The French facet made the right begin, stifling Manchester Metropolis’s attacking play and finally taking the lead after 24 minutes because of Maxwel Cornet’s ingenious end from simply outdoors the field.
Within the second half, the English facet cranked up the stress, and the stress finally informed, as Kevin de Bruyne coolly slotted dwelling to degree the rating earlier than substitute Moussa Dembélé scored two objectives to see Lyon via.
Belgian midfielder de Bruyne mentioned that following one other heartbreaking exit from the competitors, it’s “not ok.”
“It is positively the identical stuff. I believe the primary half wasn’t ok,” he informed BT Sport after the sport. “I believe we all know that.
“We began gradual, we had not many choices. I believe second half, we performed rather well. We got here again 1-1, had a few possibilities after which clearly the 2-1, after which the 3-1 ends the sport. It is a disgrace for us to go in that manner.
“The sport was open however they did not actually create besides the 2 purpose possibilities. Yeah, we have to study. It isn’t ok.”
Absorbing the stress
With its star gamers and a giant identify supervisor, Manchester Metropolis had been overwhelmingly favored to beat Lyon.
However the French facet had confirmed its resilience in its second leg in opposition to Juventus within the earlier spherical, managing to edge previous Cristiano Ronaldo and firm regardless of having virtually 5 months with out soccer.
And its sturdiness was put to the check from kickoff. Manchester Metropolis dominated possession from the primary whistle, however didn’t create any golden alternatives.
And finally Lyon’s capability to counterattack produced the sport’s first purpose. A ball performed behind the Metropolis defence for Karl Toko Ekambi to run on to finally fell to Maxwel Cornet and, with Metropolis keeper Ederson out of his purpose, Cornet threaded an impressive curling shot into the close to put up from about 20 yards.
The remainder of the primary half performed out simply as Lyon and supervisor Rudi Garcia would have deliberate. Manchester Metropolis dominated possession with out creating too many clear-cut possibilities whereas Pep Guardiola’s staff regarded prone on the break.
After the half-time break, the sport opened up and following an attacking substitution by Guardiola, Metropolis started to create possibilities at will.
And finally the stress informed, as some good footwork by England worldwide Raheem Sterling freed him as much as lay it again for de Bruyne to complete.
It regarded like there would solely be one winner. Nonetheless, Lyon’s personal super-sub Dembélé thought in a different way, latching on to a via ball close to half-way and ending beneath Ederson. A nervy video assistant referee verify adopted however after a couple of minutes of ready, the purpose was given.
Though Metropolis was behind, it created the higher possibilities and the most effective of which fell to Sterling. Some intelligent dribbling and a cross from Gabriel Jesus left Sterling with an open purpose from simply 5 yards out, however he despatched ball skyward and over the purpose.
And the miss proved expensive. Simply 59 seconds later, Lyon had scored once more, Dembélé pouncing on a poor save from Ederson to ship the French membership into the ultimate 4 for the primary time in almost 10 years.
The outcome implies that throughout Guardiola’s time on the membership, Manchester Metropolis has didn’t make it previous the quarterfinal stage of the Champions League.
Regardless of pondering that his facet performed properly for almost all of the sport, Guardiola lamented Manchester Metropolis’s incapability to play with out errors within the Champions League.
“Someday we are going to break this hole of the quarterfinals,” he informed BT Sport after the sport. “Besides the primary 25 minutes the place we struggled to seek out out areas to assault them extra fluidly, the gamers, they play free.”
“And the final quarter-hour of the primary half was good. The second half was OK, we had been there. I had the sensation we had been higher, however it’s important to be good on this competitors in a single sport and we weren’t.”
