Manchester City scored two late goals to beat Schalke 3-2 in the last 16 of the Champions League on Wednesday night.
Kun Aguero had put the Citizen ahead in the 19th minute, but Schalke took the lead courtesy of two penalties awarded by VAR during a chaotic seven-minute span at the end of the first half.
The German team was awarded the first of its penalties when Nicolas Otamendi was adjudged to have handled a shot from Daniel Caligiuri. After a delay of nearly four minutes – the referee wasn’t helped by the pitchside monitor reportedly not working – Nabil Bentaleb converted from the spot in the 38th minute.
The midfielder did so again in the 45th minute and this time the decision was more straightforward after Fernandinho, playing as a makeshift centre-back, tugged back Salif Sane at a free kick.
Otamendi was handed a second yellow card in the 68th minute for a foul on substitute Guido Burgstaller but City still managed to recover in Gelsenkirchen.
Leroy Sane equalised for 10-man City in the 85th minute with a curling free kick against his former club and Sterling got the better of Bastian Oczipka after chasing a long clearance from goalkeeper Ederson Moraes and calmly finished into the bottom corner.
