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The Premier League side scored three times inside the opening 36 minutes to seal an impressive win

Manchester City booked their place in the knockout stages of the Champions League with a fine 3-1 win over Sevilla on Tuesday night.

City needed an injury-time winner from Kevin De Bruyne to secure a 2-1 victory over the La Liga side in the reverse fixture last month, but were dominant from the outset at the Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan.

The travelling supporters continued their frosty relationship with Uefa by again booing the Champions League anthem before kick-off, but they were roaring with delight soon afterwards as Raheem Sterling and Fernandinho put City 2-0 up inside 11 minutes.

Sevilla battled their way back into the contest as Benoit Tremoulinas headed home before Wilfried Bony added City's third nine minutes before half-time.

Juventus' second consecutive draw against Borussia Monchengladbach means Pellegrini's men will head to Turin on matchweek five as group leaders aiming to take another significant scalp heading into the knockout rounds.

The Chilean's decision to include Fernando in a holding role granted attacking license to Fernandinho and the midfielder was at the heart of much of City's fine work during a devastating opening spell.

Having had a penalty appeal rejected, the Brazil international strode forward and threaded a sublime pass for Sterling to slot home left-footed in the eighth minute.

Roles were reversed three minutes later - with Sterling pouncing on a slip from Sevilla full-back Coke to feed Bony, whose shot was magnificently saved by Sergio Rico before Fernandinho nodded in the rebound.

Rico's attempted heroics were almost in vain once again when he got down to tip a strike from former Sevilla winger Jesus Navas onto the base of his right post.

Fernando Llorente fired wastefully over on the end of Vicente Iborra's flick on, but Sevilla reduced the deficit after 25 minutes with a wonderful team goal.

Vitolo deftly picked out Coke, who atoned for his earlier error by skipping past Nicolas Otamendi and chipping a cross over Joe Hart for his fellow full-back Tremoulinas to charge in for a simple headed finish.

After Sevilla defender Adil Rami blasted into the side netted, City restored their two-goal cushion nine minutes before the break as Navas collected a Hart clearance to twist past Tremoulinas and cut the ball back for Bony to pick out the bottom corner.

Unai Emery's team began the second half on the front foot, seeking to respond once more, but they were indebted to sharp reactions from Rico to deny Fernandinho a second - Sterling crafting the opportunity with another mazy run in the 53rd minute.

Enjoying arguably his finest performance since joining City from Liverpool in a protracted close-season transfer, Sterling then had a strike blocked on the end of a Fernandinho pass that was delightfully dummied by Bony.

A one-two between Ivory Coast team-mates Bony and Yaya Toure saw the latter curl wide as the match entered the final 20 minutes, with Sevilla looking increasingly low on confidence.

The Europa League holders now trail second placed Juventus by five points and can't overtake City due to an inferior head-to-head record.

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  That's all from me, Matthew Judge, and it has been a great pleasure talking you through all of tonight's action here in Seville. We hope you can join us again very soon. Take care!
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  Goals from Sterling, Fernandinho and Bony done the damage for Man City and it could have been a lot more in truth. Sevilla attacked the visitors with plenty of ambition, grabbing a goal back through Tremoulinas, but the Premier League outfit's class shone through in the end.
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  For Sevilla, it's back to the drawing board for them as they will now battle it out with Borussia Monchengladbach for third place in Group D, with Juventus poised to join Man City in the knockout stages.
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  The Citizens are through to the last 16 of the Champions League with a 1-3 win over Europa League holders Sevilla at the Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan. Pellegrini's men served up a top-drawer performance to become the first English side to make it through from the group stages this season.
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  FULL TIME: SEVILLA 1-3 MANCHESTER CITY
• 90' + 2'

   

  It's all over in Germany and Gladbach have held last season's Champions League finalists Juventus to a 1-1 stalemate in Group D. That means Man City are through to the knockout stages if they can keep their two-goal lead intact here in Seville.
• 90'

   

  SubstitutionFernandinho Martín Demichelis
  Pellegrini makes his third and final change of the match for Man City as he takes off Fernandinho and brings on Demichelis. The former looks frustrated to have been taken off in the final few minutes.
• 90'

   

  The fourth official indicates that four minutes are being added on here at the Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan. Man City are cruising towards the knockout stages as things stand with Borussia Monchengladbach and Juventus currently drawing elsewhere in Group D.
• 88'

   

  Fernandinho takes the ball off Krychowiak but the Brazilian appears to take a whack off the Poland international unintentionally. Demichelis looks set to replace him for the final few minutes here in Seville.
• 86'

   

  SubstitutionWilfried Bony Fabian Delph
  Pellegrini makes his second change of the night as he takes off Bony, who grabbed Man City’s third goal this evening, and replaces him with Delph. De Bruyne heads up front for the latter stages of the game.
• 86'

   

  Fernandinho steals the ball away inside his own half and plays in Toure. The Ivorian midfielder tries to storm forward but as Krychowiak nicks possession off him brilliantly, the referee hands Man City a free-kick.
• 84'

   

  Tremoulinas picks up the ball down the left-hand side and as he curls in a cross which Kompany hacks away, the referee on that side of the pitch raises his flag for offside anyway.
• 82'

   

  Toure picks up the ball just outside Sevilla's box with runners either side of him, but he slips on the turf at the crucial moment and that allows Kolodziejczak to clear away the danger for his side.
• 80'

   

  Kolarov wins the ball inside City's penalty area and looks to play in De Bruyne on the counter-attack, but the former Chelsea man smartly slows down and ensures his side just maintain what they have.
• 78'

   

  Hart races over to the referee to question why Vitolo escapes a yellow card as the Sevilla winger punches the ball away from the Man City shot-stopper's grasp but walks away without a caution.
• 76'

   

  Krychowiak appears to show too much to De Bruyne just outside Man City's box but as the Belgian nicks the ball away from him, he fools the referee into giving him a cheap free-kick as he sinks to the floor holding his face.
• 74'

   

  Eyebrows were raised at the sight of De Bruyne's name sitting underneath the title 'substitutes' on the team sheet for this evening's game, but Pellegrini has got it spot on tactically here in Seville.
• 73'

   

  SubstitutionRaheem Sterling Kevin De Bruyne
  Pellegrini makes his first change of the game for Man City this evening as he takes off Sterling, who got his side up and running with the first strike of the match, and replaces him with De Bruyne.
• 72'

   

  WIDE! Konoplyanka dips inside onto his stronger right foot from the left and stings a wicked shot over the crossbar via a deflection off a Man City player. De Bruyne looks set to come on now in the next few minutes for the visitors.
• 71'

   

  CLOSE! Toure almost makes it 4-1 as he plays a clever one-two with Bony just outside the box and checks inside past Rami, but he curls his effort just wide of the post with Rico at full stretch.
• 69'

   

  Sterling looks to cause Sevilla problems again as he targets Mariano this time, but the substitute stands firm against the City winger and snuffs out the danger with a good challenge one-v-one.
• 67'

   

  Mariano collects the ball out wide and spins in a lovely cross from the right-hand side over the top of Kolarov, but nobody gambles in a Sevilla shirt as it runs right the way through and out for a City throw-in.
• 65'

   

  Kompany looks to play in Bony but he overcooks his attempt. Kolodziejczak collects the loose ball but as he tries to play a pass forward, the Ivorian works hard from the front and forces the Sevilla man to clear for a throw-in.
• 64'

   

  SubstitutionFernando Llorente Ciro Immobile
  Emery makes his third and final change of the match as he takes off Llorente and brings on Dortmund loanee Immobile in a striker swap for the hosts. The former missed a great chance to convert when the score was 1-2 to Man City.
• 63'

   

  Tremoulinas collects the ball from Krychowiak and the full-back sprays in a cross towards Llorente trying to peel off to the back stick, but his header goes wide of the target as he beats Otamendi to the punch.
• 61'

   

  Man City have been lethal on the counter-attack tonight but they're keeping possession at the moment. They're mixing their game up and they just keep getting better and better this evening.
• 59'

   

  Konoplyanka bursts down the left-hand side past Sagna but as he tries to get a cross in, Sagna recovers well and forces the ball behind for a Sevilla corner. The former Dnipro man has been rather quiet tonight.
• 57'

   

  Mariano runs at Kolarov and shifts all of his weight onto the left side of his body as he curls in a low cross towards the penalty area, but Hart gobbles up the ball with an apparent ease.
• 56'

   

  SubstitutionCoke Mariano
  Emery makes his second substitution of the match for Sevilla as he takes off skipper Coke and brings on Mariano just shy of the hour mark here at the Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan.
• 55'

   

  Toure wins the ball inside his own half and feeds Sterling with the ammunition to spark a counter-attack. The youngster plays in Bony who passes a weak shot wide of the post from inside the penalty area. He should have done much better.
• 53'

   

  WHAT A SAVE! Sterling curls in a low cross which bypasses the outstretched boot of Bony but Fernandinho follows up with a shot, though Rico denies the Brazilian a second tonight with a magnificent stop.
• 52'

   

  Navas breaks forward for Man City and has Sterling and Bony up alongside him, but his cross towards the latter goes too close to Krychowiak as the Sevilla midfielder snuffs out the danger.
• 50'

   

  Coke collects Llorente's stabbed back pass and cuts inside past Otamendi onto his left foot but as he opens up his body to shoot, Fernando gets his body in the way yet again.
• 48'

   

  Krychowiak steals the ball away from Toure in the middle of the park and hooks a lofted ball towards the back stick, but Sagna heads away the danger. It's been a decent start to the second half from Sevilla so far.
• 46'

   

  SubstitutionIborra Michael Krohn-Dehli
  Emery makes his first change for Sevilla this evening as he takes off Iborra and brings on Krohn-Delhi in a midfield switcharound for the hosts. Banega looks set to drop deep alongside Krychowiak.
• 46'

   

  Welcome back! Sevilla get us under way again here at the Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan as Emery brings on Michael Krohn-Delhi for the second half in place of Iborra.
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  The Spaniards clawed a goal back in between Fernandinho and Bony's strikes through Tremoulinas, who was found all alone at the back post from Coke's cross. Navas could have smelt the danger and covered for Sagna, who had to leave him to get tight to Llorente.
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  Goals from Sterling, Fernandino and Bony have Pellegrini's men in front at the interval in what has been a stunning performance as things stand. The Citizens have allowed Sevilla to get in behind their full-backs too easily but other than that they've been terrific in their approach.
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  What a first half of football that was in Seville. Both sides attacked with quality and verve but Man City were the better of the two teams quite comfortably and thoroughly deserve their lead so far.
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  HALF TIME: SEVILLA 1-3 MANCHESTER CITY
• 45'

   

  The fourth official indicates that two minutes are being added onto the first half as Sevilla continue to try and put pressure on Man City's backline, but the visitors are standing firm at the moment.
• 44'

   

  Tremoulinas gets the ball off Banega past Sagna yet again but the referee denies him with his raised offside flag as he chucks a cross in towards Llorente in the middle of the box.
• 43'

   

  Yellow Card Grzegorz Krychowiak
  Krychowiak becomes the first man to get his name taken by the referee this evening for a mistimed challenge in the middle of the park. The Poland international barges into Bony to stop him driving Man City forward.
• 42'

   

  Coke gets beyond Kolarov down the right flank and plays in a low cross towards the near post, but Otamendi hacks away the danger. Sevilla are really on the back foot at the moment.
• 40'

   

  Kolarov wins a corner for Man City after a driving run forward and he curls in the resulting set play towards Otamendi at the near post, but the ex-Valencia man heads over the crossbar from close range.
• 38'

   

  Tremoulinas gets forward from full-back trying to get Sevilla back into the game again, but Navas watches him closely this time as he blocks the former Bordeaux man's cross superbly.
• 36'

   

  Assist Jesús Navas González
• 36'

   

   

   

  Goal Wilfried Bony
  GOOOOOOOOOOOOAAALLLL!! It’s 3-1 to Man City! Bony restores the visitors’ two-goal cushion as he gets his head over the ball and calmly rolls it into the bottom corner from Navas’ driven cross from the right.
• 34'

   

  Fernandinho gets forward again and plays a series of one-twos with Toure just outside the Sevilla box, before he winds up a long-range shot but the ex-Shakhtar Donetsk man's attempt flies well wide of the target.
• 32'

   

  Navas curls in a decent corner towards the back post which Otamendi rises highest towards, but his header lacks pace and power as it hits the floor and allows Rico to make an easy save.
• 31'

   

  Tremoulinas wipes out Navas from behind after the ball had gone and the referee ticks off the Sevilla full-back rather than dish out an early yellow card. The Frenchman was lucky there.
• 29'

   

  Man City are keeping the ball at the moment as they try to just calm things down here in Seville. It's been an explosive start from both teams and they could do with catching a breather.
• 27'

   

  Kolodziejczak gets forward for Sevilla and drives a goal-bound effort towards the net, but Hart comes up trumps and makes a stellar save between the sticks to keep Man City in front. What a huge save that was.
• 25'

   

  Assist Coke
• 25'

   

   

   

  Goal Benoit Tremoulinas
  GOOOOOOOOOAAALLLLL!! It’s 2-1 and Sevilla have a lifeline! Coke powers past Otamendi inside the penalty area and clips a cross over the top of Hart as Tremoulinas heads home unmarked inside the penalty area. Game on!
• 23'

   

  It's been an absolutely scintillating start to proceedings here in Seville as both teams continue to go toe-to-toe. Man City are controlling the middle of the park at the moment but the hosts are looking dangerous every time they break forward down the flanks.
• 22'

   

  NO PENALTY! Konoplyanka takes the ball off Tremoulinas and tries to power a cross in towards Llorente, but his effort gets blocked by Sagna and the whole stadium erupts asking for a penalty. The referee waves away their protests, though, as City break forward.
• 20'

   

  Rami's cross-field ball goes straight into the path of Navas who drives forward from the right through the middle of the pitch unmarked, but the winger sees his shot gobbled up comfortably by Rico.
• 18'

   

  Sterling looks to launch a counter-attack as Otamendi heads away a cross inside his own box, but the former Liverpool winger gets thwarted in his tracks by a superb tackle from Coke.
• 16'

   

  BLOCK! Sagna latches onto Navas' pass down the right and drives a low cross towards Toure, who tries to test Rico with a shot from inside the box but Kolodziejczak gets in the way brilliantly.
• 15'

   

  OVER THE CROSSBAR! Sevilla break forward again as Iborra flicks on Coke's cross towards Llorente, who passes up the chance to claw back a goal for Sevilla as he guides his effort over the bar from close range.
• 13'

   

  Coke schools Fernandinho twice with a couple of turns down the right-hand side and he curls in a decent cross towards the middle of the penalty area, but Kompany heads away the danger.
• 11'

   

   

   

  Goal Fernandinho
  GOOOOOOOOOOOOAAALLL!! It’s 2-0 to Man City! Sterling seizes the ball away from Rico with excellent pressing again and plays it across to Bony, who sees his shot saved by the Sevilla goalkeeper but Fernandinho heads home the rebound.
• 10'

   

  SAVE! Sterling steals the ball away from Vitolo inside Sevilla's half and drives forward on the breakaway for Man City, before he plays in Kolarov but the left-back gets denied by Rico. What a start from Pellegrini's men.
• 8'

   

  Assist Fernandinho
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  Goal Raheem Sterling
  GOOOOOOOOOAAALLLLL!! It’s 1-0 to Man City! Fernandinho plays a lovely through ball down the side of Coke into Sterling, who coolly slots the ball past Rico with his weaker left foot. The Citizens have lift off in Seville!
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  NO PENALTY! Fernandinho steams forward and goes down under a challenge from Rami inside the Sevilla penalty area, but the referee waves away the Brazilian's protests. Big call.
• 5'

   

  Konoplyanka rolls a short free-kick to Banega as the Argentine midfielder tries to clip a ball towards the back post, but Sagna heads away the danger at the near post as Man City look to set up a counter-attack.
• 3'

   

  Coke marauds forward from right-back deep into Man City's half and cleverly scoops the ball over the top of Otamendi, but his cutback towards Llorente goes beyond the gangly Sevilla forward. Unlucky.
• 1'

   

  Manchester City get us under way here at the Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan. The man in charge of the cards for this evening's game is Svein Oddvar Moen from Norway.
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  Both sets of players are stripped and raring to go as they leave the tunnel and enter onto the field here in Seville. We are just moments away from seeing the action start to unfold.
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  MANCHESTER CITY substitutes: Cabellero, De Bruyne, Delph, Mangala, Clichy, Demichelis, Barker.
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  MANCHESTER CITY (4-5-1): Hart; Sagna, Kompany (c), Otamendi, Kolarov; Navas, Toure, Fernando, Fernandinho, Sterling; Bony.
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  SEVILLA substitutes: Soria Solis, Krohn-Delhi, Reyes, Immobile, N'Zonzi, Escudero, Ferreira Filho.
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  SEVILLA (4-2-3-1): Rico; Coke (c), Rami, Kolodziejcak, Tremoulinas; Iborra, Krychowiak; Vitolo, Banega, Konoplyanka; Llorente.
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  TEAM NEWS: Pellegrini has similarly made just two alterations to the team which started Man City's last match against Norwich City in the Premier League. Fernando and Raheem Sterling both get the chance to impress from the start in place of Kevin De Bruyne and Kelechi Iheanacho respectively.
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  TEAM NEWS: Unai Emery has made just two changes to the side which started Sevilla's last match against Villarreal in La Liga. Ever Banega and Fernando Llorente come into the first eleven for tonight's affair in place of Michael Krohn-Delhi and Kevin Gameiro respectively.
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  For Manchester City, on the other hand, they edged a closely-fought encounter with Sevilla on matchday three with a 2-1 win and a positive result tonight puts them in the driving seat to qualify for the knockout stages for the third straight season under Manuel Pellegrini.
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  Now that Sevilla have got their toughest two away trips in Group D out of the way, it's now or never for them if they're to qualify for the knockout stages of the Champions League. Two of their next three matches come on home soil and they need to take advantage of that if they're to reach the last 16.
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  Good evening and welcome to our LIVE text commentary on tonight's UEFA Champions League clash between Sevilla and Manchester City from the Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan Stadium. I'm Matthew Judge and I will be your host for the match, which kicks off at 7:45pm