The two goals from Riyad Mahrez, that is what the record books will show. But the two blocks – they were the key to a remarkable night in the history of Manchester City.
Oleksandr Zinchenko from Neymar, Ruben Dias from Ander Herrera. Would they have been goals? Who can say for certain? But they encapsulated the determination that has taken Manchester City to their first Champions League final, and their first European final of any kind since winning the European Cup-Winners Cup against Gornik Zabrze of Poland in 1970. That, in itself, is history. The longest gap of any club between UEFA finals – City’s 51 years beating the 41 that separated Sporting Lisbon’s 1964 Cup-Winners Cup from their 2005 UEFA Cup.