LIVE: Manchester City 4-3 Tottenham Hotspur FT

LIVE: Manchester City 4-3 Tottenham Hotspur FT

Tottenham Hotspur are through to the semifinals of the UEFA Champions League for the first time in history after edging Manchester City out on away goal rule.

Spurs scored three goals at the Etihad Stadium after winning the first leg 1-0 at their new stadium to go through 4-4 on aggregate.

Two goals from Raheem Sterling and one each from Sergio Aguero and Bernando Silva were not enough to stop the Citizens from crashing out of the tourney at the quarterfinal stage for the second time on a bounce.

Heung-Min Son continued from where he stopped last week as he scored twice before Fernando Llorente scored the final goal that saw them through to the next round.

They will now face Dutch League side Ajax in one of the semifinal matches later this month while the other match will be between Barcelona and Liverpool

96’ — Full time

And it is all over for Manchester City at the Etihad Stadium as they were dumped out of the competition by Tottenham Hotspur despite beating the visitors 4-3 after the game.

Spurs go through on away goal rule after winning the first leg 1-0 last week at their new stadium.

95’ — Goal disallowed

Raheem Sterling's goal has been disallowed after the referee flagged City's player offside in the build up to the game

91’ — 5 mins added time

The fourth official has added five minutes into play after both sides had exhausted the normal regulation period with Spurs at advantage in the game

86’ — Gundogan's miss

Man City missed a glorious chance after a couple of good moves from the attackers but Gundogan blew the chance to hand the hosts a lifeline in the game

84’ — City sub

Leros Sane has been introduced into the game in a tactical substitution as Mendy takes his place on the bench with about five minutes left to play

80’ — Lloris with a save

Hugo Lloris stopped Aguero from stretching their lead in the game after the goalkeeper superbly kept his header from crossing his goal line

78’ — Silva's miss

Bernando Silva tried opening up a space in Spurs danger zone but was unable to while looking for a clear chance to shoot, but his final ball went out of play

76’ — Goal stands

The referee points into the center for Man City to resume the game after Llorente's goal has been counted

73’ — Gooooooaaaaaaallllllll

Fernando Llorente scores for Spurs from a corner kick but the referee has requested for the VAR after Man City players protested the goal

70’ — Aguero hacked down

Tottenham defenders hacked Aguero who was trying to run into their danger zone on the left flank but the quick free kick taken by De Bruyne went straight into Hugo Lloris hands

65’ — City's attack

Kevin De Bruyne has been a thorn in the flesh for Tottenham as the Belgian continued to break into their defence

63’ — City's sub

David Silva has been taken off by Pep Guardiola in a tactical substitution as Fernandinho comes on for the home team with less than half an hour to end the encounter

62’ — City in control

Manchester City are in control as they pass the ball around for Spurs to chase while they lead by two goals at the Etihad

59’ — Goooooaaaalllllllll

Sergio Aguero fired home a thunderous shot from the left flank after Kevin De Bruyne ran into Spurs defenders before releasing the ball for the Argentine to finish up

56’ — Silva's header

David Silva tried increasing Man City's lead after connecting with Gundogan's free kick but the header wentout of play as the hosts continued to search for more goals in a bid to progress to the stage

54’ — Super save from Lloris

Spurs goalkeeper to the rescue as the Frenchman saved De Bruyne's close range shot from an Aguero's pass on the right flank

50’ — Aguero's move

Sergio Aguero was choked by a bee of Spurs players after the Argentine tried making a solo run into the visitors danger zone

48’ — Sterling's move

Raheem Sterling's solo move into Spurs danger zone was intercepted after the attacker failed to play with his teammates in the last moments of the first half.

And the referee signals the end of the first half of the crunch clash that has produced five goals in the first half

48’ — Danny Rose tackle

Danny Rose gives away a free kick in a danger zone after throwing a rough tackle on Kevin De Bruyne few minutes into the second half of the meeting but the Belgian's kick went a bit high from the goal post

46’ — Second half begins

Tottenham get us back into action as the second half kicks off at the Etihad Stadium with both teams battling for the sole semifinal ticket available after this encounter

45’ — Lloris' save

Kevin De Bruyne's low but weak shot from the right flank went straight into Hugo Lloris hands after the Citizens failed to break through into Spurs back-line from the left side of the pitch

43’ — Son's shot went wide

Son was left all alone by Man City defenders as the attacker fired home a superb shot but it went a bit wide from Ederson's goal post to keep status quo the same

41’ — Sossoko sub

Moussa Sissoko has been taken off from the game after he was able to continue with Llorente taking his place on the field of play

39’ — Rose's clearance

Danny Rose swept to dispossess Raheem Sterling from connecting with a pass that could help him launch an attack from his side as the hosts won a throwing from the attack

37’ — Sergio Aguero's chance

Sergio Aguero's shot was blocked by Spurs defenders after the Argentine connected with a square play from De Bruyne in the right flank of the pitch

36’ — Injury concerns for Spurs

Sissoko slipped while trying to mark De Bruyne who was on the attack for his side but seems to have dust up the scare and continued the match

32’ — City's attack

Man City's Bernando Silva presented with a glorious chance but failed to find the back of the net with his off-target shot which went out of play

27’ — Spurs' attack

Tottenham are on the offensive as they are taking the game to Manchester City's danger zone but have not been able to penetrate in the last few minutes of the meeting

20’ — Sterling's goaaaaallllll

Sterling puts Manchester City back in front after connecting with a low cross that all Spurs defenders missed to punish their visitors after just 20 minutes of play

18’ — Walker free kick

Kyle Walker wins free kick for City in Spurs' half after being fouled by Victor Wanyama and was penalised by the center referee

14’ — Ederson's save

Son was on the move once more but Ederson quickly rushed out to head the ball out of the attaker's reach to stop him from netting his hat-trick within the first 15 minutes of the match

11’ — Goooooooaaaaaalllllll

Bernando Silva makes it two all barely one minute after Spurs took the lead with a deflected goal from Danny Rose and it is game on for both sides

9’ — Gooooooaaaaaaalllllll

Son with a superb long range finish from outside City's box as the visitors take the lead barely ten minutes into the encounter

8’ — Goooooooaaaaaalllllll

Son restores parity for Tottenham after a poor clearance from Man City defenders

4’ — Gooooooaaaallllll

Superb goal from Raheem Sterling as he puts the curly ball behind the net after connecting with a Kevin De Bruyne's pass in the danger zone

Sergio Aguero and De Bruyne started the build up before the Belgian found a hole in the danger zone to pass to Sterling

2’ — Goal kick

Spurs get the first goal kick of the match after a long pass targeted at Raheem Sterling seemed too much for the wide man as both sides are trying to settle down faster in the encounter

1’ — Kick off

Welcome to the live updates of the Champions League match between Manchester City and Tottenham at the Etihad Stadium as the hosts are dressed in their traditional sky blue shirt and white pants, while their Spurs appear in all green outfit with deep blue sleeves

1’ — kick off

Sergio Aguero takes the kick off for Manchester City as they play from the left side of the screen to right in front of their fans

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Oluwatomiwa Babalola Oluwatomiwa Babalola is a former sports editor at Legit.ng. He has over eight years of field and office experience in the media industry. He graduated from the Nigerian Institute of Journalism in 2014 with HND in Mass Communication.