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Manchester City cruised into a commanding lead against Sporting Lisbon in Portugal on February 15 to all but assure a spot in the Champions League quarter-finals. As they have done for much of this season, City put on a majestic display to give themselves a surely unassailable advantage in a tie against what had been buoyant and reinvigorated Portuguese champions. Bernardo Silva was brilliant, silencing the boos that greeted every touch from him and City’s three other former Benfica players with his side’s second and fourth goals, the first a glorious half-volley following a corner. In-form Riyad Mahrez was on…