruised into the quarter-finals of the Champions League despite being held at home by a Sporting Lisbon side who were intent on damage limitation.
City’s stunning 5-0 win in last month’s first leg in Lisbon had already effectively settled this tie, and it was clear from the outset that the Portuguese did not entertain any hope of an unlikely comeback.
They packed their defence, perhaps wary of suffering another damaging defeat, leaving Pep Guardiola’s side in total control of possession but struggling to carve out meaningful chances.
Raheem Sterling wasted City’s best opportunity before the break when he ran on to Phil Foden’s pass and tried to dink the ball over Antonio Adan but did not get enough height on his shot.
Gabriel Jesus did find the net for the home side at the start of the second half but a VAR review ruled he was offside from Riyad Mahrez’s pass and the goal was disallowed.
Despite being unable to make the breakthrough, City remained completely comfortable and Guardiola was relaxed enough to bring on third-choice keeper Scott Carson for Ederson with 20 minutes remaining.
The 36-year-old, making his first appearance of the season, was quickly called into action to deny Paulinho from close range, bringing chants of ‘England’s number one’ from the delighted City fans.
City are into the quarter-finals for the fifth successive season, and will find out their opponents in the last eight on 18 March.
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Manchester City
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Squad number26Player nameMahrez -
Squad number33Player nameCarson -
Squad number79Player nameMbete
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Squad number87Player nameMcAtee
Sporting Lisbon
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Squad number1Player nameAdán
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Squad number13Player nameLuís Neto
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Squad number4Player nameCoates
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Squad number25Player nameGonçalo Inácio
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Squad number24Player namePorro
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Squad number7Player nameBruno Tabata
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Squad number15Player nameUgarte
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Squad number2Player nameMatheus Reis
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Squad number17Player nameSarabia
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Squad number21Player namePaulinho
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Squad number9Player nameSlimani
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Squad number3Player nameFeddal
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Squad number11Player nameNuno Santos
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Squad number23Player nameEdwards
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Squad number47Player nameRicardo Esgaio
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Squad number91Player nameRodrigo Ribeiro
Line-ups
Man City
Formation 4-3-3
- 31EdersonSubstituted forCarsonat 73′minutes
- 56Egan-Riley
- 5Stones
- 14LaporteSubstituted forMbeteat 84′minutes
- 11Zinchenko
- 20Bernardo SilvaSubstituted forMahrezat 45′minutes
- 25Fernandinho
- 8Gündogan
- 9Gabriel JesusBooked at 39mins
- 47FodenSubstituted forMcAteeat 45′minutes
- 7Sterling
Substitutes
- 10Grealish
- 16Rodri
- 17De Bruyne
- 26Mahrez
- 33Carson
- 37Kayky
- 48Delap
- 53Edozie
- 79Mbete
- 84Slicker
- 87McAtee
Sporting
Formation 3-4-2-1
- 1Adán
- 13Novo NetoSubstituted forFeddalat 89′minutes
- 4Coates
- 25Inácio
- 24PorroSubstituted forde Sousa Esgaioat 78′minutes
- 7Souza Ramos
- 15Ugarte
- 2Reis de Lima
- 17SarabiaSubstituted forEdwardsat 58′minutes
- 21Dias FernandesBooked at 14minsSubstituted forGomes dos Santosat 78′minutes
- 9SlimaniBooked at 40minsSubstituted forDuarte Ribeiroat 89′minutes
Substitutes
- 3Feddal
- 11Gomes dos Santos
- 16Vinagre
- 22Eusébio Paulo
- 23Edwards
- 31Neves Virgínia
- 47de Sousa Esgaio
- 84Luis Essugo
- 91Duarte Ribeiro
- 95De Palma Veiga
- Referee:
- Halil Umut Meler
- Attendance:
- 51,213
Live Text
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Match ends, Manchester City 0, Sporting Lisbon 0.
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Second Half ends, Manchester City 0, Sporting Lisbon 0.
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Attempt missed. Raheem Sterling (Manchester City) right footed shot from the left side of the six yard box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by James McAtee.
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Attempt missed. Oleksandr Zinchenko (Manchester City) left footed shot from the left side of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Raheem Sterling.
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Attempt missed. John Stones (Manchester City) header from the centre of the box is just a bit too high. Assisted by Ilkay Gündogan with a cross following a corner.
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Corner, Manchester City. Conceded by Sebastián Coates.
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Attempt blocked. Riyad Mahrez (Manchester City) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
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Attempt missed. Ricardo Esgaio (Sporting Lisbon) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right following a corner.
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Corner, Sporting Lisbon. Conceded by John Stones.
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Substitution, Sporting Lisbon. Rodrigo Ribeiro replaces Islam Slimani.
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Substitution, Sporting Lisbon. Zouhair Feddal replaces Luís Neto.
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Attempt saved. Riyad Mahrez (Manchester City) left footed shot from a difficult angle and long range on the right is saved in the bottom right corner.
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Riyad Mahrez (Manchester City) wins a free kick on the right wing.
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Foul by Manuel Ugarte (Sporting Lisbon).
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Hand ball by James McAtee (Manchester City).
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Ilkay Gündogan (Manchester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Foul by Bruno Tabata (Sporting Lisbon).
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Substitution, Manchester City. Luke Mbete replaces Aymeric Laporte.
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Corner, Manchester City. Conceded by Gonçalo Inácio.
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Attempt blocked. Riyad Mahrez (Manchester City) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Raheem Sterling.
