Manchester Metropolis’s English midfielder Phil Foden (C) runs with the ball through the UEFA Champions League first-leg quarter-final soccer match between Manchester Metropolis and Borussia Dortmund on the Etihad Stadium in Manchester, north-west England, on April 6, 2021. (Photograph by Paul ELLIS / AFP)
Manchester Metropolis arrange a blockbuster Champions League semi-final towards Paris Saint-Germain as Phil Foden’s second-half winner sealed a 2-1 victory at Borussia Dortmund on Wednesday to ship the Premier League leaders by 4-2 on the mixture.
England midfielder Jude Bellingham gave Dortmund an early lead, however, a second-half Riyad Mahrez penalty and Foden’s highly effective strike moved Metropolis into the final 4 of Europe’s prime membership competitors for the second time.
Having additionally scored the Ninetieth-minute winner to offer Metropolis a 2-1 victory in final week’s first leg in Manchester, England worldwide Foden once more broke Dortmund hearts.
Metropolis had bowed out on the quarter-final stage in every of the final three seasons and needed to come from behind at Sign Iduna Park as Dortmund shrugged off their detached Bundesliga type to take the lead on the quarter-hour.
4 days after scoring his first Bundesliga aim, Bellingham additionally hit the again of the online for the primary time within the Champions League.
After Mahmoud Dahoud fired straight at Metropolis goalkeeper Ederson with six minutes gone, Dortmund went forward with their subsequent clear probability.
Emre Can’s lengthy ball discovered Erling Braut Haaland within the space, the Norwegian squaring for Dahoud, and though his shot was saved, Bellingham curled the rebound past Ederson.
At 17 years and 289 days, Bellingham turned the second-youngest goal-scorer within the knockout levels of the Champions League behind Bojan Krkic, who was 72 days youthful when he scored within the quarter-finals for Barcelona in 2008.
Conceding an early aim fired up Metropolis, whose captain Kevin De Bruyne hit the crossbar 10 minutes after Bellingham’s aim following a mistake by Mateu Morey.
Dortmund goalkeeper Marvin Hitz pulled off saves at point-blank vary to disclaim a Foden shot and a header by Oleksandr Zinchenko, whereas Bellingham acquired again to dam a Riyad Mahrez try.
Might be regarded crestfallen when he gave away the penalty 10 minutes after the break by heading a nook onto his personal arm.
Mahrez transformed the spot-kick by slamming the ball past Hitz.
The Algeria midfielder’s fist-clenched celebration confirmed what the away aim meant to Metropolis earlier than he is mobbed by his teammates.
The profitable aim got here with a quarter-hour to go when Mahrez took a brief nook with Bernardo Silva, who discovered Foden on the sting of the penalty space.
The 20-year-old hit his shot left-footed shot low previous Hitz and in off the put up earlier than sprinting to have fun with Guardiola on the sidelines.
It was a quiet night time for Dortmund top-scorer Haaland, who has now failed to attain in his final seven video games for membership and nation.
The tall Norwegian trudged off after the ultimate whistle whereas Metropolis captain De Bruyne was simply one in every of his crew’s stars who punched the air in celebration.