Real Madrid and Manchester City best entertainment, Six goals and a wonderful exchange of blows – record winners Real Madrid and defending champions Manchester City offered the spectators a spectacle in the quarter-final first leg of the Champions League.
At the Estadio Santiago Bernabéu, the guests from the Premier League missed out after leading twice on Tuesday evening (April 9th, 2024). Victory, in the end it was 3:3 (1:2).
City coach Guardiola is enthusiastic, Real’s Kroos less so
Germany’s national team returnee Toni Kroos, who was in the starting line-up, summarized the event on “DAZN” as follows: “I don’t feel that satisfied, admittedly.” The evening contained too much spectacle and too many mistakes for him.
City coach Pep Guardiola, on the other hand, was thrilled: “It was a fantastic game, we’ll take the draw,” emphasized the former Bayern coach and also paid a huge compliment to his German goalkeeper Stefan Ortega, even though he was beaten three times.
Silva puts Man City in the lead
Bernardo Silva gave Manchester City an early lead with a direct free kick (2nd minute), Eduardo Camavinga (12th) and Rodrygo (14th) turned the game around for the hosts within two minutes.
In the second period, Phil Foden (66′) and Josko Gvardiol (71′) brought about another turnaround before Federico Valverde (79′) added the final point. The goals in the second half from Valverde, Foden and Gvardiol were real works of art.
Supporting roles for Rüdiger and Kroos
In the end, the German Real defender Antonio Rüdiger and also Kroos only had supporting roles on this wild evening of football. Rüdiger did grim defensive work for a long time, but was unable to prevent the English team from scoring dream goals. Kroos initially set the pace, but had to leave the field for Luka Modric in the hectic final phase.
It was the fourth duel between the two clubs in the past five seasons. It was now “a classic,” said Guardiola, and the atmosphere in Madrid matched it. English fans had been celebrating in the Plaza Mayor since midday, the sun was shining, and the mood in front of the stadium was increasing by the minute before kick-off.
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