Lyon 3-1 Man City: Pep Guardiola's dreams crushed again

Man City crashed out of the Champions League in the quarter-finals with a stunning defeat by Lyon.

City were favourites to go through and set up a mouthwatering tie against Bayern Munich but they were caught short as usual on the European stage.

Maxwel Cornet broke the deadlock with a cunning low finish after Kyle Walker played Lyon on side and Eric Garcia pulled off a good rescue tackle.

However Kevin de Bruyne drilled home from Raheem Sterling’s pass in the 69th minute.

City looked poised to kick on and win but Moussa Dembele scored a controversial goal, with VAR ignoring his tangle with a defender before he fired past Ederson.

Sterling fired over with an open goal to waste City’s best remaining chance and then Dembele netted again after an Ederson fumble from a Houssem Aouar’s shot.

"One day we will break this gap to the semis. In the first 20, 25 minutes we struggled to find spaces to attack,” said Pep Guardiola.

"The second half was OK - we were there. I had a feeling we were better. You have to be perfect in this competition.

On the possible foul on Aymeric Laporte in the build-up to the second goal: "I don't want to talk about these circumstances. It looks like I'm complaining and finding excuses.

"We did a lot of good things, but it wasn't enough. We made mistakes in the boxes in key moments. We struggled to find our spaces to attack.

On the Sterling miss: "In this situation you have to equalise to take it to extra time, but then we concede the third and it's over. We created more chances and more shots.

"We are disappointed. We now go on holidays. Then we have to lift the players when they return to the club again.

And playing in the Champions League again: "Sometimes you have to break this (barrier to the semis). The team over last few years deserve it. Maybe one day we'll break this gap."