MANCHESTER, United Kingdom, Mar 10 – Manchester City strolled into the Champions League quarter-finals for the fifth consecutive season with a 5-0 aggregate win over Sporting Lisbon despite a subdued 0-0 draw on Wednesday.
All the hard work for the English champions was done in the Portuguese capital three weeks ago as a much-changed side cruised and could even afford the luxury of bringing 36-year-old goalkeeper Scott Carson off the bench in the final stages.
