Manchester City have been dumped out of the UEFA Champions League after a 3-1 loss to Ligue 1 outfit Olympique Lyon on Saturday night.
UEFA Champions League
Report: Manchester City 1-3 Olympique Lyon
Date: 15 August 2020
Venue: Jose Alvalade Stadium
Man City manager Pep Guardiola made only one change from their win over Real Madrid, as Eric Garcia started at the expense of Phil Foden while Lyon were unchanged, with Karl Toko Ekambi starting ahead of Moussa Dembele upfront.
While the Citizens struggled to carve out chances, Rudi Garcia's charges broke the deadlock with their first real opening in the 24th minute after Maxwel Cornet latched onto a clearance by Garcia outside the box with a first-time low strike that found the bottom corner.
City had an opportunity to level matters on the half-hour mark after IIkay Gundogan latched onto a cross with a volley inside the box but goalkeeper Anthony Lopes read the move, as he closed the distance to make a close-range block, while Rodrigo's first time low strike was saved by Lopes just before the break.
The Citizens were on the front foot early in the second stanza but they were not finding a way through the Lyon defence as Guardiola made a tactical change 11 minutes from the break,with Algerian winger Riyad Mahrez replacing Fernandinho.
The English side finally levelled maters with 21 minutes remaining after Sterling broke away on the left side of the box, beat his man on the byline and delivered a cut-back that was dispatched by De Bruyne with a first-time side-footed strike into the bottom corner.
The Citizens were threatening to find the winner and Gabriel Jesus had a wonderful chance with 13 minutes left after receiving a cross unmarked at the far post but he struck a bouncing strike wide.
City were punished three minutes later as substitute Dembele went through clear on goal from Houssem Aouar's pass and kept his composure to strike a low strike between the legs of goalkeeper Ederson.
Guardiola's men should have bagged the equaliser with four minutes left after Sterling received a final pass free on the blind side, with the net gaping but somehow looped his strike glaringly over the bar.
Lyon snatched the third goal a minute later as Ederson spilled Aouar's shot into the path of Dembele, who fired home from six-yards out to set up a semi-final date with Bayern Munich.
