City 10-3 for Europa joy after pummeling Porto
MANCHESTER CITY captain Vincent Kompany said his team’s comprehensive Europa League victory over holders Porto on Wednesday underlined their intentions as the tournament favourites romped to a 6-1 aggregate success.
Sergio Aguero opened the scoring after just 20 seconds as 4-6 shots City eased to a 4-0 win in the second leg of the round-of-32 clash.
They face Legia Warsaw or Sporting Lisbon in the next round and are 10-3 with Paddy Power to lift the trophy.
Hills make the two Manchester teams 9-1 to meet in the final of Europe's secondary club competition with City at 8-15 to go furthest of the English clubs left. United are 11-8 and Stoke are 20-1.
The Red Devils will be without Wayne Rooney, because of a throat infection, when they host Ajax on Thursday night holding a two-goal advantage.
The Potters go to the Mestalla trailing Valencia 1-0.
There was late drama in both of Wednesday night’s Champions League last-16 first-leg matches.
Basle caused an upset by nicking a late winner at home to Bayern Munich in their encounter with the tournament third favourites.
The Swiss side, who were 6-1 to win the match, take a 1-0 lead to the Allianz Arena thanks to Valentin Stocker’s 86th minute strike.
BetVictor reacted by pushing Bayern out from 13-2 to 8-1 to win the Champions League trophy for the first time since 2001.
The whistle had already been blown in Basle when Andre Ayew netted for Marseille deep into injury time to give them a 1-0 first-leg lead over Inter.
In the SPL, leaders Celtic beat Dunfermline 2-0 and third-placed Motherwell edged out Hibs 4-3 in a Fir Park humdinger to move three points behind ten-point deducted Rangers.
In the Championship, play-off chasing Hull and Brighton drew 0-0 at the KC.
In League One, Notts County halted the promotion charge of Stevenage with a 1-0 Meadow Lane success.
In League Two, fifth-placed Crawley could only draw 1-1 with mid-table Morecambe.
