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""That's the pressure - to take them to the next level. © 1998-2020 UEFA. Manchester City and Lyon are set to do battle in the last quarter final of the Champions League on Saturday night.. After a lengthy wait, the Champions League returns tonght as Manchester City take on Real Madrid and Juventus host Lyon.

Real Madrid are facing a tough challenge to overturn their Champions League deficit to Manchester City, football legend Clarence Seedorf says. "They certainly believe.

All rights reserved. No one thought they could beat Juventus and Cristiano [Ronaldo] over two legs and they did it." UCL: Cristiano Ronaldo scored twice, but ultimately couldn't prevent Juventus being dumped out of the Champions League by Ligue 1's Lyon.Lyon qualified for the quarter-finals of the Champions League despite losing 2-1 to Juventus in Turin this morning.A goal up after winning February’s first leg, French side Lyon will face Manchester City at the final tournament in Lisbon after drawing 2-2 on aggregate and going through because they scored more away goals.Lyon squeezed past the Italian champions thanks to Memphis Depay’s 12th-minute penalty, which put Rudi Garcia’s side two goals ahead in the tie and left Juve with a mountain to climb.“We are super satisfied with our performance and super happy to go to Lisbon,” said Lyon defender Leo Dubois.“We need to be aware that we have the qualities to play this quarter-final, we need to give it our all, like we did tonight.”Needing to score three unanswered goals in order to go through, Cristiano Ronaldo tried his best to drag the Italian champions over the line.He levelled the scores on the night with a penalty of his own with two minutes left in the opening period before crashing a second home on the hour mark.However Juve performed poorly and Lyon managed to hold on to set up a clash with Pep Guardiola’s City on August 15.Meanwhile, Real Madrid coach Zinedine Zidane said he remained “proud” of his team for their achievements this season despite the Spanish giants going out of the Champions League to Manchester City in the last 16.Trailing 2-1 from the first leg at home back in February, before the coronavirus shutdown, Real lost by the same scoreline at an empty Etihad Stadium to go out 4-2 on aggregate, with two Raphael Varane mistakes directly leading to City’s goals.“We can’t be happy about today because we have lost a game and gone out, but we have to be proud of what we have done over the season,” Zidane said after the match.Real overhauled Barcelona to win Spain’s La Liga for the first time since 2017 thanks to a fine run of 10 successive wins following the long shutdown.However, they have now been knocked out of the Champions League for the first time with Zidane as coach — the Frenchman led Real to glory in the competition in three straight years during his first spell in charge between 2016 and 2018 before returning to the job last year.Varane was robbed of possession in the ninth minute by Gabriel Jesus, allowing Raheem Sterling to give City the lead.Karim Benzema equalised to keep the tie in the balance, but a short headed backpass by Varane midway through the second half allowed Jesus to swoop in and secure the victory for City.“We had opportunities to score at 1-1 but didn’t take them. Lyon took the lead in the 24th minute with a fine finish from Maxwel Cornet, who spotted Ederson off his line and beat him with a low drive from the edge of the box. Further chances came and went for both teams, but City's slender advantage became an unassailable one when Jesus latched on to Varane's misjudged header back to Thibaut Courtois to score from a tight angle.City have suffered for defensive mistakes in Europe but here they were the ones to punish the opposition, pressing high and making the most of the visitors’ lapses.

We had chances to score and in the second half we played better, but that’s football.“Ninety-five per cent of what we did this year was excellent. Manchester City vs Lyon Champions League quarter-final ... 4-2 aggregate defeat of Real Madrid in the round of 16. Bagrat Aristakesian Recommended for you

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""They had 14 clear chances against Real Madrid and how did they qualify? Manchester City vs Lyon LIVE… But, overall, Madrid are sufficiently wise, and sporting, to know they were second best.▪ Sterling’s goal was his 100th in all competitions for City.City and Lyon meet at the Estádio José Alvalade in Lisbon.

"They will have the same approach, defend deep and exploit any mistakes that City could make and be very clinical.

90+6' The referee blows the final whistle. Raheem Sterling's 100th goal for the club helped Manchester City to tee up a quarter-final against Lyon.Manchester City booked a UEFA Champions League quarter-final against Lyon thanks to a 2-1 home win against Real Madrid which wrapped up a 4-2 aggregate victory against the Spanish champions.City wasted little time exerting their high press, with Gabriel Jesus dispossessing Raphaël Varane close to his own goal line before squaring for Raheem Sterling to turn in for the ninth-minute opener.Karim Benzema drifted into the penalty box unnoticed just before the half-hour to meet Rodrygo's cross with a smart downward header that levelled the scores on the night.