Man City 7-0 Schalke (10-2 agg): Sky Blues reach last 8 with RUTHLESS CRUSHING

Sergio Aguero and Leroy Sane were the architects of Manchester City's huge home victory over Schalke in the Champions League last 16.

Match Events

35' Penalty Goal! Man City 1-0 Schalke (Aguero)

PENALTY TO CITY! The Etihad erupts after Bruma is ruled to have fouled Bernardo Silva as the latter tried to get on the end of an exquisite chipped pass by Gundogan! The Schalke players surround Turpin and after consulting his colleagues via his earpiece, the decision stands and the hosts have a great chance to strengthen their grip on this tie!

Cool as you like by Aguero, who leaves Fahrmann stranded as the ball is chipped down the middle and nestles into the back of the net! 1-0 to City, and now 4-2 on aggregate as they have one foot in the Champions League quarter-finals!

38' GOAL! Man City 2-0 Schalke (Aguero)

GOOOAAAALLL!! Gundogan again the orchestrator as his weighted pass reaches Sterling in the box, and the winger manages to outmuscle his marker before cutting it back towards the onrushing Aguero who stays on his feet despite intense defensive pressure to score past Fahrmann! And despite having to wait an awfully long time for VAR to confirm it.

42' GOAL! Man City 3-0 Schalke (Sane)

GOOOAAALLLL!! CITY ARE 3-0 AHEAD! Zinchenko slides a pin-point through ball towards Leroy Sane who speeds past McKennie and the ex-Schalke winger scores his 14th goal of the season to put his side 6-2 ahead on aggregate!

53' OFFSIDE! Sane's goal disallowed

56' GOAL! Man City 4-0 Schalke (Sterling)

STERLING GETS HIMSELF ON THE SCORESHEET! Leroy Sane turns from scorer to provider as he switches play out on the other wing and finds the England man in the Schalke box, who hits a first-time effort past Fahrmann and into the back of the net! VAR is called for again after Sterling was alleged to have been offside, but the goal stands and City are now 4-0 up and 7-2 ahead on aggregate!

71' GOAL! Man City 5-0 Schalke (Bernardo Silva)

BERNARDO SILVA MAKES IT FIVE!! The Portugal playmaker caps off an excellent team move by City, starting with Foden who plays in Zinchenko out on the wing who then passes to Leroy Sane, and the Germany winger’s subsequent cut-back finds the onrushing Bernardo Silva who drives it low into the bottom left-corner of Fahrmann’s goal! It’s now 5-0 to the rampant Citizens, who are also 8-2 up on aggregate!

78' GOAL! Man City 6-0 Schalke (Foden)

FODEN BAGS HIS FIRST IN EUROPE!! Another great move by City as Leroy Sane dances around his namesake Salif before threading a cute pass towards the youngster, who calmly rounds Fahrmann and slides the ball into the back of an empty net to make it 6-0 for his side, who are now 9-2 up on aggregate!

84' GOAL! Man City 7-0 Schalke (Jesus)

JESUS MAKES IT 7-0!! An absolute mauling at the hands of the Citizens, who tiki-taka their way around the Schalke box before Bernardo Silva finds Jesus in space before the latter curls a low effort which slides underneath Fahrmann’s outstretched arms and into the back of the net! Guardiola’s men are now 10-2 ahead on aggregate, and a message has been duly sent to Europe’s footballing heavyweights!

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Match Report

Manchester City cruised into the Champions League quarter-finals as Sergio Aguero's brace sparked a 7-0 home thumping of Schalke and crushing 10-2 aggregate victory.

Pep Guardiola's men sat firmly in the driving seat after a come-from-behind 3-2 success in Gelsenkirchen last month and they were never in danger of letting the lead slip against a passive opponent.

Aguero struck twice and Leroy Sane once in the space of seven first-half minutes before Raheem Sterling, Bernardo Silva, Phil Foden and Gabriel Jesus humiliated the visitors after half-time.

Line-ups

Man City XI: David Silva, S. Agüero, K. Walker, İ. Gündoğan, Danilo, R. Sterling, A.Laporte, Ederson Moraes, Zinchenko, Sané, Bernardo Silva

Subs: F. Delph, Mahrez, J. Stones, Gabriel Jesus, C. Humphreys, Foden, A. Murić

Schalke XI: R. Fährmann, Burgstaller, Oczipka, Konoplyanka, J. Bruma, B.Stambouli, S. Sané, Bentaleb, B. Embolo, Serdar, McKennie

Subs: S. Rudy, S. Skrzybski, A. Nübel, C. Teuchert, H. Mendyl, R. Matondo, A. Kutucu