Manchester Metropolis ended the Champions League quarter-finals with a dominant efficiency, beating FC Copenhagen 3-1 within the Danish capital on Tuesday.
Kevin De Bruyne's early opener was canceled out by Magnus Mattsson in opposition to the type of play.
Bernardo Silva restored Metropolis's lead earlier than half-time however they needed to wait till stoppage time to inflict additional punishment on the hosts as Phil Foden curled in De Bruyne's cutback.
The English champions have now received 11 consecutive video games in all competitions and stay heading in the right direction to repeat final season's treble within the Champions League, Premier League and FA Cup.
Copenhagen had not performed a aggressive match in two months since clinching its place within the final 16 by dumping Manchester United and Galatasaray within the group levels.
The Danish champion's lack of match sharpness was already obvious within the early levels when Metropolis stormed out of the blocks.
De Bruyne headed an excellent probability broad and Kamil Grabara denied Ruben Dias with a superb save inside six minutes.
The previous Liverpool goalkeeper had no probability as De Bruyne broke the impasse after ten minutes with a medical low end after Foden's move.
Jack Grealish was surprisingly handed solely his second begin of the yr by Guardiola, however the England worldwide lasted simply quarter-hour earlier than retiring with a suspected groin damage.
The guests barely skipped a beat on the pressured substitution as Jeremy Doku changed Grealish and nearly arrange a spectacular aim for Erling Haaland.
Doku cushioned Rodri's move into the trail of the Norwegian, who twisted his large body to acrobatically meet the cross on the volley, however the ball flew broad.
Metropolis had nearly 80 % of the ball and barely let Copenhagen keep in their very own half for the primary 35 minutes, however nonetheless needed to pay for one second of carelessness.
Ederson's poor clearance went straight into the trail of Mohamed Elyounoussi and his blocked shot fell to Mattson, marking his debut with a shocking strike from outdoors the penalty space.
Metropolis regained their composure and took the lead earlier than half-time.
Mattson was unfortunate as his tried clearance deflected off De Bruyne and went completely into the trail of Silva to fireside previous Grabara.
The Copenhagen goalkeeper stored his facet degree within the early levels of the second interval with spectacular stops to disclaim De Bruyne and Doku.
Grabara then received two head-to-head battles with Haaland in stoppage time.
Metropolis had been eager to construct a cushty lead with the second leg as a consequence of fall between essential Premier League video games in opposition to Manchester United and Liverpool subsequent month.
And eventually they scored the third aim that ought to have ended the tie because the in-form Foden scored his fifteenth aim of the season as Metropolis prolonged their unbeaten run in European competitions to 21 video games.
AFP
