Kevin De Bruyne’s second-half goal separates Man City and Atletico Madrid after the first leg of their Champions League quarter-final.
Phil Foden came off the bench to set up De Bruyne’s winner. The Belgian international scored from a tight angle in the 70th minute.
Man City dominated possession but Atletico Madrid were able to frustrate the hosts for large portions of the game.
Yet the introduction of Foden as part of a triple substitution by Pep Guardiola in the 68th minute paid almost immediate dividends.
Within moments he had slipped in De Bruyne with a delicate through ball and he finished firmly to put Man City in control heading into next week’s second leg in the Spanish capital.
Atletico boss Diego Simeone had promised Atletico would play their usual cagey game and he was as good as his word, forcing City to play patiently.
De Bruyne and Joao Cancelo both had efforts deflected wide and Aymeric Laporte missed the target with a header.
Raheem Sterling felt he should have had a free-kick on the left edge of the area after a good run and Bernardo Silva went down in the box moments later but nothing was given.
His decision paid off as Foden, who came on alongside Jack Grealish and Gabriel Jesus, teed up De Bruyne.
De Bruyne was quick to latch onto the opportunity and drilled a low shot past Oblak.
Foden created another chance for De Bruyne soon after following a tricky run to the byline but this time Atletico had enough players back to block.
