An early Damien Delaney own goal set the tone at Old Trafford, before Matteo Darmian’s first goal in United colours made sure of the outcome ahead of Saturday’s FA Cup semi-final showdown against Everton
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Pellegrini has avoided a semi-final showdown against Bayern boss, Pep Guardiola, who will take over from the Chilean manager at City this summer, but a final between the two remains on the cards
Bayern enjoyed particular success down the right flank, and created two openings in the space of three minutes via that avenue when first Thomas Muller hooked a Philipp Lahm cross narrowly wide before Arturo Vidal’s header lacked the power to truly trouble the keeper
Bayern took the lead in the opening exchanges at the Allianz Arena, but were frustrated for the remainder of the game as Benfica limited the deficit to one going into next week’s second leg in Lisbon
Fernando Torres sent Atletico into a 25th-minute lead on the night, but the Spaniard was then given his marching orders 10 minutes before the break after picking up two bookings in the space of six minutes
Manuel Pellegrini’s side played out a goalless draw, which included just four shots on target, but progressed into the next phase thanks to their 3-1 triumph in Ukraine almost three weeks ago
The French champions went into the second leg with a 2-1 lead, and goals from Adrien Rabiot and Zlatan Ibrahimovic sealed the same scoreline in West London to book PSG’s place in the quarter-finals
The match was only 15 minutes old when City got their first away goal, with Yaya Toure knocking David Silva’s corner down to Sergio Aguero, who controlled the ball before rifling it past the keeper from close range
The Portuguese broke the resistance of the hosts in the second half to also register his 12th Champions League goal of the season
Mikel grabbed the equalizer for the Stamford Bridge outfit in their 2-1 loss to Paris Saint Germain at the Parc des Prince
The draws for the games, which would be played between February 16 and March 16, 2015, also sees Bayern Munich clashing with last year’s finalist, Juventus
City, already through to the last 16, knew that victory would see them top the group if Juventus failed to beat Sevilla
The prolific forward’s scoring feat saw him set a new record of 11 strikes for the group stage of the competition, and helped his side consolidate the top spot in Group A
Two goals from Naldo and a routine finish from Vieirinha did the damage as United dropped into the Europa League due to PSV Eindhoven’s 2-1 win at home to CSKA Moscow
Laurent Blanc’s men took the lead in the third minute when Gregory van der Wiel collected a pass from Zlatan Ibrahimovic and whipped a cross into the box, which allowed Adrien Rabiot to head his effort beyond Johan Wiland
The visitors had a glorious chance to take the lead in the early stages of the match as Luka Modric slipped a pass into the feet of Cristiano Ronaldo on the edge of the box, but the forward could only fire his effort over the crossbar
PSV were forced into an early change as Luciano Narsingh hobbled off to be replaced by Gaston Pereiro after just 18 minutes and the visitors struggled in the opening half an hour
Manuel Pellegrini’s side began brightly and Fernandinho went close with a fierce low drive in the fifth minute after Juventus could only clear a corner straight to the Brazilian midfielder
The Gunners needed to win the match and hope that Bayern Munich claimed success in the night’s other Group F tie against Olympiacos
Maccabi started the brighter of the two sides, with Dor Peretz and Eli Dasa both missing early opportunities to take the lead, before the visitors settled into the game