Full time: Manchester City 1-2 Liverpool



The referee blows his final whistle, Liverpool are through to the semi-final with an impressive 5-1 aggregate victory over Manchester City 

90' The referee adds two minutes of stoppage time. 

89' Liverpool make a substitution. Tonight's hero Salah is replaced with Danny Ings. 

88' Liverpool are sitting and the back and comfortably dealing with City's tame efforts in the dying minutes. 

85' Only five minutes remaining before the end of a match that started brightly for City but is ending in a bitter manner for the hosts. 

81' Liverpool make a substitution. Firmino is replaced with defender Ragnar Klavan. 

81' Another goal for City is disallowed for offside on Sane. 

79' The visiting fans are celebrating wildly as Liverpool ensure their progress to the semis for the first time since reaching the final in 2007. 

77' Brazilian striker Firmino silences the Etihad crowd with a second goal, calmly finding the bottom corner after bursting through. 

77' GOOOOOAL FOR LIVERPOOL!!

76' A far-post header from Aguero following a Sane cross misses the target. 

74' City make another substitution. German midfielder Ilkay Guendogan replaces Bernardo Silva. 

73' Liverpool are comfortably dealing with City's attack. 

70' A shot from City defender Laporte is deflected and out for a corner kick. 

68' City ease off after falling behind, struggling to string passes together. 

66' City make their first substitution. Sergio Aguero replaces David Silva. 

65' Liverpool defender Van Dijk for a challenge on Sterling. 

63' Salah goal eased Liverpool's nerves. Liverpool grow in confidence and look capable of scoring more. 

61' A tame shot by De Bruyne is easily collected by Karius. 

60' Firmino almost scores a second for Liverpool! City need four goals without reply to advance; an almost impossible task. 

57' Egypt's Salah ends the tie as a contest with a superbly-taken goal! He firstly releases Mane, who breaks clear but tumbles under pressure. The ball rolls to Salah who chips it over Otamendi and into the empty net from a tight angle. What a brilliant strike from Mo! 

56' GOOOOOOAL FOR LIVERPOOL!!!! IT'S EGYPT'S SALAH!!

55' De Bruyne dithers on the ball and Liverpool steal possession. He could have easily slipped the ball forward to Jesus, who was in a good position. 

52' City still have the better possession as Liverpool defend in numbers. 

49' Liverpool keeper Karius collects a floated ball from De Bruyne. 

47' City will be looking to maintain their same aggression in the final third, while Liverpool will be hoping to score via any breakaway. 

46' It seems that Guardiola was sent off by the referee at halftime. He is now sitting in the stands. 

The second half is underway 

The referee blows his halftime whistle 

45' A goal-scoring chance for Liverpool! Oxlade-Chamberlain superbly exchanges passes with Mo Salah and rounds the keeper but his shot from a tight angle goes over the crossbar! 

42' A Man City goal disallowed for offside! 

41' What a chance for Man City!! They are unlucky to be denied a second goal as a shot from Bernardo Silva crashes against the post. 

41' In a rare effort by Liverpool, Oxlade-Chamberlain tries his luck from the edge of the area but his tame shot is collected by Ederson. 

39' A chance for City! Bernardo Silva cuts inside Robertson but his left-foot shot goes wide from inside the area.  

36' A shot from Fernandinho misses the target. Liverpool are still struggling to impose their authority. 

34' Liverpool striker Firmino also receives a yellow card for a foul on De Bruyne. 

32' Some desperate defending from Liverpool is keeping Man City at bay. 

30' Man City's Bernardo Silva is also booked for shouting at the referee after a goal-scoring chance for the team. A cross is parried by Karius into Silva's path but his follow-up effort is blocked by the defence. 

29' Alexander-Arnold receives a yellow card for catching Sane in the neck with his arm. 

26' A low shot from De Bruyne is collected by Karius after a pass from Bernanrdo Silva. 

26' Alexander-Arnold, who put in a superb display in the first leg, is still holding firm in his duels with Sane. 

23' Liverpool are yet to find their rhythm; they are finding it hard to steal possession and launch their trademark counter attacks. 

20' A double chance for City! Jesus is thwarted by the defence and a Sane cross-cum-shot causes mayhem in the area but is clawed away by Karius. 

19' Andrew Robertson clears a Man City cross at the far post. 

17' City are still laying siege to Liverpool's area, albeit without creating clear-cut chances. 

14' Sadio Mane is yellow-carded for a challenge on Otamendi. Man City keeper Ederson is also booked for shoving Mane. 

13' Man City's relentless pressure results in defensive mistakes from Liverpool. 

12' Liverpool are still trying to find their feet after a slow start. 

10' The first Liverpool corner is comfortably dealt with by City's defence after a wayward cross from Alexander-Arnold. 

8' A long-range shot from De Bruyne goes high over. 

6' City have the initiative and they are still on their all-out attack mission. 

2' What a start for Man City! A pass from Van Dijk is intercepted in midfield and a quick break sees Sterling square the ball for Jesus to calmly steer it into the bottom corner.

2' GOAL FOR MAN CITY!!

2' Man City are expected to push forward from the early stages to bridge the first-leg deficit. Any goal for Liverpool would deal a killer blow to their hopes. 

1' The first Manchester City free kick is floated into the area by De Bruyne but the Liverpool defence clears the cross. 


The match is underway 

Starting line-ups:

Manchester City: Ederson, Kyle Walker, Nicolas Otamendi, Aymeric Laporte, Fernandinho, Kevin De Bruyne, David Silva, Bernardo Silva, Leroy Sane, Raheem Sterling, Gabriel Jesus 

Liverpool: Loris Karius, Trent Alexander-Arnold, Dejan Lovren, Virgil van Dijk, Andrew Robertson, James Milner, Georginio Wijnaldum, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, Sadio Mane, Mohamed Salah, Roberto Firmino

20:00 Both sides are warming up. Liverpool's Salah is the main focus of cameras as he stretches his muscles. 

19:30 Liverpool's Salah recovers from a groin injury in time to make the starting line-up. Guardiola makes some changes to the Man City line-up that featured in the first leg, benching Vincent Kompany and midfielder Ilkay Gundogan. It seems he will field a three-man backline. 

18:30 Liverpool's Dutch defender Virgil van Dijk said: "It is pretty clear that defending a 3-0 lead is going to be a bit of a strange situation. We need to come here with the mindset it is still 0-0 and we want to win the game and we know we are capable of scoring goals." 

18:00 Man City coach Guardiola said: "You have always the chance to respond and to strike back. City has the chance too. We have the chance to win the game. Most of the people think Liverpool will go through but will lose the game. We have the chance to win."

17:30 Man City are reeling from two successive defeats, with the latest coming last weekend when they blew away a two-goal lead to lose 3-2 to rivals Manchester United in the Premier League. 

17:00 According to Egyptian reports, Salah will start the match alongside Roberto Firmino and Sadio Mane upfront. 

16:15 The big question is whether Mohamed Salah is fully fit to play this game or not. The Premier League top scorer featured in Monday's training for the first time since sustaining a groin injury last Wednesday in the first leg.

15:30 The Anfield faithful still celebrate one of the great football comebacks -- the night they won the 2005 Champions League final in Istanbul on penalties against AC Milan after trailing 3-0 to the Italians at half-time.

15:00 Klopp frequently notes how the club's history has little impact on his team but his team's fans understand more readily than most how fragile a three-goal lead can be.

14:00 Former Barcelona player and manager Guardiola still describes himself as a "fan" of the Spanish club and will need no reminding of how his old team progressed to the quarter-finals last season.

13:00 It is a truism, of course, and neither Guardiola nor his Liverpool counterpart Juergen Klopp will need to wrack their brains too hard to think of examples where a three-goal lead -- or more -- has been overturned in European competition.

12:00 "In football, anything can happen," said Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola with a shrug, as he looked ahead to Tuesday's Champions League quarter-final second leg where his team have to overcome a 3-0 deficit against Liverpool.

Venue: Etihad Stadium (Manchester)

Referee: Antonio Mateu

First leg result: Liverpool 3-0 Manchester City

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