Despite trailing with five minutes of normal time to go, 10-man Manchester City beat Schalke 3-2 in the first leg of their last-16 tie.
Match Events
7' CHANCE! Aguero's header saved
18' GOAL! Schalke 0-1 Man City (Aguero)
GOAL! AGUERO MAKES IT 1-0! Aguero capitalises on some defensive chaos to tap into an empty net from eight yards out. David Silva is credited with the assist. He won the ball after a poor Fahrmann pass and squared it to Aguero.
38' Penalty Goal! Schalke 1-1 Man City (Bentaleb)
GOAAAL! BENTALEB CONVERTS! Caligiuri cuts onto his left on the edge of the area and strikes a shot goalwards. Schalke appeal for a handball and VAR are reviewing it. The VAR awards a penalty to Schalke for Otamendi's handball!
Bentaleb steps up after a long wait and calmly fires into the bottom-right corner with his left foot.
45' Penalty Goal! Schalke 2-1 Man City (Bentaleb)
2-1! BENTALEB SCORES AGAIN! Bentaleb smashes the penalty into the top-left corner past a diving Ederson. The Manchester City goalkeeper got a hand to it, but it was not strong enough to stop Bentaleb's well-struck shot.
68' Second Yellow Card! Otamendi sent off
OTAMENDI SENT OFF! Otamendi clatters Burgstaller from behind and is immediately shown a second yellow card. Reckless defending.
85' GOAL! Schalke 2-2 Man City (Sane)
WHAT A GOAL! LEROY SANE! 2-2! Leroy Sane lines up the free-kick from just under 30 yards in a central position. His left-footed effort curls and dips into the top-right corner past a diving Fahrmann. Incredible.
90' GOAL! Schalke 2-3 Man City (Sterling)
STERLING! CITY GO 3-2 UP! Sterling latches onto a long ball from Ederson, bumping Oczipka away from the ball. He takes it down and passes it into the corner of the net.
Player Ratings
Match Report
Leroy Sane and Raheem Sterling scored late goals as 10-man Manchester City stunned Schalke at Veltins Arena to claim a 3-2 first-leg win in their Champions League last-16 tie.
Despite leading through Sergio Aguero's 18th-minute effort, City were behind at the break after Nabil Bentaleb scored a pair of spot-kicks.
The first of those, awarded after a lengthy period of deliberation and confusion, was given for a handball against Nicolas Otamendi, who was booked for that transgression and then picked up a second yellow card with 22 minutes remaining.
Guardiola appeared content to settle for just a one-goal deficit at that point, yet substitute Sane had other ideas, brilliantly firing in an 85th-minute free-kick to equalise against his former club, and Sterling then latched on to Ederson's long clearance to score a 90th-minute winner on a wild night in Gelsenkirchen.
Line-ups
Schalke XI: R. Fährmann, Caligiuri, Oczipka, J. Bruma, Nastasic, Mark Uth, S. Sané, Bentaleb, Serdar, H. Mendyl, McKennie
Subs: Burgstaller, S. Rudy, S. Skrzybski, Alexander Nübel, A. Harit, R. Matondo, A. Kutucu
Man City XI: David Silva, S. Agüero, Fernandinho, N. Otamendi, K. Walker, İ. Gündoğan, K. De Bruyne, R. Sterling, A.Laporte, Ederson Moraes, Bernardo Silva
Subs: V. Kompany, Danilo, Mahrez, Zinchenko, Sané, Foden, A. Murić
lahanlyon2000
369
I said it in the first half, don't jubilate till the game is over. nice one city
Scarab
361
Probably should have told Shalke not to wear that type of Blue They look like Chelsea lol
macjenise22
317
congratulations boys..what an assist from ederson. .don't be surprise if bids start coming in for him from other clubs to play as a midfielder. .I think we have another kdb as a goal keeper. .what a performance
TonyV25
153
This season assists : Ederson 2 Keita 1 Jorginho 0
BlueCon
135
Man city haters are actually gonna die of heart attack 2-1 down thru 2 penalties, 10 men on the pitch and still WE won it Come on FAM we got this[Bear]
lawalidris
125
Thank you Sane and Sterling for silencing the haters who are already celebrating 2-1 @ half time and the Othamendi red card. We remain Citizen, we are proud of you guys.
AbaJm
105
Bst Substituted made by Pep 💪
Keuadlnou
89
what a game changer always saving us with beautiful free kicks
chekwasi
87
we are the difference maker. we are a team football players🃏 that is why with the red card and schalke's hell of second half 5 4 1 formation, yet we triumphs🎉✌🏆 because we get a team when others get talisman.
Nesaiknruy_Legend
81
Crazy how I switched from this game to Juve v Atletico and in 10 mins they score 2 goals and made a comeback. Also that surface on the pitch looked awful lol. At least City makes comebacks though. If that was us 1 goal down we would have capitulated. GG City.
SINGAM23
78
Schalke 04 busted by Double S Agents from Citizens (Sane & Sterling)
SanglianKhaute
77
Even with var and refree schalke can't beat city. Thankyou and congratulations to man city.
MichaelCorentin
75
Schalke looked like Chelsea by wearing the blue jerseys and were punished mercilessly..... C'mmon CITY
07Adhu07
72
Comeback... 10 men ... Last minute goal ... Amazing free kick. What an amazing match. Manchester City got to 10 men while 2-1, still they managed to make 2-3 at last minute against team like Schalke. That too in an away match , City for the UCL.
MichaelCorentin
71
I can sergio kun aguero warming up waiting to face Chelsea in the carabao cup final.... I know Chelsea fans are whispering quietly
Freddy02
68
The Manchester Curse almost happened again, the curse which consists of a red card and The Manchester Team Losing by 2 Goals. Thanks To player like de bryne, sterling and of course Aguro The curse was avoided in the short time of the last minute
follower
42
what a rocket by Leroy sane ! 🚀🚀🚀🚀🔥
zekcmopy
41
Pep best tactical coach proved tonight!!!
Keganwealths
35
Man city has one of the best goal keeper who also gives assist
JasonNaj
30
i knew schalke wearing blue was a bad sign city thought it was chelsea
chucks10
28
What a night, What a game and What a show by City tonight, losing 2:1 in the 85th minutes of the game with a man down,and winning 2:3 on the 95th minutes of the game, what I saw in them today is the spirit of a Champion, Guardiola you have done a good work, you have totally changed football into your own league, Respect "SIR".