The Brazilian had been a bright spark for the most part, but Zidane is trying a different tact in the hope of scoring that all-important second. Rodri punts a long ball over the top, which the Frenchman looks to nod back home to Courtois.But Gabriel Jesus latches onto it, despite the odds being in the keeper's favour. More parochially, he is the first English player at Manchester City to score 100 goals for the club since Dennis Tueart in 1981. And it was so simple for the hosts. Could Courtois have been faster, indeed braver, off his line? He has been in great form this season and his technique was perfect. The views expressed in the contents above are those of our users and do not necessarily reflect the views of MailOnline. And they have done that now, twice, home and away – yet without true home advantage in these sorry times.Zinedine Zidane has never lost a tie in the knockout stage of the tournament as a manager. Manchester City have been banned from UEFA club competitions for the next two seasons after being found to have committed "serious breaches" of financial regulations. Real Madrid were in it in principle, but they were conceding waves of chances, counter-pressing, and they looked uncomfortable for the entirety of this game.
He has now. The referee blows and City have secured a famous win over perennial champions Real Madrid. They knew what Jesus’s goal meant.
Madrid looked off the pace for much of this evening's contest, save for the efforts of Karim Benzema, with Raheem Sterling and Gabriel Jesus punishing two rare Raphael Varane errors to seal a 4-2 aggregate win. MANCHESTER CITY 2-REAL MADRID 1 (4-2) Real Madrid player ratings after 2-1 loss to Manchester City. Three wins from the prize that vindicates the investment in Pep Guardiola and this side. We’ll ask you to confirm this for your first post to Facebook.You can choose on each post whether you would like it to be posted to Facebook. Manchester City returned to European football and finished off Real Madrid with a 2-1 victory at the Etihad Stadium in the Champions League round of 16. Just as defensive deficiencies at City are often outweighed by attacking impetus, so no team outwits Barcelona to win La Liga without being capable of holding their own in the highest company. Choose Language. Isco was missing too, and with Kroos and Modric not dropping deep to help escape the press, Casemiro suffered — hounded by blue shirts every time he got the ball.
This was a massacre. The Spanish international comes on for Rodrygo, in what looks like a like-for-like change. That Madrid think they can function better without Gareth Bale is something of a clue, too.So Madrid equalised and by half-time were hitting City’s weak spot with increasing regularity. But he was shown on Spanish TV channel El Chiringuito de Jugones playing a few rounds ahead of the clash against Pep Guardiola's men. The scoreline perhaps made it seem closer than it was. Early on, when City were rampant, Ramos was desperately trying to martial and organise his team-mates, from distance. {"id":"8604435","channel":"/sport","pageUrl":"https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-8604435/Manchester-City-vs-Real-Madrid-Champions-League-16-2nd-leg-Live-match-report.html","status":"running","greenBox":{"body":""},"modifiedOrder":1} 70.5k members in the MCFC community. If he wanted to catch the eye of potential suitors, he was going about it the right way.And then it was Real Madrid’s turn. It was Kevin de Bruyne who stole the show, with the Belgian at the heart of everything City did in a landmark performanceSterling hesitates from pulling the trigger as the Englishman looks to net his second goal of the contest in Manchester Phil Foden was a surprise inclusion but posed problems to Madrid's defence with neat interplay with Sterling and De BruyneCity and Pep Guardiola march onto Lisbon and are just three wins away from the biggest trophy in the club's historyRodri played a long ball forward which Varane attempted to head back to Courtois.