Atletico Madrid vs. Manchester City result & highlights: Guardiola’s men survive fiery Atletico test to reach semi-finals
Manchester City will look to take a step closer to lifting the Champions League for the first time when they bid to reach the semi-finals at the expense of Atletico Madrid.
Pep Guardiola’s men take a one-goal to the Wanda Metropolitano for the second leg of their quarter-final after Kevin De Bruyne bagged the only goal of the game a week ago in Manchester.
Last season’s runners-up in the competition come into the match on the back of a thrilling 2-2 draw at home to title rivals Liverpool at the Etihad Stadium on Sunday that has kept them top of the Premier League by a point.
But the Champions League remains the one major trophy to have eluded them in their history. Guardiola, who won the tournament as Barcelona head coach in 2008 and 2011, is also anxious us to win the competition again himself having been unable to win it for a third time at Bayern Munich or with City, at least until now.
Atletico have reached the final of the competition three times. They lost to Real Madrid in 2014 and 2016, having previously suffered a heavy aggregate defeat in the European Cup final of 1974.
It will be their city rivals who they would meet in the semi-finals if they do manage to overturn their deficit against City, with Madrid awaiting the victors in the last four after they beat Chelsea 5-4 on aggregate.
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Sporting News will be following action from the Wanda Metropolitano live and providing live score updates and commentary.
Atletico Madrid vs. Manchester City final score
1H | 2H | Final | |
Atletico Madrid | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Manchester City | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Atletico Madrid vs. Manchester City commentary & highlights
Full time: Atletico 0 City 0 is how it ends. City are through to the semi-finals and a date with Real Madrid. We had 12 minutes of stoppage time in the end as the referee had to deal with numerous interuptions.
90 minutes: Felipe has lost the plot. He actually won the ball on the challenge with Foden but left a foot in on him afterwards. He finally leaves the pitch but the mood is molten. Cunha now takes out Fernandinho on the touchline.
What a chance! Griezmann off target.
— Atlético de Madrid (@atletienglish) April 13, 2022
There will be three minutes of stoppage time.
89 minutes: It has all kicked off. Foden goes down after being challenged by Felipe, who you will remember is on a yellow card. Savic tries to drag him to his feet and it leads to a melee involving for most of the players and officials from the two sides.
VAR have a look and Savic is booked but Felipe gets his second yellow and he is sent off.
87 minutes: Agony for Atletico. Stones makes a superb block to deflect away a fierce effort from Cunha before from the following corner Ederson fails to gather the ball and a stretching Stefan Savic can only divert the ball into the side netting.
85 minutes: Rodrigo is in the book for City for a late lunge.
83 minutes: Seven minutes to go and Atletico have been superb this half but they still haven’t carved out the big chance and goal they desperately need. City have struggled since half time.
Suarez breaks away on left but his touch lets him down and the opportunity escapes him.
78 minutes: Fernandinho is on to help try and see City through what has proved to be a tough second half so far. He replaces Bernardo Silva. His first act is to be fouled by Llorente and it earns the Atletico man a booking that means he will be banned from the first leg of the semi-final if his side do qualify.
Simeone also makes another change as Luis Suarez and Matheus Cunha come on for Lemar and Felix as Atletico are going all out to find the goal that keeps them in the tie.
77 minutes: Atletico are begging for a penalty after Correa goes down in the box after what appears to be contact with Stones. The City man doesn’t get any ball in his challenge but referee Siebert is having none of it.
72 minutes: Walker cannot continue. He limps off and Ake is on and he moves to left back with Cancelo going over to the right.
69 minutes: Atletico take advantage of City being down to 10 men with Walker still off the pitch as Rodrigo curls a shot wide just moments after he came on.
68 minutes: As Walker gets treatment Atletico make a triple substitution as Griezmann, Lodi and Koke are off and replaced by Rodrigo de Paul, Yannick Carrasco and Angel Correa.
67 minutes: De Bruyne is having his ankle strapped on the touchline which highlights that change may not have been tactical and City fans will be hoping it just a precaution as they have a lot of big games ahead in the coming days.
To add to Guardiola’s worries Walker has gone down in agony after a collision with Lodi. It seemed innocent enough but the England defender looks to be in real distress..
66 minutes: And we do have a change. And it is City as Sterling comes on De Bruyne. Clearly Guardiola wants more attacking intent and the England man should provide that.
64 minutes: City have calmed things down a little but they have still not had an attacking endeavour of note since half time. It will be interesting who blinks first on the substitutes. Atletico are having their best spell of the half while City are still on track to qualify despite being under the cosh.
60 minutes: We’re two thirds through and this is definitely game on. City are struggling to get any control of possession and the Atletico crowd is pumped up and roaring. This is a real test of Guardiola’s side and their mettle.
56 minutes: Atletico are having their best spell of the match. Llorente’s cross from the right wrong foots Walker but it also seems to surprise Felix who loops his header well wide. Moments later and Griezmann’s shot curls just wide of the post with Ederson stretching.
What a chance! Griezmann off target.
— Atlético de Madrid (@atletienglish) April 13, 2022
52 minutes: Felix agonisingly inches away from an enticing cross from Lodi. It wouldn’t have counted as Felix was offside but it is encouraging for Atletico who have started the second half well.
50 minutes: Atletico’s aggression towards referee Daniel Siebert was one of the main talking points of the first half and it carries on again here as Koke goes mad and verbally berates the German official after his claims of a foul on him by De Bruyne are waved off.
Second half KOs: We are back under way and immediate intent as Antoine Griezmann gets away on the right but his shot is deflected wide for a corner.
Half time: It is 0-0 and City as it stands are 45 minutes away from the semi-finals. Atletico have done OK in competing with City but their attacking intent has largely been based on hopeful balls over the top. They have to find a way of threatening City more in the second half while still staying compact at the back.
Back in 15 minutes!
HALF TIME | Level at the break 🤝
🔴 0-0 🔵 #ManCity pic.twitter.com/n6afzTd43z
— Manchester City (@ManCity) April 13, 2022
40 minutes: Goalless and both sides will be happy enough. Atletico are still pressing well but City have not been threatened at their end and probably should be ahead if Gundogan’s finish had been just a few inches to his right.
35 minutes: Ten minutes till half time and Simeone is out of his dugout to gee his players up. They have their best attack in a while as Llorente finds space on the edge of the area and his lay off tees up Geoffrey Kondogbia whose low effort is easily saved by Ederson.
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Ilkay Gündoğan comes within inches of giving Manchester City the lead in Madrid! 😩
It’s frantic inside the Atlético Madrid penalty area!#UCL pic.twitter.com/fKX01BlXEL
— Football on BT Sport (@btsportfootball) April 13, 2022
30 minutes: Huge let off for Atletico. Walker is unleashed by Mahrez and his cross finds Foden at the back-post, he finds Gundogan who from six yards out sees his effort come back off the post, with his follow-up header blocked, and the ball is cleared in the ensuing melee.
27 minutes: De Bruyne has a shot blocked and Mahrez’s resulting corner causes drama in the Atletico area as goalkeeper Jan Oblak fails to gather it.
25 minutes: Felipe finally goes in the book. He fouls De Bruyne and before referee Siebert has even reached for the card he is being harangued by Felipe and his Atletico teammates. Given what he did to Foden earlier he is lucky not to be in more trouble right now.
23 minutes: Midway through the first half. In terms of goalmouth action not much has gone on. But this has been fun. Atletico are tenacious as you’d expect and City are looking comfortable on the ball. The first goal tonight is becoming more and more critical to defining where this tie will develop.
21. A steady start in Madrid! 💪
🔴 0-0 🔵 #ManCity pic.twitter.com/7xKfYsll31
— Manchester City (@ManCity) April 13, 2022
18 minutes: Neither goalkeeper has had a save to make yet but City keeper Ederson shows he is wide awake as he is off his line fast and clears a ball with his head from outside the box to deal with an Atletico counter-attack.
15 minutes: Replays of Felipe’s challenge on Foden make it even more staggering that there wasn’t a yellow card. The incident drew blood and the England forward has had his head bandaged up but he will remain on the pitch with Jack Grealish warming up on the touchline just in case he is needed soon.
13 minutes: Atletico’s physicality was a talking point in the first leg and it has not taken long to rear its head again here. Felipe goes through the back of Foden and catches him on the back of his head on an aerial challenge and it is a surprise he only gets a talking to and nothing more from the German referee Daniel Siebert.
10 minutes: Chance for City. John Stones gets on the end of Kevin de Bruyne’s near-post corner but can’t keep his header down. It was clean contact so the England defender should have done better.
8 minutes: Owen Hargreaves on BT Sport had predicted beforehand that this would be like a game of chess. Atletico have to win but they are not going crazy just yet in terms of pushing men forward. It is critical they do not concede at the other end so this has been a tight start with both sides sizing each other up.
5 minutes: Encouraging start from Atletico. They have both up City’s play a couple of times with some good pressing and an early cross from Joao Felix causes some uncertainty for the visitors with Kyle Walker forced to make a vital clearance.
Kick off: We are under way at the Wanda Metropolitano Stadium and the noise is raucous to say the least. The Atletico fans are up for this big time. Can their players deliver?
10 minutes to KO: Not long to go now. Just to reiterate a draw or a City win and it is Guardiola’s side through to face Real Madrid in the semi-finals.
Finishing touches! 💪
Let’s get your predictions for the match 👇#ManCity pic.twitter.com/qyESV4XGNz
— Manchester City (@ManCity) April 13, 2022
If Atletico are ahead on the night by one goal after 90 minutes we go to extra time. Two goals or more ahead and it is the La Liga champions who will get to take on their city rivals.
25 minutes to KO: You have to go back to 2017 and losing to Monaco in the last 16 for the last time that City have not gone through after having the first-leg lead in a knockout tie in the Champions League.
Guardiola will have one eye on Saturday’s FA Cup semi-final with Liverpool and their remaining seven games in the Premier League and will expect his players to qualify comfortably in 90 minutes so he can continue looking forward at the challenges ahead.
30 minutes to KO: As Hoddle eluded the atmosphere is a little bit tasty and City get quite the welcome from the home supporters when they arrive on the pitch to warm up ahead of the game.
A warm welcome to the Wanda Metropolitano for Manchester City pic.twitter.com/qjDS8HkpvI
— Jonathan Smith (@jonnysmiffy) April 13, 2022
40 minutes to KO: BT Sport have started their coverage in the UK and former England manager Glenn Hoddle is pitch side as part of the preview.
He remarks he feels “an edge” from the Atletico fans who are already making a lot of noise despite the players being yet to come out for the warm up.
“I think it is important City start well, don’t give anything away in the first 20 minutes and don’t allow Atletico to give their fans anything to get behind,” added Hoddle.
55 minutes to KO: As mentioned earlier Atletico must score at least once tonight to have any hope of getting through to the semi-finals.
But that might be easier said than done as City are yet to concede a goal in the knockout stages of the competition. They won 5-0 on aggregate against Sporting in the last 16 and shut out Atletico in the first leg of this tie last week.
So Atletico face a tough ask to prevent City getting to the semi-finals for the second successive season.
70 minutes to KO: And now City too, with Guardiola predictably changing things up. From the side that won the first leg last Tuesday at the Etihad Stadium in come Walker and Phil Foden, with Ake and Raheem Sterling missing out.
🔵 𝗧𝗘𝗔𝗠 𝗡𝗘𝗪𝗦 🔵
XI | Ederson, Walker, Stones, Laporte, Cancelo, Rodrigo, Gundogan (C), Bernardo, Mahrez, De Bruyne, Foden
SUBS | Steffen, Carson, Dias, Ake, Sterling, Grealish, Zinchenko, Fernandinho, Delap, Edozie, McAtee, Lavia#ManCity | #UCL pic.twitter.com/ljGYZkYrpw
— Manchester City (@ManCity) April 13, 2022
75 minutes to KO: We have the Atletico team for tonight. Just one change from the first leg for Simeone as Thomas Lemar comes in for Sime Vrsaljko. The move is expected to see Marcos Llorente move out to the right in a wing-back role as Atletico seek to find a way past City’s backline.
⚔️ The 11 fighters for tonight’s battle! pic.twitter.com/8VSoTb6gI2
— Atlético de Madrid (@atletienglish) April 13, 2022
85 minutes to KO: Atletico fans like their colour and aren’t afraid of a few smoke bombs and it looks as if a few have been set off, judging by the tweet below, to welcome their players to the stadium ahead of the match.
*think* the Atletico bus might be here pic.twitter.com/kp016VgtWv
— Jack Gaughan (@Jack_Gaughan) April 13, 2022
90 minutes to KO: Not long now until we know the teams for tonight. As usual the challenge with City is trying to second guess what Guardiola is going to with. He himself joked last week over his tendency to “over-think” things, something that has definitely hurt City in this competition in the past.
He made three changes from the first leg for Sunday’s 2-2 draw with Liverpool as Kyle Walker, Phil Foden and Gabriel Jesus came in for Nathan Ake, Ilkay Gundogan and Riyad Mahrez.
With an eye to a FA Cup semi-final with Liverpool on Saturday, and the fact City only have to draw this to proceed, will Guardiola make sizeable changes?
100 minutes to KO: It is pretty remarkable that Atletico are in the quarter-final of the Champions League. Not because of the size of the club compared to others in Europe. But rather the fact that they have yet to win at home at the Wanda Metropolitano Stadium in the competition this season.
They managed to squeak out of Group B with only one point picked up on home turf. They lost to Liverpool (3-2) and AC Milan (2-1) with a stalemate coming against Porto (0-0).
In the last 16 they drew 1-1 with Manchester United at home in the first leg before going through with a 1-0 success at Old Trafford thanks to Renan Lodi’s strike.
Atletico must win on the night against City to have any chance of going through. 1-0 after 90 minutes, or any kind of one-goal success, takes it to extra time. Two or better and it is them through to the semi-finals. A draw or a defeat and it is City who prevail.
🏟️ Estadio Metropolitano, Madrid
Atlético 🆚 Man. City 🔜
👀 What will happen here?#UCL— UEFA Champions League (@ChampionsLeague) April 13, 2022
Two hours to kickoff: Well, here we are. Can Atletico, who so often under Diego Simeone have proven to be a thorn to some of the most established European sides, do it again? They are big underdogs going into the second leg of their quarter-final Champions League tie with Premier League leaders Manchester City.
They only trail City 1-0 on aggregate after last week’s first leg at the Etihad Stadium, but such is the impressive form of Pep Guardiola’s men that it is hard to see how Atletico can prevent the English side marching on to the semi-finals and a date with Real Madrid.
We should know the line-ups in 45 minutes or so, which will give us a better idea of how Simeone and Guardiola plan to tackle this.
How to watch Atletico Madrid vs. Man City: Date, time, TV channels
UK | USA | Canada | Australia | |
Date | April 13 | April 13 | April 13 | April 14 |
Time | 8 p.m. BST | 3 p.m. ET | 3 p.m. ET | 5 a.m. AET |
TV channel | BT Sport 3 | – | – | – |
Streaming | BT Sport | Paramount+ | DAZN | Stan Sport |
In the US, Spanish-language coverage of the Champions League is available on fuboTV, which also offers a free trial to new subscribers.
In Canada, every Champions League game streams live on DAZN.
Atletico Madrid vs. Man City predicted lineups
Diego Simeone, who has guided Atletico to the final twice, in 2014 and 2016, will bring Joao Felix back into the lineup after resting him during Saturday’s surprise 1-0 loss at struggling Mallorca.
Koke was substituted after 45 minutes against Mallorca, but that appeared to be with one eye on the City clash, and the fact Atletico’s captain has just returned to action after recovering from a thigh injury.
Atletico Madrid predicted lineup (5-3-2): Oblak (GK) — Lodi, Reinildo, Gimenez, Savic, Vrasljko — Koke, Kondogbia, Llorente — Griezmann, Felix
As usual with Guardiola, the challenge is trying to second-guess how City will start with their huge depth of options.
He wrong-footed experts against Liverpool on Sunday by giving Gabriel Jesus a first league start since January 1, but he is likely to bring back Riyad Mahrez for the game in Spain.
Kyle Walker missed the first leg through suspension, but will return at right-back after impressing against Liverpool.
Manchester City predicted lineup (4-3-3): Ederson (GK) — Walker, Laporte, Stones, Cancelo — Rodri, Silva, De Bruyne — Mahrez, Sterling, Foden
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Atletico Madrid vs. Man City betting odds
In their last 19 outings across all competitions, City have only conceded more than one goal in a game twice, so will be optimistic they can maintain their advantage over Atletico.
Simeone will hope Felix and Antoine Griezmann can step up on Wednesday as goals have not been easy for Atletico to come by in the Champions League on home turf this season. Only three have come in four matches – two being in a 3-2 loss to Liverpool in the group stage.
UK (Sky Bet) |
USA (DraftKings) |
Canada (Sports Interaction) |
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[Home] Win | 7/2 | +360 | 4.54 |
Draw | 13/5 | +265 | 3.62 |
[Away] Win | 4/5 | -125 | 1.72 |
Over 2.5 Goals | 1/1 | +100 | 2.01 |
Both Teams to Score | 10/11 | -120 | 1.85 |