Manchester City and Pep Guardiola were treated to a shock by Monaco FC who overturned 2 goal deficit to qualify for quarter finals of Champions leg with 6-6 goal aggregate, courtesy of away goals.
Manchester City will look back on their Champions League exit at the hands of AS Monaco and know they blew a golden chance to win the competition this season, but much of the blame must lie at the feet of the City manager.
City lost 3-1 on the night, going out on away goals after a 6-6 draw on aggregate, but they had the game in the bag after the 5-3 first-leg victory and also when they regained the overall lead with Leroy Sane’s second-half goal in Stade Louis II.
The English side were 13 minutes from a place in the quarter-finals after clawing themselves back into a second leg their hosts had dominated, but slack marking from a set-piece allowed Tiemoue Bakayoko to head home the decisive goal.
The Ligue 1 side, who had scored 123 goals so far this season, deservedly doubled their advantage on the night, punishing City’s sluggish start through Fabinho’s crisp strike.
City failed to muster any sort of shot in the opening 45 minutes and it took until the 65th minute for Sergio Aguero to call goalkeeper Danijel Subasic into a sharp save.
They forced their way into the game – and back into the aggregate lead – as Leroy Sane swept in when Subasic parried Raheem Sterling’s low strike, but their defence could not hold out.
The result leaves Premier League champions Leicester City as the only English team in the last eight.