UCL: Ruthless Man City cruise into quarter-finals after 7 - 0 thrashing of Schalke

Striker Sergio Aguero celebrates his second goal of the game - Marc Atkins/Getty/TheGuardian

English side Manchester City cruised into the quarter-finals of the Champions League after trouncing German side Schalke 7 - 0 at the Etihad Stadium.

Sergio Aguero opened the scoring from the
spot and added a second three minutes later when Raheem Sterling's backheel set him up from six yards.

Leroy Sane drilled in the third and picked up a hat-trick of assists after the break as City ran riot.

Sterling, Bernardo Silva, Phil Foden and Gabriel Jesus also scored.

After slotting into the far corner in the first half, Sane set up Sterling with a wonderful curling cross that the England forward smashed into the top corner.

As posted on Manchester City's official Twittee account:

Our place in the #UCL quarter-finals: BOOKED ✅#cityvs04 highlights ▶️ https://t.co/Tc13VtYsZb

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— Manchester City (@ManCity) March 12, 2019

Silva pounced on Sane's cut-back to make it 5-0 before substitute Foden rounded the goalkeeper after he was played in by the German winger. Jesus made sure he had a slice of the pie with a late curling strike.

City, who came from behind in the first leg in Germany to win 3-2, were knocked out in the quarter-finals of last year's competition by Liverpool and have never won the Champions League.

The draw for the last eight will take place on Friday.

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