Monaco are through to the UEFA Champions League quarter-finals for the second time in their last three seasons after a sensational comeback at home against Manchester City.
Trailing 5-3 from the first leg, Monaco recovered the deficit inside 29 minutes at Stade Louis II , their Home ground. But in a last-16 tie that has always kept us guessing, that was just the beginning of the drama. After vaguely hanging on for a spell, City seemed to have clinched it through Leroy Sané, only for Tiemoué Bakayoko to go down the other end and make it 6-6 on aggregate. Monaco advanced on their three away goals from the first leg.
Josep Guardiola had already warned his players that Monaco would likely score at some point. Yet he would have hoped City could hold out a bit longer than the eight minutes it took Kylian Mbappé to reduce their lead. Things went from bad to worse when Fabinho finished off a complicated move down the left.
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City were trembling, but emerged from the break much improved. Sergio Agüero wasted two fine chances before the lively Sané fired in with 19 minutes left. That looked like being it, only for one final twist as the unmarked Bakayoko headed in a free-kick.
Also , Atletico Madrid held Bayer Leverkusen in an eventful yet goal-less draw at Home. Atletico qualified for the last – eight with a 4-2 lead from the first leg.