Man City vs Sporting

Manchester City have a healthy 5-0 lead over Sporting CP for the Champions League last-16 second leg clash at the Etihad.

He'll sit with the club and they'll make the best decision for the club and him." The last decade step by step the club grew up and many years we were there in the Champions League and qualifying for the last 16. "It shows the great work City's been doing with the academy. Scott Carson could play, we thought about that if the first half was okay, 45 to Bernardo and Phil and 45 to the others." At the beginning of the season I didn't expect to play in the UEFA Champions League and I'm grateful. Now again in the quarter final, the best 8 teams in Europe. I'm a guy who learns at the time to enjoy the moment. A great achievement for me and I thank my teammates." "We see at the end of the season, he knows it. In the second half we improved and the quality of [Marcus] Edwards helped. We’re pleased we’re in the quarter-final. "Second half we dropped a little bit, we arrived in lateral positions and didn't make movements behind. Kyle Walker served the second game of a three-match suspension, while Ruben Dias and Nathan Ake remain injured.

Pep Guardiola's side were irresistible in Lisbon, with Bernardo Silva scoring twice in a fluent performance to put his side's progression almost beyond doubt.

Carson has developed something of a cult hero status around these parts for his unlikely career path and importance to the dressing room camaraderie. A quick VAR review revealed Jesus to have leaned ever so slightly offside, with the type of armpit infraction that is rarely called in the Premier League this season. A pre-match tradition at the Etihad is for every member of City’s starting line-up to have their name waved on a large flag before kick-off. Even at 19-years-old, James McAtee has the talent to be starting games like these, and City found an opening shortly after his introduction. City have now progressed through the last-16 in each of the last five years, every season since that narrow on away goals to Monaco in Guardiola’s first year at the club. Carson is, after all, the only member of City’s first-team squad with a Champions League winners’ medal after being part of Liverpool’s 2005 winners, playing a quarter-final leg against Juventus that year.

Manchester City and Sporting Lisbon played out an extremely dull 0-0 draw in their Champions League round of 16 second leg, with Pep Guardiola's men ...

7th min: Reis slips and is quickly dispossessed by Foden in a very dangerous position on the edge of the Sporting box, but it comes to nothing. 9th min: Just as he's about to shoot, Jesus is kicked from behind in the penalty area, but the referee waves play on. 14th min: Laporte caught with a loose arm from Paulinho, who picks up the first booking of the game. It could be a very long night for the Portuguese giants. 29th min: Sporting have enjoyed their best spell of the game - a couple of minutes of pretty much unbroken passing. 17th min: The connection of Foden and Sterling looks to be key so far. 39th min: Jesus is booked after challenging for a ball on the right touchline, seemingly hurting Rias as he jumped. 66th min: Guardiola is not a happy man on the touchline. 71st min: Sporting have a cross swung in from either side and near-misses with any attacking connection, but it's enough to get the visiting faithful on their feet. The England international tries to chip the goalkeeper, but a strong left hand denies him. Fan-favorite Scott Carson is on for a Champions League knockout-stage appearance - not something he would've expected at the start of the campaign. 91st min: Sterling goes down in the box but no penalty despite the appeals, before Mahrez's magic feet fashion a shot.

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Sporting CP picks from SportsLine's soccer insider Jon Eimer. Eimer is a high-volume bettor who has vast knowledge of leagues and players across the globe. Since joining SportsLine, Eimer has covered the English Premier League, Serie A, the FA Cup and much more. Raheem Sterling and Riyad Mahrez have both scored 10 goals in league play, while Kevin De Bruyne has recorded nine goals and three assists. Manchester City has lost just one of its last 17 games across all competitions, while Sporting CP has won just two of its last six fixtures. Plus, watch the highly-anticipated series Halo, Picard, 1883, and more. Sporting CP odds, with Sporting the +1800 underdog.