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Man City vs Borussia Dortmund LIVE: Latest score, goals and updates from Champions League fixture tonight


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Pep Guardiola’s Manchester City entertain Borussia Dortmund in the Champions League quarter-finals.

The first leg, at the Etihad, will see the Premier League leaders, who are 14 points clear at the top of the table, host the Bundesliga giants, led by Erling Haaland.

The Norwegian phenom has been linked with a move to City this summer, though Guardiola has attempted to dampen talk of a move out of respect for his players. Though tonight offers a chance at redemption, or at least a slice of it, with City still haunted by last season’s quarter-final upset at the hands of Lyon. They enter the game in fine form, with a comfortable 2-0 win at Leicester last time out, with goals from Benjamin Mendy and Gabirel Jesus at the King Power Stadium making it five straight wins in all competitions and four successive clean sheets.

Guardiola remains conscious of the need to rotate his squad to ensure they peak in the closing stages of this tournament, one they covet beyond all others, despite the potential for a quadruple: “I rotate because it is not possible to play every day,” Guardiola told the club website after Saturday’s 2-0 win at Leicester City. “They are human beings, not machines.

“To win all competitions in this year without spectators, when we start later and finish earlier, you cannot be there where we are if you don’t rotate. We don’t have even one midweek off. No player can do that and be ready mentally every game. So, I rotate them. I trust my players so much. They don’t trust me but I trust them with their quality.”

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Manchester City 1-0 Dortmund

34’: It’s all City now. Dortmund can’t get out and Haaland is having to drop deeper and deeper. Knauff thinks he wins it back after robbing possession but City’s counter pressure is so impressive and they regain possession almost instantly.

Jamie Braidwood6 April 2021 20:36

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PENALTY OVERTURNED! Manchester City 1-0 Dortmund

32’: No penalty. Replays show that Can’s boot was not high, nor did it even catch Rodri. VAR has done its job there.

Jamie Braidwood6 April 2021 20:33

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PENALTY FOR CITY! Manchester City 1-0 Dortmund

28’: It’s a nightmare for Emre Can. The Dortmund midfielder concedes a penalty for a high boot on Rodri in the City box. VAR is checking it…

Jamie Braidwood6 April 2021 20:30

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Manchester City 1-0 Borussia Dortmund

27’: It’s end-to-end at the moment, Dortmund defender Akanji makes a 60-yard run forward before Rodri wins it back. City then have space to attack but Gundogan’s shot it blocked by Akanji on the edge of the box.

Jamie Braidwood6 April 2021 20:29

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Manchester City 1-0 Borussia Dortmund

23’: Sloppy play from City almost leads to an equaliser. Rodri plays a backwards pass straight to Haaland on the edge of the box. Haaland can’t quite get it under control. It then breaks to Reus, but Ederson gets out well to clear, colliding with Reus in the process.

Jamie Braidwood6 April 2021 20:27

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GOAL! Manchester City 1-0 Borussia Dortmund (DE BRUYNE 19’)

Out of nowhere, City lead! It’s given away in midfield by Emre Can, who played a sloppy pass, and then City are ruthless. Mahrez plays it to De Bruyne, who drives forward into space and plays the ball out wide to Foden. The England international squares the ball, Mahrez reaches it and finds De Bruyne from the by-line, and the Belgian finishes from six yards. Clinical.

Jamie Braidwood6 April 2021 20:19

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Manchester City 0-0 Borussia Dortmund

16’: After a spell of City possession, Dortmund win it back through right back Morey, who plays the ball first time to Haaland in the City half. The striker’s touch is loose, however, and John Stones cleans up.

Jamie Braidwood6 April 2021 20:17

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Manchester City 0-0 Borussia Dortmund

11’: De Bruyne’s first corner is headed behind for another, and from the second Diaz is penalised for a foul on Akanji.

Jamie Braidwood6 April 2021 20:13

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Manchester City 0-0 Borussia Dortmund

10:’ Cancelo sprays a pass out wide to Mahrez on the right, who wins a corner off Guerreiro. It will be De Bruyne to take…

Jamie Braidwood6 April 2021 20:11

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Manchester City 0-0 Borussia Dortmund

08’: SAVE! Nice play from Bellingham who stands up Kyle Walker in the box and hits a left-footed shot at goal. Ederson makes the save before Emre Can’s deflected shot from outside of the box goes out for a corner, which City clear. Dortmund got forward really quickly there.

Jamie Braidwood6 April 2021 20:09



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