Atletico Madrid and Manchester City leave it for late
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José María Giménez and Diego Godín fired late goals as Atlético prised a decent lead to take to Turin.
Manchester City scored two late goals to secure a dramatic 3-2 win at Schalke.
Atletico Madrid 2 Juventus 0
Centre-backs José María Giménez and Diego Godín struck in the final 13 minutes to give Atlético the advantage in this round of 16 tie.
Chances were few and far between in the first half with a free-kick the closest either side came – Juventus’s Cristiano Ronaldo stinging the palms of Jan Oblak early on before Atléti forward Antoine Griezmann called Wojciech Szczęsny into action.
Diego Costa sliced a far more presentable opportunity wide of Szczęsny’s goal in the 50th minute after being sent clear by Griezmann, who then forced the goalkeeper to tip his lob on to the bar as Diego Simeone’s men got into the ascendancy.
The pressure paid off late in the game when Giménez drilled in after substitute Álvaro Morata’s header had been blocked, before Godín stabbed in the second following another set piece.
Schalke 2 Manchester City 3
Ten-man Manchester City scored two late goals to take an improbable lead into the second leg of their round of 16 tie against Schalke. Trailing 2-1 and down to ten men after Nicolás Otamendi’s dismissal, the visitors drew level through Leroy Sané’s sensational free-kick before Raheem Sterling – assisted by Ederson’s exquisite pass – finished calmly in the 90th minute.
Sergio Agüero had set City on their way with a close-range finish, but they were in arrears by half-time after two Nabil Bentaleb penalties. Otamendi’s red card made their task harder still, but Sané – off the bench to face his former side – and Sterling completed a dramatic turnaround.
