QUARTER CURSE STRIKES AGAIN!

FOR THE third season in a row, Pep Guardiola’s City side have been knocked out of the CL at the quarter-final stage. 2019-20 Lyon 3-1 Man City Cornet haunts City again. Having scored three goals against them in the group stage last season, his early strike set the tone as Pep’s side missed out once more. 2018-19 Spurs 4-4 Man City (agg) Tottenham go through on away goals Sterling thought he had won the tie in injury time only for VAR to rule out the goal. City won the second leg 4-3 but Spurs went through on a night of huge drama. 2017-18 Liverpool 5-1 Man City (agg) Guardiola was sent off in the return leg after City’s second goal was wrongly ruled out as they chased a 3-0 deficit before goals from Salah and Firmino put Liverpool through.