Bad omen for Man City as Atletico Madrid have NEVER lost a Champions League tie trailing by just one goal after away leg

HISTORY is not on Manchester City's side despite their first leg win over Atletico Madrid in the Champions League last 16.

Kevin de Bruyne's 70th minute strike gave Pep Guardiola's side a slender 1-0 advantage ahead of the return clash in the Spanish capital next week.

But it has now been revealed that Atletico have NEVER lost a Champions League tie when losing the first leg away from home by one goal.

They have been forced to come from a single goal down after away defeats on two occasions in the past.

The first came back in 2015 when they were beaten by Bayer Leverkusen, but Diego Simeone's men claimed a 1-0 victory at home before winning 3-2 on penalties.

Then 12 months later they managed a similar feat against Spanish rivals Barcelona.

A brace from Luis Suarez handed the Catalan giants a 2-1 victory at the Nou Camp.

But Antoine Griezmann helped himself to a double in the second leg as Atletico claimed a 3-2 aggregate victory.

This record does not bode well for Guardiola's side heading to the Wanda Metropolitano next Tuesday.

However, Man City will take confidence from their dominant display over Atletico.

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The Premier League champions' superiority was illustrated by the fact that the visitors did not manage a single shot over the course of the 90 minutes.

According to , this is the first time Atletico have been restricted to not having a single shot since the data became available at the start of the 2003/04 season.

Man City are looking to go one step further than they managed last year when they were beaten by Chelsea in the Champions League final.

Atletico are hoping to go beyond the last eight for the first time since 2017 when they were knocked out in the semi-finals by Real Madrid.