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Bernardo Silva took his tally of goals for the season to 10 with his double in PortugalManchester City effectively sealed their progress to the quarter-finals of the Champions League with a stunning last-16, first-leg demolition of Sporting Lisbon in Portugal.
As they have done for much of this season, City put on a majestic display to give themselves a surely unassailable advantage in a tie against what had been a buoyant and reinvigorated Portuguese champions.
Bernardo Silva was brilliant, silencing the boos that greeted every touch from him and City's three other former Benfica players with his side's second and fourth goals, the first a glorious half-volley following a corner.
In-form Riyad Mahrez was on the scoresheet again with a close-range finish awarded via VAR after a lengthy delay to assess if Kevin de Bruyne had strayed offside in the build-up as originally ruled.
Phil Foden also added to his growing collection of cool, calm finishes in a relentless first half that shattered Sporting.
There was no let-up after the break, with Silva seeing a hat-trick headed goal ruled out for offside before he set up Raheem Sterling to curl in a lovely fifth.
Sporting will travel to Manchester for the formality of the second leg on Wednesday 16 March.
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Line-ups
Sporting
Formation 3-4-2-1
- 1Adán
- 25Inácio
- 4Coates
- 2Reis de Lima
- 24PorroSubstituted forNovo Netoat 83'minutes
- 6Alves Palhinha Gonçalves
- 8NunesBooked at 66mins
- 47de Sousa EsgaioBooked at 78mins
- 17SarabiaSubstituted forSouza Ramosat 75'minutes
- 28Pereira GonçalvesSubstituted forUgarteat 51'minutesBooked at 83mins
- 21Dias FernandesSubstituted forSlimaniat 75'minutes
Substitutes
- 3Feddal
- 7Souza Ramos
- 9Slimani
- 11Gomes dos Santos
- 13Novo Neto
- 15Ugarte
- 16Vinagre
- 22Eusébio Paulo
- 23Edwards
- 31Neves Virgínia
- 68Santos Bragança
- 87Pontes Esteves
Man City
Formation 4-3-3
- 31Ederson
- 5StonesSubstituted forZinchenkoat 61'minutes
- 3Rúben Dias
- 14LaporteSubstituted forAkéat 85'minutes
- 27Cancelo
- 17De Bruyne
- 16RodriSubstituted forFernandinhoat 73'minutes
- 20Bernardo SilvaSubstituted forDelapat 85'minutes
- 26Mahrez
- 47FodenSubstituted forGündoganat 61'minutesBooked at 74mins
- 7Sterling
Substitutes
- 6Aké
- 8Gündogan
- 11Zinchenko
- 25Fernandinho
- 33Carson
- 37Kayky
- 48Delap
- 79Mbete
- 84Slicker
- 87McAtee
- 90Lavia
Referee:Srdjan Jovanovic
Attendance:48,129
Live Text
Match ends, Sporting Lisbon 0, Manchester City 5.
Second Half ends, Sporting Lisbon 0, Manchester City 5.
Foul by Liam Delap (Manchester City).
Manuel Ugarte (Sporting Lisbon) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Corner, Manchester City. Conceded by Matheus Reis.
Nathan Aké (Manchester City) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by João Palhinha (Sporting Lisbon).
Foul by Liam Delap (Manchester City).
Manuel Ugarte (Sporting Lisbon) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt blocked. Ilkay Gündogan (Manchester City) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Riyad Mahrez.
Corner, Manchester City. Conceded by Antonio Adán.
Substitution, Manchester City. Liam Delap replaces Bernardo Silva.
Substitution, Manchester City. Nathan Aké replaces Aymeric Laporte.
Raheem Sterling (Manchester City) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by João Palhinha (Sporting Lisbon).
Manuel Ugarte (Sporting Lisbon) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Ilkay Gündogan (Manchester City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Manuel Ugarte (Sporting Lisbon).
Substitution, Sporting Lisbon. Luís Neto replaces Pedro Porro.
Attempt blocked. Rúben Dias (Manchester City) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Oleksandr Zinchenko.
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