MAN CITY, REAL MADRID REACH CHAMPIONS SEMIS

Pep Guardiola shared an emotional moment with goal scorer Phil Foden as Manchester City ended its run of failure in the Champions League quarterfinals Wednesday, beating Borussia Dortmund 2-1 for a 4-2 aggregate win.

Jude Bellingham scored to put Dortmund on course for an upset win before City hit back through a penalty by Riyad Mahrez and Foden's goal.

Guardiola reached the semifinals with City at the fifth attempt, matching the club's best ever result under his predecessor Manuel Pellegrini in 2016. City goes on to face Paris Saint-Germain.

“For the club it's so important, we cannot deny,” Guardiola said. “Of course we want more.”

He praised PSG for knocking out “the best team in the world” — Bayern Munich — in the quarterfinals, “so we will see what will happen.”

Guardiola said Tuesday he expected to be labeled “a failure” if Dortmund became the fourth club in a row to eliminate City in a Champions League quarterfinal, after Lyon last year and before that Tottenham and Liverpool. Monaco beat City in the round of 16 in 2017 in Guardiola's first season. “We are incredibly happy today to reach the semifinals,” Guardiola told broadcaster Sky.

Real Madrid earned the other semifinal bid against Chelsea by playing to a scoreless draw with Liverpool. Real won the first leg 3-1.