UCL...Monaco kicks Manchester city out, Atletico Madrid in the next round

Hello Dassyb's blog readers and football fans. The final two games of the round of 16 were played tonight and it lived up to expectations. Manchester city crashed out after losing by 3-1 to Monaco and 6-6 on aggregate. Monaco qualified on the away goal rule after losing 5-3 in the first leg.

Monaco dominated the first half and opened the scoring through teenager Kylian Mbappe’s poked finish from close range from Bernardo Silva’s drilled cross.
Mbappe had a goal ruled out for offside and Valere Germain struck narrowly over, before the Ligue 1 side deservedly doubled their advantage on the night via Fabinho’s well-taken strike from inside the area.
City failed to muster any sort of shot in the opening 45 minutes and it took until the 65th minute for Sergio Aguero to force goalkeeper Danijel Subasic into a sharp save.
They forced their way back into the game as Leroy Sane swept in after Subasic parried Raheem Sterling’s low strike – only for the hosts to hit back quickly through Tiemoue Bakayoko’s header 12 minutes from time.

UCL round of 16 results
Monaco 3-1 Man city (Agg 6-6)
Atletico Madrid 0-0 B. Leverkusen (Agg 4-2)

In the other match Atletico Madrid played a goalless draw with Bayern Leverkusen and qualified having won 4-2 away in Germany, the Spanish side were largely unflustered as they held the German side at bay. However, home keeper Jan Oblak did make two superb saves in quick succession to deny Julian Brandt and Kevin Volland. Bayer keeper Bernd Leno produced two excellent stops of his own to tip away Angel Correa and Koke shots.

Victory means Monaco join last year’s runners-up Atletico Madrid, Barcelona, Bayern Munich, Borussia Dortmund, Juventus, Leicester City and holders Real Madrid in Friday’s quarter-final draw.
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