Man City through to Chions League semi-finals


(MENAFN- The Peninsula) Manchester City's Sergio Aguero is brought down in the area by PSG's Kevin Trapp resulting in a penalty to Manchester City. Action Images via Reuters / Jason Cairnduff / Livepic

Paris: Real Madrid and Manchester City are through to the semi-finals of the Champions League after winning their respective quarter-final second legs on Tuesday.

Cristiano Ronaldo scored a brilliant hat-trick as Madrid beat Wolfsburg 3-0 at the Santiago Bernabeu to overturn a 2-0 first-leg deficit and reach the last four for the sixth year running.

Meanwhile City made it through to the semi-finals for the first time by beating Paris Saint-Germain 1-0 at the Etihad Stadium to advance 3-2 on aggregate.

Sergio Aguero missed a first-half penalty for City before Kevin De Bruyne got the decisive goal in the 76th minute.

The remaining quarter-final second legs will be played on Wednesday with reigning European champions Barcelona defending a 2-1 first-leg lead as they go to Atletico Madrid and Bayern Munich taking a 1-0 advantage to Benfica.

Champions League quarter-final second leg results on Tuesday:

At Manchester England

Man City (ENG) 1 (De Bruyne 76) Paris Saint-Germain (FRA) 0

Man City win 3-2 on aggregate

At Madrid

Real Madrid (ESP) 3 (Ronaldo 16 17 77) Wolfsburg (GER) 0

Real Madrid win 3-2 on aggregate

Playing Wednesday

At Madrid

Atletico Madrid (ESP) v Barcelona (ESP)

First leg: 1-2

At Lisbon

Benfica (POR) v Bayern Munich (GER)

First leg: 0-1

AFP


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