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		</div><p>Moussa Dembele struck either side of Raheem Sterling’s late glaring miss as Lyon stunned Manchester City to reach the Champions Legaue semi-finals with a 3-1 win in Lisbon.</p>
<p>City had hauled themselves back into the game after Maxwel Cornet’s opener with Kevin De Bruyne’s 69th-minute equaliser but former Celtic striker Dembele then came off the bench to turn the tie dramatically.</p>
<p>Dembele first broke from halfway to slot home and then, moments after Sterling’s miss, he made victory certain after a spill by Ederson.</p>
<p>Sterling, who had been one of City’s better players, will certainly not want to relive the moment he could have levelled the game after 86 minutes.</p>
<p>The England forward had the goal at his mercy but remarkably blazed over in the heat of the moment.</p>
<p>City were then fully punished by Dembele and the wait for them, and their manager Pep Guardiola, goes on.</p>
<p>City had hoped the tournament’s new streamlined format would work in their favour but they reckoned without the determination of Lyon, who finished seventh in the curtailed Ligue 1 season.</p>
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<p>Again Guardiola made a surprise in his selection for a key tie, bringing in Eric Garcia for Phil Foden.</p>
<p>While the intention was to add strength, deploying the 19-year-old in a three-man back line with Fernandinho and Aymeric Laporte did not work.</p>
<p>City looked disjointed and, with Ilkay Gundogan and Rodri deep in midfield, there was a lack of attacking impetus.</p>
<p>In Sterling, De Bruyne and Gabriel Jesus, they still boasted a potent forward trio but Lyon dealt with them well.</p>
<p>City did have an early chance as Joao Cancelo played in Sterling but his cutback for Jesus was cleared by Fernando Marcal.</p>
<p>Lyon looked to hit City on the counter and stretch their back three and the plan paid off in the 24th minute when Karl Toko Ekambi raced on to a Marcal pass.</p>
<p>Garcia recovered to halt the charge but cleared only as a far as Cornet, who after scoring against City three times last season, stung them again by curling round a stranded Ederson.</p>
<p>City at least responded positively and kept Lyon goalkeeper Anthony Lopes busy for the remainder of the first half.</p>
<p>Lopes had to push away a drilled cross from Cancelo and smother Jesus’ attempt on the rebound. He also saved an albeit weak first-time shot from Rodri and then denied Sterling from close range.</p>
<p>City began to look laboured in the early stages of the second half but then De Bruyne took it upon himself to try to retrieve the situation.</p>
<p>The Belgian first tested Lopes with a 25-yard free-kick just before the hour and then curled another set-piece over before having a driving run halted on the edge of the area.</p>
<p>Ederson kept City’s hopes alive by keeping out another long-range Marcal shot and they finally broke the French side’s rearguard after 69 minutes.</p>
<p>Sterling did brilliantly to turn a defender on the left and his cutback for De Bruyne was perfect, allowing City’s chief playmaker to sidefoot past Lopes.</p>
<p>That appeared to energise City and Jesus forced a brilliant save from Lopes with a powerful shot on the turn that appeared destined for the top corner.</p>
<p>Yet just as City began to sense their chance, they were caught out again.</p>
<p>This time Dembele got behind the defence and finished well in the 79th minute. City waited in hope VAR might overturn the goal for a foul on halfway but the goal was given.</p>
<p>Sterling looked like he would take the game to extra time but contrived to miss from Jesus’ pass and Dembele then had the final say.</p>
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