Atlético Madrid v Manchester Town: Champions League quarter-final, 2d leg – are living! | Soccer

Smartly. That was once a greatly a laugh finishing to an differently quite turgid stumble upon. Atletico Madird totally misplaced their heads however virtually controlled to nick an equaliser on the finish. We’ve had 11 yellow playing cards proven in general, with seven of them (and a pink) being brandished via Daniel Siebert after the ninetieth minute.

BT Recreation file: Commentator Darren Fletcher is reporting a tunnel bust-up between Stefan Savic and Jack Grealish. He believes a number of participants of the native constabulary is also concerned.

Peep! Peep! Peeeeeeeeeeeep! It’s everywhere on the Wanda Metropolitano, the place Manchester Town have complex to the semi-finals of the Champions League. Their gamers have fun with a large workforce hug earlier than going to applaud their lovers.

90+12 min: Ake does smartly to hook a losing ball aweay from Suarez within the Town penalty house after which Ederson saves from Correa. Wow!

90+9 min: The ball is whipped in against the Town target however Ederson punches transparent and is going down harm. He’ll are living. At the touchline, Simeone is applauding the Atletico lovers.

He pauses to march directly to the pitch and provides his personal participant, Stefan Savic an enormous bollocking, furiously telling him to relax and get on with the sport. Once more, I will not tension sufficient how a lot a laugh that is. Phil Foden is paroxysms of mirth guffawing at Simeone … who additionally will get booked.

90+8 min: Joao Cancelo will get booked for a mistimed take on correct at the left-hand aspect of the Town penalty house. Unfastened-kick for Atletico in an overly unhealthy house.

90+7 min: Phil Foden will get a yellow card to move along with his blue bandage.

90+7 min: Sterling performs in Gundogan, who seems positive to attain however Oblak will get down to save lots of brilliantly.

90+6 min: Sure, six … of 9 advisable mins of added time.

90+3 min: I feel Cunha’s simply been booked for a nasty on Fernandinho however can’t ensure. And what’s this? Now Riyad Mahrez is going within the e-book for time-wasting.

90 min: Felipe has totally misplaced the plot after being despatched off and must be dragged away via one among Atletico’s backroom workforce. He storms off down the tunnel with an enormous funk on. That is super a laugh.

89 min: Phil Foden is tackled via Felipe and is going down harm at the touchline. Stefan Savic sprints over to check out to tug him to his ft. A mass melee ensues involving a number of gamers and backroom workforce from each groups.

Savic seems to have caught the nut on someone however will get away with a yellow card. Nathan Ake will get booked as smartly, whilst Felipe will get a 2d yellow for the unique foul on Phil Foden. Those are the type of scenes all of us love to look however are obliged to faux we don’t.

87 min: John Stones blocks brilliantly from a Cunha shot after the participant had picked up a Correa knockdown. It was once Atletico’s best possible probability of the sport up to now.

86 min: Going again to that Correa penalty enchantment – I will’t consider it wasn’t given. Rodri had a fistful of the gamers blouse and was once pulling him again, whilst Joao Cancelo introduced him down. Video assistant referee Marco Fritz may were asleep at his submit.

84 min: Town are laying siege to the Atletico penalty house, which isn’t a space of the pitch the hosts need to be penned into because the clock ticks down.

81 min: A Mahrez free-kick is curled into the Atletico penalty house and cleared. Atletico double-substitution: Luis Suarez and Matheus Cunha on for Thomas Lemar and Joao Felix.

77 min: Correa is going down within the Town penalty house and appeals for a penalty whilst the ball pings against Carrasco at the left aspect of the realm. No spot-kick is approaching, regardless of Correa showing to were fouled via each Joao Cancelo, who tripped him and Rodri, who had a just right handful of his blouse. A let-off for Town.

75 min: Angel Correa provides Sterling the slip and performs the ball large to Carrasco. His move is blocked, then Reinildo sends in some other this is cleared via Stones.

73 min: Kyle Walker is going to floor once more and alerts to the bench that he’s not able to proceed, prompting extra whistles and jeers from the group. He’s changed via Nathan Ake. He is going in at left-back, with Joao Cancelo transferring to right-back.

71 min: That Atletico triple substitution: Rodrigo De Paul, Angel Correa and Yannick Carrasco on for Lodi, Koke and Griezmann.

70 min: Rodrigo De Paul, simply on as a part of an Atletico triple-substitution (extra of which anon), shoots large of the upright. Walker is again at the pitch put transferring very gingerly.

68 min: Walker remains to be receiving remedy because the Atletico lovers jeer him and Simeone gesticulates furiously at the touchline.

67 min: Kyle Walker intercepts a Lodi header out via the touchline then is going down injured after the pair move to floor in a heap. He seems in somewhat a little of misery after what gave the impression a quite risk free coming in combination.

64 min: Bernardo Silva robs Kondogbia of the ball about 20 yards out of doors the Atletico penalty house and appears to have a run on target however he’s penalised for a nasty.

62 min: Nonetheless missing that killer move, Atletico contine to dominate for this 2d part spell. Antoine Griezmann is going down within the inside-right channel searching for a free-kick however doesn’t get one.

59 min: Manchester Town are beginning to glance just a little nervy as Atletico collect momentum with their raucous crowd getting at the back of them in fantastic voice.

56 min: Atletico are lately within the ascendency however missing that little bit of finesse and leading edge. The general ball, as they are saying. They move shut once more when Griezmann shoots narrowly large of the upright after connecting with a ball bouncing his method simply out of doors the Town penalty house.

55 min: Ederson clears a Koke ball excessive however handiest so far as Renan Lodi. He crosses against Joao Felix, who stretches each sinew however can’t attach. He was once offside once more.

53 min: Felipe kicks a clearance towards his team-mate Reinildo and the ball rolls backwards, hits the nook flag and remains in play. Felipe places it out for a goal-kick off Mahrez.

50 min: Geoffrey Kondogbia wins a free-kick deep within his personal part after being bodychecked via Bernardo Silva.

47 min: Koke tries to select Joao Feliz with a ball in at the back of throughout the centre. It’s intercepted however the striker was once a number of metres offside anyway.

48 min: Similar to the primary part, Atletico have ramped up the aggression for the hole mins of the second one. Kyle Walker stands out a leg to take the ball off Griezmann and ship it downfield.

47 min: Antoine Griezmann cuts in from the suitable and shoots into the side-netting underneath power from Laporte. Nook. Not anything comes of it even though Felipe made a tight fist of hurling himself on the ball because it got here in.

46 min: Play resumes with out a adjustments of staff on both sides … but. There was one minor alternate in as far as Phil Foden is now wearing a blue bandage.

An electronic mail: “Foden has been a shadow of himself because the aerial problem,” writes Eamonn. “You’ll see Atletico gamers are bullying him. Received’t be shocked to look him hooked.”

He’s no longer improper. Whether or not he’s feeling intimidated or struggling the unwell results of that bang on his head early doorways, Foden has been an overly peripheral determine, albeit one that stands proud like a sore thumb (or certainly a sore Phil Foden) with that beige bandage wrapped round his head.

Peep: One thing of a trial for someone who needed to play in it or watch it, the primary part attracts to a merciful finish. Manchester Town hit the submit as soon as however have been differently stored at arm’s period and no longer a lot else took place. Each managers will likely be happy.

44 min: Atletico’s gamers encompass the referee searching for a yellow card for John Stones after he’d fouled Joao Felix. Within the BT Recreation statement field, Darren Fletcher and Glenn Hoddle are clutching their pearls and swooning like a couple of Victorian women on the sight of this outrageous shithousery that you simply don’t see week in and week out within the Premier League.

42 min: That is extra just like the Atletico we have been anticipating – dogged, stout defence and the occasional lengthy ball ahead … however principally dogged, stout defence. It stays scoreless at the night time however Town lead 1-0 on mixture.

40 min: Kyle Walker will get the easier of Lodi down the suitable, cuts within and tries a shot. Reinildo blocks.

37 min: Town proceed to dominate having weathered their hosts’ early hurricane however are developing little in the best way of possibilities. Cancelo cuts in from the left and tries to curve one goalwards from out of doors the penalty house however sends his shot top and large of the highest nook he was once aiming for.

34 min: The ball’s performed large to Lodi at the left and he cuts within earlier than offloading to Lemar. A promising transfer ends with Ederson setting out to declare a deflected Geoffrey Kondogbia shot from distance that seemed to be skidding large.

32 min: Having hit the submit with that effort, the ball rebounded to Gundogan, who attempted to go it again previous Oblak. He succeeds handiest in heading it immediately into Felipe’s face, a situation from which he’ll virtually unquestionably take some minor comfort.