Belgian midfielder Kevin De Bruyne (ST 25m) scored the winning goal for the Premier League leader at Manchester’s Etihad Stadium.
The “Cholo” team will try to reverse the series on Wednesday, April 13 when they face each other at the Wanda Metropolitano in Madrid.
Atlético, with the income of the Argentines Rodrigo DePaul and Angel Strap As substitutes, they exhibited defensive order in a large part of the game and annulled the characteristic local soccer circuit.
Manchester City, in a lackluster game, at Atlético’s request, did not find the way to the goal until the play that led to Phil Foden’s “billiards” assist for De Bruyne’s definition against Slovakian goalkeeper Jan Oblak.
Foden’s entry unlocked the game for City that could have increased the difference with another shot from De Bruyne.
De Paul and Correa, members of the Argentine National Team led by Lionel Scaloni, entered 14 minutes into the second half and were booked.
In the second game of the day, Liverpool, from England, beat Benfica, from Portugal, by 3 to 1, as a visitor, and has one foot in the semifinals.
The French Ibrahima Konaté (PT 17m), the Senegalese Sadio Mané (PT 34m) and the Colombian Luis Díaz (ST 42m) scored for those led by Jürgen Klopp, while the Uruguayan Darwin Núñez (ST 4m) discounted for Benfica who had as to start the central defender of the Argentine national team Nicolás Otamendi.
The rematch will be at Liverpool’s Anfield stadium on Wednesday, April 13.
The first leg of the quarterfinals will continue on Wednesday with Chelsea from England-Real Madrid (4:00 pm – Fox Sports Premium); and Villarreal of Spain-Bayern Munich of Germany (16 – ESPN).
The Champions League final will take place on May 28 at the Stade de France in Saint Dennis, instead of Saint Petersburg, Russia, which was canceled due to the war with Ukraine.
Source: Ambito
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