The Croatian was one of Liverpool's best performers on the night as a stubborn defensive performance helped Jurgen Klopp's side over the line and limited one of the most free-flowing attacking sides in world football right now to just a single goal in 180 minutes of action.
Lovren has often been criticised for his displays since joining Liverpool but he rose to the occasion at the Etihad, revealing after the game that he was also one of the most vocal players in the dressing room at half-time.
"To be honest I was shouting a bit at half time," he explained. "I told the lads to wake up because it was not good enough and I said we were sitting too deep. Of course Klopp said 'Yes you are sitting too deep because you are not pushing up.'
"He wanted me and Virgil (van Dijk) to be more compact and push the team up but it was quite difficult, you know, to push up when City had the ball. It was all positive; there was nothing negative. But I needed to remind the guys that we had 50 minutes to be in the semi-finals of the Champions League.
"We needed to give more. The first 10-15 minutes (of the first half) wasn't good enough. When you see the second half, again they had a couple of chances but nothing too serious. We talked on the pitch, a few of us, and said (after Jesus scored) we need to keep our heads and stick together.
"We had luck in a couple of moments to be honest, but when you look over the two games we have been brave and when you are brave the luck goes with you. When you go and score two goals it is enough. We deserved that."