Evening all, and welcome to a brilliant game of association football!

But here come City, Sterling taking possession in midfield and sliding a ball through for De Bruyne - though Sane is after it too. But Sidibe slies in, and Subasic completes the clearance.

This is a much slower game than the one in Manchester. Monaco, presumably wary of how they tired, are letting it happen, and for now it's working.

Monaco are allowing City the ball in their own half, before engaging once things look promising. So far, City are doing nothing.

Lovely football from Monaco, Bakayoko short into Lematr, short into Mbappe, out wide to Mendy. He crosses, and Stones slices out of play, but the throw comes to nothing.

Apparently people think people talk like this.

Not sure city have even had an attack yet, never mind a shot.

City can't get hold of the ball in midfield at the moment, and to underline the point, Fernandinho sells De Bruyne short, Bakayoko snaps into the challenge, and Germain nips through the middle. From 25 yards, he shoots, but the ball flies over the top.

Fabinbho slides one down the side of Clichy for Mbappe, running across the line - he seizes onto it and lashes a low shot into the bottom corner, but was just offisde. Good decision, good finish.

Sterling rolls one down the line for De Bruyne, but Mendy simply barges him off the ball and Monaco build once more.

The game has gone a little quiet, which City won't mind. They pass a little time knocking the ball across their back four.

Pushing it. in mine.

In the first leg, both Fabinho and Bakayoko vanished when stuff got real. If they can refrain from such behaviour tonight, Monaco have a serious chance - after all, Falcao missed a penalty to give them 3-1 in Manchester, during which period they looked the superior side.

Useless throw out from Caballero, picked up by Silva, and Sagna stretches into a challenge, getting naewhere near the ball. He's booked.

Monaco win a free-kick, 40 yards out, right of centre. Lemar, well, snaps it straight into the hands of Caballero.

Pep Guardiola is prowling the touchline - he'll have known in the first place that his side are in a game, but now he extra-knows.

GOAL! Monaco 1-0 Manchester City (Mbappe) agg 4-5 Monaco have started like they mean it; first, Caballero blocks Mbappe, before Mendy powers between tame challenges from Sane and Aguero - his cross is blocked back out wide by Kolarov. But Bernanrdo Silva, now on the left, is lurking, he drills across - there are two men on the line in offside positions - but before it gets to them, Mbappe slips it home, and Monaco are halfway there. Or, as Peter drury might exclaim, "BASE CAMP!"

Mendy chases down the left and clumps over a cross, which Cluchy heads clear.

Monaco defend with a very high line; each of their defenders is confident in a race. But not all teams have as much pace up front as City, nor as clever passers as Silva and De Bruyne.

For those of you watching in black and white...