Manchester City 1-1 Real Madrid (agg 4-4, 3-4 on pens): Spaniards through after shootout
Manchester City’s hold on the Champions League was wrestled away by Real Madrid as they were beaten on penalties in a dramatic quarter-final at Etihad Stadium.
The holders recovered from going behind to Rodrygo’s early strike to lay siege to Real’s goal, finally equalising 14 minutes from the end of normal time when Kevin de Bruyne pounced on Antonio Rudiger’s clearance.
It was the least City deserved for their almost total domination but a lack of the finishing touch cost them as Real, despite being exhausted and mounting a desperate rearguard action, held out for spot-kicks.
City looked on course to meet Bayern Munich in the semi-final when Luka Modric missed Real’s first penalty but Bernardo Silva’s dreadful effort and another from substitute Mateo Kovacic were saved by keeper Andriy Lunin, leaving former Chelsea defender Rudiger to step up and clinch victory for the great Champions League specialists.
It ended City’s bid for another Treble of Champions League, Premier League and FA Cup – and they must now recover from this gruelling encounter to defend the latter in the semi-final against Chelsea at Wembley on Saturday.
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Manchester City
Real Madrid
Squad number13Player nameLunin
Squad number2Player nameCarvajal
Squad number22Player nameRüdiger
Squad number6Player nameNacho
Squad number23Player nameMendy
Squad number12Player nameCamavinga
Squad number8Player nameKroos
Squad number15Player nameValverde
Squad number5Player nameBellingham
Squad number11Player nameRodrygo
Squad number7Player nameVinícius Júnior
Squad number3Player nameÉder Militão
Squad number10Player nameModric
Squad number17Player nameLucas Vázquez
Squad number21Player nameDíaz
Line-ups
Man City
Formation 4-1-4-1
31Ederson2Walker25AkanjiSubstituted forStonesat 112’minutes3Rúben Dias24GvardiolBooked at 61mins16RodriBooked at 90mins47Foden17De BruyneSubstituted forKovacicat 112’minutes20Bernardo Silva10GrealishBooked at 59minsSubstituted forDokuat 72’minutes9HaalandSubstituted forÁlvarezat 90’minutesSubstitutes5Stones6Aké8Kovacic11Doku18Ortega19Álvarez21Gómez27Nunes33Carson52Bobb82Lewis
Real Madrid
Formation 4-2-3-1
13Lunin2CarvajalBooked at 38minsSubstituted forMilitãoat 110’minutes22Rüdiger6Nacho23MendyBooked at 90mins12Camavinga8KroosSubstituted forModricat 79’minutes15Valverde5Bellingham11RodrygoSubstituted forDíazat 84’minutes7Vinícius JúniorSubstituted forVázquezat 102’minutesSubstitutes3Militão10Modric14Joselu17Vázquez19Ceballos20García21Díaz24Güler25Arrizabalaga Revuelta30González Pérez
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Match ends, Manchester City 1(3), Real Madrid 1(4).
Penalty Shootout ends, Manchester City 1(3), Real Madrid 1(4).
Goal! Manchester City 1(3), Real Madrid 1(4). Antonio Rüdiger (Real Madrid) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.
Goal! Manchester City 1(3), Real Madrid 1(3). Ederson (Manchester City) converts the penalty with a left footed shot to the bottom left corner.
Goal! Manchester City 1(2), Real Madrid 1(3). Nacho (Real Madrid) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner.
Goal! Manchester City 1(2), Real Madrid 1(2). Phil Foden (Manchester City) converts the penalty with a left footed shot to the top left corner.
Goal! Manchester City 1(1), Real Madrid 1(2). Lucas Vázquez (Real Madrid) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.
Penalty saved. Mateo Kovacic (Manchester City) right footed shot saved in the bottom left corner.
Goal! Manchester City 1(1), Real Madrid 1(1). Jude Bellingham (Real Madrid) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the centre of the goal.
Penalty saved. Bernardo Silva (Manchester City) left footed shot saved in the top centre of the goal.
Penalty saved. Luka Modric (Real Madrid) right footed shot saved in the bottom left corner.
Goal! Manchester City 1(1), Real Madrid 1. Julián Álvarez (Manchester City) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner.
Penalty Shootout begins Manchester City 1, Real Madrid 1.
Second Half Extra Time ends, Manchester City 1, Real Madrid 1.
Attempt saved. Julián Álvarez (Manchester City) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Phil Foden.
Mateo Kovacic (Manchester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Jude Bellingham (Real Madrid).
Foul by Bernardo Silva (Manchester City).
Brahim Díaz (Real Madrid) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt blocked. Mateo Kovacic (Manchester City) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Jérémy Doku.
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