Manchester City – Tottenham Hotspur: Champions League quarter-final – live! | Soccer

68 min I may regret it, but I would say that Pochettino's substitution in the first period is one of the worst I have ever seen. I just can not understand it. It seemed terrible on paper; it's even worse on the ground.

67 min De Bruyne is beyond awesome, "says Andrew Hurley. "One of the best players I have seen in England in the last 25 years. But what did Pep think leaving him on the bench in the first leg … for Mahrez ?! "

You can not explain the tactics.

65 min This tie will be finished very soon. City are overwhelming spurs, which seem mentally and physically upset.

64 min "I was wondering how they could spark that," said Rachel Clifton. "Gah!"

It is this substitution. There are parallels – in substitution and scoring – with Gérard Houllier taking off from Didi Hamann in Leverkusen 17 years ago.

63 min Yes, you had your pleasure: here is Fernandinho. He replaces the discreet David Silva.

62 min City took over where they had stopped before the fourth goal. It's painfully unilateral for the moment.

De Bruyne, who was brighter than tonight, flies over Wanyama and then makes a beautiful pbad to the outside to free Aguero. He lets the ball run over his body in the area and burns it beyond Lloris.

58 min A double chance for the Spurs! First Son, played by Lucas Moura, is brilliantly tackled by the last man Kompany; then a head down Llorente, this inspired substitution, is swept by Ederson!

56 min Gundogan's free-kick is headed to the far post by David Silva. It was not a chance. The Spurs look like a team waiting to concede. I love Mauricio Pochettino, but I fear that he had a shock.

55 min The Spurs should remove Llorente. It's not his fault, but his introduction has completely changed this game. He currently plays as auxiliary left back and has just flattened Bernardo Silva.

54 min: Brilliant save Lloris! De Bruyne, found by Aguero on the edge of the surface, was heading for a bursting goal beaten by Lloris. Rose has been warned for a fault in the buildup.

53 min The Spurs have been out since Sissoko's departure, and for the moment, a fourth goal from City seems inevitable.

50 min: Vital save by Lloris! Sterling's right foot at 10 meters is repelled by Lloris and Rose is incredibly talented to stand in front of Bernardo Silva and put the ball back behind. Bernardo Silva would have had an open goal. City wanted a penalty for a foul on Bernardo Silva but that seemed pretty good for Rose. The Spurs also got the bonus of a goal kick.

50 min I'm really not sure about Spurs substitution. I know their options were limited, but the game is far too fast for Llorente at the moment. This also meant moving most of their top offensive players into more defensive roles.

49 min De Bruyne made a powerful free kick just over the bar. Lloris still covered it.

48 min A nice break from Aguero to De Bruyne, pushed back by His just in front of the D. His box is booked – he will miss the first leg of the semifinal if the Spurs get there – and that's a chance for City.

47 min I think the Spurs are up to 4-4-2, with Eriksen on the right side of the middle, Son on the left and Alli on the side of Wanyama.

47 min "I've had about a dozen predictive scenarios for this game," says Conor Clarke, "and they all came out in the first 20 minutes."

"The Spurs had to score the third goal before half-time," said Krishnamoorthy. "Can not think that City will not score a goal in 45 minutes."

I'm not too familiar with the rules of the Champions League, but I think the Spurs are allowed to score in the second half.

Half-time chatter

"The commentator of my channel compared Sterling's opening to Messi's premiere last night, but for my money, the comparison serves only to put Sterling's perfect lens in perspective," says Philip Podolsky . "It was a conventional opportunity to score goals against where Messi started his race – and shot the ball – since."

The actual finishes were pretty similar, is not it? Obviously, Messi beat 12 players, stepped on the water and cured the cold before that.

The first person to explain what has just happened wins a million retweets.

45 + 3 min The spurs hang at half time. This change has not worked so far.

45 min The daisy of the left foot of De Bruyne at 25 meters is comfortably saved by the fall of Lloris. De Bruyne was brilliant.

44 min The Spurs are currently playing a fairly tight 4-1-2-2-1, with Wanyama in front of the last four, then Eriksen and Alli, then Lucas Moura and His behind Llorente.

43 min His son is almost his hat trick! He beat Walker on the left of the box with a half-turn and fired a left-foot shot for curling a few yards from the far post. It seems like he feels that he can score from everywhere.

42 min Sterling makes a dangerous deep pbad for David Silva, who is about to shoot when Trippier, until then incompetent, succeeds in an excellent vital tack.

42 min Fernando Llorente arrives, which means both teams are now playing a 0-0-10.

41 min Sissoko is punished for limping on the wrong side of the field. Yes.

40 min Sissoko comes back … then goes down again. Yes, he will come, for actually be replaced by Fernando Llorente. An attacker for a defensive midfielder when you are hooked for an expensive life. Has everyone lost the nut?

39 min "Lord," says Lord KIA, "this game is only a ploy to make sure you do not have time to breathe in. Everything is so easy to see."

Although not to breathe.

38 min The Spurs have few midfielder options on the bench – just 18-year-old Oliver Skipp.

37 min Aguero finds De Bruyne's superb, clean cut that takes a touch and hits a shot on the superbly blocked turn at the expense of an Alderweireld corner. Before the corner can be taken, Sissoko needs more treatment. I think he's done.

35 min Sissoko struggles. He tried to attack De Bruyne, failed and started limping. It looks like it may be his groin, but he will try to keep going.

34 min "Everything went a little flat, Rob," said Charles Antaki. "There is football, including what looks like defense."

You hallucinate.

33 min "Yes, well, it could be a diminuendo," says Geoff Wignall. "The usual distinction is that it can happen anywhere, while a decrescendo necessarily follows a crescendo. The Oxford Dictionary distinguishes them as being quieter and gentler, or vice versa; I forget which one and I do not understand the difference anyway. "

32 min This is a good spell for the Spurs, that is to say that nothing has happened in a few minutes.

31 min By the way, Scott Murray follows Porto v Liverpool. You will not believe the score!

30 minutes The backs of the Spurs, Trippier and Rose, both have a problem. I do not know who started, but we must admire the solidarity of the other type.

29 min "Why can not all football be like that, written in a Disney studio?" Says Bill Hargreaves. "Somewhere, at the bottom of a dimly lit pub, Paul Scholes tore up half of his betting slips."

If he did, I would like to see the other half.

Manchester City wins 12-10 at 1,000,000-1

28 min The Spurs attempt to remove emotions from the game, mainly by keeping the ball. And they did it right until Wanyama dropped a pbad out of the game.

26 min "Even Shay Given would stop eating at that!" Says Holly McGuire.

25 min His son looks so keen for the Spurs. It's a big call, I know, but I think there could be more goals in this area.

23 min It was a deceptively good finish of Sterling, especially since it was with his weaker foot. This match is really, wildly, deeply ridiculous.

After 10 miserable scoreless minutes in this match, Sterling puts the level of the city on the aggregate. De Bruyne created it with a pretty amazing cross in the corridor of uncertainty. He was missing everyone in the middle and drove past the far post until Sterling, who was carefully placing him in the net from a tight angle with his left foot.

The goal drought is over!

20 min "Diminuendo," says Andy Sanders. "A diminuendo is the opposite of the crescendo. I know there's a football match going on, but I think a lot of people would appreciate the update of this one, Rob. "

I said that! I said it in the preamble! At least I think I have done it! In addition, this game can not fail to diminuendo after this start.

19 min Mauricio Pochettino has just phoned Danny Rose to give him tactical advice, probably of the type: "IF YOU DO NOT BEGIN TO DEFEND PROPERLY, I COLLAPSE MY BRILLIANT SHOE TO SAVE YOU FROM YOUR NEW STADIUM!"

18 min A runaway run by Walker ends when he is cut by Wanyama, 25 yards from goal. It's a good way to the right of the center, so you have to expect De Bruyne to cross instead of shooting. At least you would do it in a normal football game. In fact, it is taken by David Silva, who deploys a relatively moderate effort on the roof of the net. Lloris had it covered.