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Man of the Match
The German picked the ball up from the back and dominated the midfield practically on his own all night.
In the absence of Fernandinho, he really stepped up and created numerous chances from deep with the countless balls in behind.
Full-time: Manchester City (10) 7-0 (2) Schalke
City absolutely superb tonight, going through 10-2 on aggregate.
Schalke, woeful.
84' GOAL! Jesus fires home! 7-0
Bernardo simply plays the ball to Jesus who passes the past Fahrmann into the back of the net.
Fahrmann really should've stopped that one.
78' GOAL! Foden makes it six! 6-0
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City will end the game without a natural centre-back on the pitch.
71' GOAL! Bernardo adds a fifth! 5-0
Unmarked, the Portuguese midfielder slotted home his ninth of the season.
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The captain's armband goes to Sterling!
63'
Pass and move with utter confidence - Schalke can't wait for full-time.
56' GOAL! Sterling gets in on the act! 4-0.
The linesman again has his flag up, although, after a seemingly eternal wait, VAR overrules the decision and gives the goal.
Guardiola's side rampant.
53'
The German rounds the 'keeper and puts the ball into the net, although the linesman has his flag up on the far side.
51'
Sane beats the offside trap, although this time fires just wide.
46'
Half-time: City 3-0 Schalke
Schalke simply outclassed and now need four goals in order to go through - won't happen.
45+2'
Eventually, Sterling moves in behind and receives the ball back, although is again denied by Fahrmann.
45'
41' GOAL! Sane gets in on the act! 3-0.
Sane beats Schalke's number two to the ball and calmly strokes into the back of the net.
38' GOAL! Aguero gets his second! 2-0
If the tie wasn't already over, it is now.
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35' GOAL! Aguero converts from the spot! 1-0.
A long way back for Schalke now, who need three goals to stand any chance of progressing.
32' Penalty to City!
With no hesitation, the referee points to the spot!
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25'
Guardiola animated on the touchline, he clearly wants City to be more creative.
20'
Oczpika whips the ball in although the ball is headed away from danger.
18'
That being said, Schalke are defending well.
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Tie almost done and dusted!
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10'
The away side are defending noticeably deep - maybe to stop the pace of City's frontline from getting in behind.
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The ball is whipped in from the resulting corner, although Konoplyanka manages to get the ball clear.
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The teams are out!
Of course, the Champions League anthem is booed.
Three changes for City
There's also a big night for Cameron Humphreys, who is on the Blues' bench for the first time.
Team news is in!
Schalke 04 XI: Fahrmann; Stambouli, Sané, Bruma; Serdar, McKennie, Bentaleb, Oczipka; Konoplyanka, Embolo, Burgstaller.
Team news to follow
I'll be back with more news from the Etihad shortly, including team news from 19:00 GMT.
Contrasting form
The Germans have lost five of their last six, and sit just four points above the Bundesliga relegation play-off place following defeat to Werder Bremen at the weekend.
On the other hand, City have been in scintillating form since the start of the year.
The Blues are now top of the Premier League after an incredible run of form at the start of the year, and seem firm favourites to retain their Premier League crown.
Predicted XI's
Schalke 04 predicted XI: Fahrmann; Riether, Bruma, Nastasic, Sane, Oczipka; Bentaleb, Serdar; Mendyl, Embolo, McKennie.
Schalke with fewer problems
City's injuries and suspensions
It is likely that the Brazilian midfielder would’ve missed the game due to injury regardless, along with Kevin De Bruyne and Claudio Bravo, who are also ruled out.
Defensive duo Ayermic Laporte and John Stones could both return in time for the game.
Guardiola cautious
"What happened in the first game can happen in the second one," started Guardiola. "So that's why it doesn't change too much what we have to do. We still have work to do.”
Pep is experienced in this competition and will look to use this to his advantage.
"Anything can happen in this competition. We must make incredible efforts in epic situations to go through.”
Guardiola then ended by saying, “We'll try and play a perfect game and do what we need to do to go through."
City lead on aggregate
City won 3-2 in Germany, meaning the Bundesliga side will have to score twice without reply, at least, in order to progress into the last eight.
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