Manchester City held off a late flood by Atletico Madrid on Wednesday as an unpleasant impasse at the Wanda Metropolitano saw Pep Guardiola's side securely through to the Champions League elimination rounds.
Kevin De Bruyne's first-leg strike last week at the Etihad Stadium demonstrated enough for City to guarantee a 1-0 triumph on total in Madrid, albeit the Belgian needed to go off with a physical issue which, if genuine, would be a sledge catastrophe for their expectations of winning the high pitch.
Kyle Walker likewise tottered off in the final part.
City will presently confront Real Madrid, with Liverpool facing Villarreal in the other semi to finish an all Spanish-English line-up in the last four.
A thorny challenge bubbled over in the last minutes when Atletico's Felipe was shipped off for a wild swipe at Phil Foden, the City midfielder as of now with his head in a wrap from a prior Felipe challenge.
The trade started a mass fight in the corner, which just checked Atletico's force as the hosts at long last placed a generally predominant City under tension as of now.
Diego Simeone was broadly reprimanded for Atletico's negative strategies in the principal leg and there was just a minor shift here, with the arrangement still to keep the game tight in front of a last push.
Atletico, however, couldn't observe the goal they required and on second thought City advance to the semis for a second sequential year, in sight again of their first Champions League win.
After an awakening service before start off that saw the words "Pride, Passion, Feeling" spelt out across the group, Atletico made a blending start, harrying City high up the pitch and raging at their heels in midfield.
Foden was rattled by Felipe, Stefan Savic demolished Ilkay Gundogan over and Walker jabbed a ball out of play, under pressure from the Atletico press.
However, City endure the early, actual attack and laid out control, regardless of whether Atletico looked a danger on the break, bombing just with their last pass.
GUNDOGAN HITS POST
City's ownership ought to have told halfway through the half when a magnificent Riyad Mahrez pass delivered Walker, whose cross avoided the sliding Atletico defenders and tracked down Foden at the back post.
He teed up Gundogan for what looked a straightforward completion however the ball cannoned ease off the post. In the scramble, Gundogan's going bounce back was obstructed by Felipe.
Atletico, however, flooded again after the restart, the group accompanying them. Antoine Griezmann plunged a volley only wide of the post, Ederson lashed a brazen dropkick downfield and Marcos Llorente burst the ball off Joao Cancelo. Guardiola fluttered on the sideline, attempting to shock his group once again into life.
With 25 minutes left, De Bruyne was supplanted by Raheem Sterling and not long after Simeone concluded the time had come to assault, Angel Correa, Yannick Carrasco and Rodrigo de Paul all approaching on.
De Paul's first touch was to fire simply past the post and City were withdrawing now, set up camp in their own half, tolerating or unfit to forestall the Atletico pressure.
Simeone threw the dice, Luis Suarez and Matheus Cunha tossed on throughout the previous eight minutes.
In the 86th moment, Correa chested down for Cunha yet his completion was hindered by the left leg of John Stones. From the corner, Ederson neglected to clear and the goal was expanding however Savic couldn't direct in.
A lively challenge ejected toward the end when Foden was taken out again by Felipe, who swung his leg at the City midfielder on his way down. A multitude of players, substitutes and staff surged in and it was a couple of moments later that Felipe was shipped off.
With nine minutes of added time, Gundogan ought to have settled it for City however Atleti made due. De Paul tried Ederson with a free-kick. Llorente was down on the ground when the ball tumbled to him in the crate. He triumphed ultimately the last shot however Ederson parried away.
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