English clubs Man City, Liverpool take 1st-leg edge in Champions League quarter-finals

Kevin De Bruyne scored the only goal to give Manchester City a 1-0 win over Atletico Madrid in the first leg of their Champions League quarterfinal on Tuesday.

After a tight 70 minutes, City finally found its way through Atletico's tough rearguard helped by Phil Foden's vision. Just 79 seconds after coming off the bench, Foden slid in a fine throughball and De Bruyne raced through to fire in a low shot from a tight angle.

"We knew it was going to be pretty tough to create some opportunities," De Bruyne said. "The first half was tight, but we didn't give anything away and in the second half had a couple of chances. It was good that we took one."

In the night's other quarterfinal first leg, six-time European champion Liverpool won 3-1 at Benfica.

⏰ RESULTS ⏰<br><br>Quarter-finals