Kevin De Bruyne's 70th-minute goal has earned Manchester City a 1-0 win at home against Atletico Madrid in their Champions League quarter-final, first leg match.
Diego Simeone's Atletico frustrated City throughout the first half with their deep-lying defending and reliance on only the occasional counter to threaten the hosts.
The Premier League champions were unable to turn their total dominance of possession into clear chances, until substitute Phil Foden produced the skill and vision to decide the game.
Foden drew three Atletico defenders, before splitting the Spanish defence with a perfectly weighted pass to De Bruyne, who slotted past Jan Oblak with a side-foot finish.
The second leg will be held at Atletico's Wanda Metropolitano stadium at Madrid next week
Meanwhile, Liverpool took a firm grip of their quarter-final tie with Benfica, as goals from Ibrahima Konate, Sadio Mane and Luis Diaz earned them a 3-1 victory at Lisbon.
Konate opened the scoring with a close-range header from a corner and Mane extended Liverpool's lead 30 minutes into what was an one-sided first half, with Mohamed Salah, Diaz and Naby Keita all passing up great scoring chances.
Yet five minutes after the break, French defender Konate completely missed a cross and allowed in-form striker Darwin Nunez to score, and put Benfica, roared on by a sold-out Estadio da Luz, back into the game.
Benfica gained in confidence and briefly took charge, but former Porto winger Diaz, who never lost a match against bitter rivals Benfica, scored on the counterattack, after a Keita through ball.
Reuters
