4 Truths: Manchester City's history comes at a cost; Atletico Madrid are real contenders

Manchester City reached the quarter-finals of the Champions League for the first time in the club's history but their chances of going any further, and indeed winning the Premier League, could have evaporated after only five minutes at the Etihad Stadium. As soon as Vincent Kompany flung his arm up in the air and collapsed to the ground after suffering another calf injury, you could sense the trepidation around the stadium.

No player - not even Sergio Aguero - is as central to City's fortunes as Kompany, simply because the supporting cast of centre-backs at City is far from convincing, despite some expensive acquisitions. The subsequent loss of Nicolas Otamendi to another injury pales into insignificance compared to the likely loss of Kompany for the quarter-final matches and a string of crucial Premier League games. The stats are clear on this: Kompany makes a huge difference to City. Without him they are a much worse team, and without him the Capital One Cup winners might win nothing else.

Perhaps it was City losing their two centre-backs after a quarter of the match which killed this game off as an event - more likely it was City's insurmountable advantage from the first leg - but the crowd at the Etihad Stadium were treated to a truly rotten spectacle. City's first 'shot on target' came from a Kiev back-pass in the second half, and at one stage there had been more injuries than shots.

The moment which epitomised this dirge was when Jesus Navas charged forward 40 yards or so and played the ball straight out of play when trying to find Sergio Aguero just before half-time. Dynamo Kiev's ambition could be questioned - they could have pushed on more against City's makeshift back four, in search of the three goals they needed to progress - but Manuel Pellegrini would have been perfectly happy watching a match largely devoid of chances, even if the supporters weren't. City didn't need to do anything but watch the minutes tick by and start planning for the last eight.

Diego Simeone’s side are among the hardest to beat in Europe at the moment and no one would relish drawing a team this disciplined and determined after they beat PSV Eindhoven 8-7 on penalties. They have 28 clean sheets in 43 games in all competitions - with 13 in 17 in Europe - and in knockout football, their incredible defensive record could take them a long way.

You wouldn’t bet against them beating any teams, including Munich and Barcelona – and even then they would stand a better chance than any of the mortal teams left in the competition. With a bit of luck, they could go one further than their losing appearance in the final in 2014. They could yet beat Barcelona and win the whole thing.

Atletico Madrid's 0-0 draw against PSV was one of the more entertaining stalemates you are likely to see, with plenty of chances and incident. Both teams could have won the match, Atleti seeing numerous opportunities repelled by PSV keeper Jeroen Zoet and the Dutch team hitting the post through Jurgen Locadia.

But ultimately it finished 0-0, and again after extra-time. That meant it was the first ever Champions League match to go to penalties after 0-0 draws in both legs. It was a fitting conclusion to a night which could have gone on for weeks without a goal being scored.