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Lyon players celebrate after winning the Champions League quarterfinal match against Manchester City. AP
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Gabriel Jesus and Raheem Sterling after the Lyon defeat. Getty
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Pep Guardiola reacts during the match. Reuters
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Raheem Sterling looks dejected after the defat by Lyon. Reuters
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Lyon's Maxwel Cornet celebrates scoring their first goal with coach Rudi Garcia. Reuters
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Raheem Sterling of Manchester City misses an open goal. Getty
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Raheem Sterling following City's defeat. Reuters
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Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola during the match. Reuters
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Lyon's Moussa Dembele, right, celebrates with his teammates after scoring his team's third goal. AP
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Lyon's Moussa Dembele scores his team's third goal. AP
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Manchester City's Pep Guardiola during the defeat. PA
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Lyon's Moussa Dembele consoles Manchester City's Raheem Sterling at the end of the match. AP
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Manchester City's Kevin De Bruyne, left, scores City's goal. AP
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Manchester City's coach Pep Guardiola speaks to his players. AP
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Kevin de Bruyne and teammates after conceding a goal. EPA
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Lyon players celebrate after their win. AP
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Lyon's French forward Moussa Dembele celebrates with teammates after scoring his first goal, Lyon's second one, during the UEFA Champions League quarter-final football match between Manchester City and Lyon at the Jose Alvalade stadium in Lisbon on August 15, 2020. / AFP / POOL / FRANCK FIFE
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Lyon players celebrate after winning the Champions League quarterfinal match against Manchester City. AP
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Gabriel Jesus and Raheem Sterling after the Lyon defeat. Getty
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Pep Guardiola reacts during the match. Reuters
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Raheem Sterling looks dejected after the defat by Lyon. Reuters
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Lyon's Maxwel Cornet celebrates scoring their first goal with coach Rudi Garcia. Reuters
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Raheem Sterling of Manchester City misses an open goal. Getty
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Raheem Sterling following City's defeat. Reuters
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Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola during the match. Reuters
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Lyon's Moussa Dembele, right, celebrates with his teammates after scoring his team's third goal. AP
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Lyon's Moussa Dembele scores his team's third goal. AP
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Manchester City's Pep Guardiola during the defeat. PA
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Lyon's Moussa Dembele consoles Manchester City's Raheem Sterling at the end of the match. AP
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Manchester City's Kevin De Bruyne, left, scores City's goal. AP
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Manchester City's coach Pep Guardiola speaks to his players. AP
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Kevin de Bruyne and teammates after conceding a goal. EPA
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Lyon players celebrate after their win. AP
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Lyon's French forward Moussa Dembele celebrates with teammates after scoring his first goal, Lyon's second one, during the UEFA Champions League quarter-final football match between Manchester City and Lyon at the Jose Alvalade stadium in Lisbon on August 15, 2020. / AFP / POOL / FRANCK FIFE
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Lyon players celebrate after winning the Champions League quarterfinal match against Manchester City. AP
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