Man City vs Real Madrid: A Modern Champions League Classic

The champions of England Manchester City will tackle the kings of Europe in Real Madrid for the fourth consecutive season within the Champions League. The sides face off sooner than anticipated this time within the play-off spherical, with the primary leg in Manchester on Tuesday. Let’s have a look at 5 ties between the golf equipment over the previous decade which have turned the conflict into European soccer’s fashionable basic.

2015-16 Semi-finals: Real Madrid 1-0 Man City (mixture)

Manuel Pellegrini’s Manchester City had been hoping to achieve their first Champions League remaining however a deflected Gareth Bale cross lower their bid quick. 

After a boring goalless first leg attract Manchester, Welsh winger Bale’s cross hit City defender Fernando and flew over Joe Hart. 

City complained Madrid defender Lucas Vazquez ought to have been despatched off late on for an unsightly foul on Raheem Sterling however supplied far too little as Cristiano Ronaldo’s Los Blancos reached a file 14th remaining. 

The Spanish giants, coached by Zinedine Zidane, went on to beat rivals Atletico Madrid in Milan in a repeat of the 2014 remaining, claiming their eleventh European Cup.

2019-20 Last 16: Man City 4-2 Real Madrid

With Pep Guardiola on the helm Man City received the higher of Madrid with 2-1 victories in each legs of their final 16 tie — which had been performed six months aside. 

The Premier League facet got here from behind to beat Los Blancos on the Santiago Bernabeu in February 2020, with Gabriel Jesus and Kevin De Bruyne on track after Isco broke the impasse. 

The second leg was postponed till August and performed behind closed doorways due to the Covid-19 pandemic. 

Sterling and the excellent Jesus struck both facet of Karim Benzema’s equaliser.

Guardiola’s facet reached the one-game remaining eight format in Lisbon however had been dealt a shock 3-1 quarter-final defeat by Lyon.

2021-22 Semi-finals: Real Madrid 6-5 Man City

Madrid produced one of many all-time nice Champions League fightbacks to stun City regardless of the English group’s  domination for the primary 180 minutes of the tie.

City had been left to rue letting the guests escape the Etihad solely 4-3 behind having twice led by two targets within the first leg.

Riyad Mahrez’s strike to open the scoring 17 minutes from time within the Bernabeu regarded to have sealed the deal.

But Madrid’s powers of restoration had been a theme of their run to a 14th European Cup.

Rodrygo struck twice in stoppage time to ship the sport ot extra-time earlier than Benzema’s penalty despatched Carlo Ancelotti’s males to Paris, the place they beat Liverpool 1-0 within the remaining.

2022-23 Semi-finals: Man City 5-1 Real Madrid

City realized their lesson and this time had been ruthless on their strategy to lastly conquering Europe.

De Bruyne’s blistering strike cancelled out Vinicius Junior’s opener as the primary leg ended 1-1 within the Bernabeu.

On house turf, City had been unstoppable as a Bernardo Silva double put Guardiola’s males in command earlier than late targets from Manuel Akanji and Julian Alvarez rubbed salt in Spanish wounds.

City accomplished their quest to win the Champions League with a 1-0 win over Inter Milan within the Istanbul remaining.

2023-24 Quarter-finals: Real Madrid 4-4 Manchester City (Madrid win 4-3 on penalties)

Madrid exacted revenge for his or her humbling on the Etihad 12 months beforehand by withstanding a City onslaught earlier than prevailing on penalties.

A 3-3 thriller within the Bernabeu left the tie tantalisingly poised for the second leg.

Rodrygo’s early strike gave the guests one thing to defend in Manchester, which they did till De Bruyne fired in a 76th minute equaliser.

City loved practically 70 p.c possession and had 33 makes an attempt on purpose however Madrid’s Champions League survival intuition kicked in on route to a different title. 

Mateo Kovacic and Bernardo Silva missed from the spot in what many noticed as a de facto remaining earlier than Madrid beat Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund to carry the trophy as soon as extra.

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