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Manchester City reach Champions League semis with 2-1 win at Dortmund

Football - Champions League - Quarter Final Second Leg - Borussia Dortmund v Manchester City - Signal Iduna Park, Dortmund, Germany - April 14, 2021. Manchester City's Rodrigo shakes hands with Ilkay Gundogan as Borussia Dortmund's Erling Braut Haaland reacts after the match. [Pool via REUTERS/Wolfgang Rattay]

Manchester City scored twice in the second half through Riyad Mahrez and Phil Foden to beat Borussia Dortmund 2-1 on Wednesday and reach the Champions League semi-finals for the first time in six years.

Foden, who scored City's winner in their 2-1 first-leg victory, fired in off the post in the 76th minute after Mahrez had converted a 55th-minute penalty awarded for a handball by Emre Can to secure a 4-2 aggregate triumph.

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