Champions League

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Champions League | Semi-Finals | 2nd Leg

May 4, 2021 at 8pm UK

Etihad Stadium

Man City
2 - 0
PSG

(Manchester City win 4-1 on aggregate)

Mahrez (11', 63')
Zinchenko (72'), De Bruyne (74')

FT(HT: 1-0)

Herrera (22'), Verratti (71'), Kimpembe (87'), Pereira (89')
di Maria (69')

Pep Guardiola pays tribute to "incredible" Man City after PSG win

| 04 May 2021

Riyad Mahrez scored twice as the Premier League leaders beat 10-man PSG 2-0 and 4-1 on aggregate.

Pep Guardiola saluted his "incredible" players after Manchester City produced a superb performance to reach their first Champions League final.

Riyad Mahrez struck in each half as the Premier League leaders beat French champions Paris St Germain 2-0 at the Etihad Stadium to complete a 4-1 aggregate success in their semi-final.

City manager Guardiola said: "We beat a team that knocked out Barcelona and Bayern Munich.

Road to the Final 🤲🏼 the most important is now #elhamdulillah ☝🏼 pic.twitter.com/xpMKu1iwBO

— Riyad Mahrez (@Mahrez22) May 4, 2021

"We struggled early on but were much better in the second half. It was an incredible, huge victory for us.

"What the players have done this season is incredible in the toughest year for everyone. Being so close to winning the Premier League and in final of the Champions League is so good."

City will now play the winners of the other semi-final between Chelsea and Real Madrid in the final in Istanbul later this month.

Their progress is the culmination of a long journey for the club since their takeover by Sheikh Mansour in 2008.

Final bound!!!!!!! pic.twitter.com/LJDdQlXWy3

— Kevin De Bruyne (@DeBruyneKev) May 4, 2021

Guardiola, who took the reins in 2016, said the victory belonged to a long list of contributors.

He said: "My first words are for the players who didn't play. I know how tough it is.

"My second are for our owners, chairman, all the people from Abu Dhabi. Then the players who played before for us – Colin Bell, Mike Summerbee.

"Then the guys that helped to take the club to another level – Joe Hart, Pablo Zabaleta, Vincent Kompany, David Silva, Sergio (Aguero), who is still here. Many players helped us to be at this stage, want to share it with them. Without them it would not possible."