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Manchester city 1-0Paris Sain Germain
Manchester City are into the semi-finals of the Champions League interestingly after Kevin de Bruyne's late strike fixed an exciting win over Paris St-Germain.
After a 2-2 first-leg attract Paris a week ago, the tie stayed to be determined in Manchester on account of Sergio Aguero's missed punishment for City in the primary half.
The home side had Joe Hart to thank for three fine spares at 0-0, prominently a fierce Zlatan Ibrahimovic free-kick that the England goalkeeper mauled to wellbeing.
In any case, thundered on by a limit horde of 53,039 that supplied an extraordinary environment, City held their nerve at the back before De Bruyne's definitive strike 15 minutes from time with their just shot on target.
The last shriek brought scenes of immaculate feeling from the fans at Etihad Stadium, who were at that point in unchartered region.
Britain's final delegates in Europe's first class club rivalry had never achieved the quarter-finals this season - now they can long for the last in Milan.
To begin with they can anticipate Friday's semi-last draw, subsequent to winning what was seen as the skirmish of Europe's wealthiest clubs with a PSG side who have now fallen at the last-eight stage for four progressive seasons.
How City got the close out they required
City's barrier has been tremendously censured this season and their execution in Paris specifically implied a perfect sheet looked a long shot in this second leg.
The primary reason they accomplished one was Hart at the same time, on this event, their back four additionally merit tremendous credit.
Their full-backs adapted to PSG's wide players, whether it was wing-backs Maxwell and Gregory van der Wiel in a 5-3-2 development in the primary half, or standard wingers Lucas and Angel di Maria in a 4-4-2 after the break.
At focus half, Nicolas Otamendi and Eliaquim Mangala had kept only three clean sheets in 17 past recreations together this season, and one of those was the 17 minutes they played together against Dynamo Kiev in the last 16.
Yet, between them they scarcely gave Ibrahimovic a sniff of objective in open play and invalidated PSG's fundamental risk until he at long last found the net just before the last shriek.
Tragically for the baffling Sweden striker, the offside banner had since a long time ago been raised.
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