Kevin De Bruyne proved his worth when he booked Manchester City's place in the semi-final of the Champions League.
The Citizens were 3-2 aggregate winners over Ligue 1 champions Paris Saint-Germain, with the Belgian playmaker sealing a 1-0 win on a famous night in Manchester, with a superb strike 14 minutes from time.
Sergio Aguero squandered a huge chance to give the hosts the advantage in the tie when he missed a first-half penalty.
Joe Hart superb saves to punch clear Zlatan Ibrahimovic's free-kick and Thiago Silva's header, as Laurent Blanc's side came out for the second half in the ascendancy.
Manuel Pellegrini's men withstood the pressure before the ball fell to De Bruyne on the edge of the box on 76 minutes. The 24-year-old dropped a shoulder to beat a man before shaping the ball into the far corner past Kevin Trapp.
De Bruyne, a £54million buy from Wolfsburg, was given a standing ovation as he was replaced by Yaya Toure for the closing stages.
The Etihad was silenced when Ibrahimovic found the back of the net, but the strike was disallowed for offside.
The Premier League side held on to reach the last four - the first English club to reach that stage in four years - the first time in the club's history.
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