Samir Nasri

Former Manchester City midfielder Samir Nasriwas delighted that the Citizens booked their place in the Champions League final this season at the expense of French Ligue 1 champions Paris Saint Germain (PSG).

Samir Nasri took to his official Twitter handle to celebrate Manchester City after the 2-0 victory over PSG in the second leg of their Champions League semi-final tie. Samir Nasri is an ex-Premier League player who featured for North London giants Arsenal and Manchester City.

Nasri was delighted with the performance ofhis former team who sealed a 4-1 aggregate victory over Mauricio Pochettino and his PSG team. Manchester City took a big step towards the Champions League final with the 2-1 away win over their French opponents in the first leg.

PSG took the lead in the first leg but they were unable to preserve the advantage. Club skipper Marquinhoswas the recipient of that goal scored in the first half for the French giants. Manchester City roared back to win the game with two second half goals from Kevin De Bruyne and RiyadMahrez.

In-form Mahrez scored the winning goal from a second half free-kick in the first leg at the Parc des Princeslast week and he continued from where he stopped in the second leg at the Etihad Stadium on Tuesday night. The Algerian international scored the two goals in the second leg either side of the break to hand his team a 4-1 victory over the two legs with PSG.

Manchester City will now face Chelsea in the Champions League final after the Blues saw off the challenge of Real Madrid in the other last four tie. The 13-time European champions were beaten 2-0 by Chelsea in their second leg meeting at Stamford Bridge on Wednesday night. With that result, the West Londoners qualified for the Champions League final via a 3-1 aggregate win.