Manchester City’s Kevin De Bruyne and Vinicius Junior’s goals were all enough from an intense Champions League semi-final first leg in the Bernabeu that ended 1-1, with nothing to separate Real Madrid and Manchester City the tie will be decided at the Etihad Stadium next week Wednesday as Pep Guardiola seek to keep their dream of a Treble on track.
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City had dominated the possession in the early stages of the match only to concede from Madrid’s only shot of the first half, a stunning strike from Vinicius that seemed to unnerve Pep Guardiola’s side.
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However, midway through the second half, just when Madrid were pushing for their second goal, De Bruyne silenced the Bernabeu with a stunner of his own from a distance.
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Aurelien Tchouameni almost gave Real, looking to extend their record tally to 15th European crowns, the lead again with another strike from range but it was well saved by Ederson.
City are now unbeaten in 21 games in all competitions, a run which includes 17 wins. Seven more victories and they get the Treble.
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Luka Modric was fit enough to start for Real Madrid so there was just one change from the team that won at Chelsea with Antonio Rudiger coming in.
Pep Guardiola named the same Manchester City side that defeated Arsenal last month with Manuel Akanji in as left-back. Nathan Ake’s injury against Leeds meant he was unavailable.
After the match, Guardiola said:
“When we were better, they scored. When they were better, we scored,” Guardiola told BT Sport. “It was a tight game. Bernabeu, a semi-final, is always difficult. We had good moments and sometimes difficult [moments] with the quality that they have with the ball.
“It is 1-1. A final next Wednesday with our people. Now we travel to Manchester and we are going to see what we can do better. When you play these games, it is like a play-off. For the second, you learn a lot from the first. Hopefully, we can learn.”
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Ancelotti was satisfied with the draw and he said:
“A good game, an interesting game,” Carlo Ancelotti told BT Sport.
“Difficult for us in the first half, in the second half it was much better. They controlled possession in the first half but we were in good control defensively and when we started to play the ball we created a lot of difficulties.
“You have to stay calm, you have to keep the position defensively, do not go crazy to press, stay there and play the low block, and when we had the opportunity we scored the first goal. [Vinicius Junior] is in a fantastic moment but the team played well.”I am satisfied, with a good sensation about the game on Wednesday.”
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Man City’s remaining fixtures
- May 14: Everton (A) – Premier League, kick-off 4 pm
- May 17: Real Madrid (H) – Champions League, kick-off 10 pm
- May 21: Chelsea (H) – Premier League, kick-off 6 pm
- May 24: Brighton (A) – Premier League, kick-off 10 pm
- May 28: Brentford (A) – Premier League, kick-off 6.30 pm
- June 3: Manchester United (N) – FA Cup final, kick-off 5 pm
