Manchester City - Real Madrid 4: 3: Pure spectacle! City wins the erroneous semi-final first leg
Manchester City's football magicians showed record winners Real Madrid on a breath-based Champions League evening and are allowed to dream of the final again.
The team of starting coach Pep Guardiola defeated the royal in a spectacular semi-final first leg 4: 3 (2: 1). City on the way to the final on May 28th in Paris in the second leg on Wednesday is enough.
The outstanding Kevin de Bruyne (2nd), Gabriel Jesus (11th), Phil Foden (53.) and Bernardo Silva (74th) scored for the previous year's finalists who left numerous other good chances. Riyad Mahrez failed on the post (48th). The goals of striker Karim Benzema in his 600th game for Real (33rd and 82nd, penalty) and Vinicius Junior (55th) kept Madrid's hopes of the 14th triumph alive.
"A defeat is never good, but the most important thing is that we never give up," said Benzema: "We need fans like never before in Bernabeu and will do something magical."
52,500 fans transformed the Etihad Stadium into the sounds of the Beatles classic "Hey Jude" into a blue and white flag sea. Contrary to his kind, Guardiola did without tactical fatty - and initially on Ilkay Gündogan. Without him, City started hard: Toni Kroos stood too far away from flanken riyad Mahrez, de Bruyne headed after only 93 seconds.
After a cross of the Belgian, the real defense chief David Alaba, which was recovered by Adductor problems, occurred - possibly irritated by the nearby Kroos.
Notes: Alaba weak - de Bruyne inimitable, city star lets pep freaked out
Manchester City like in the frenzy
City played into a frenzy, missed a lot to the trouble of the raging Guardiola, who later even saw yellow because of complaints, but several times the third goal. Alaba gave up the first sign of life of the guests.
The royal sorely missed their midfielder Casemiro, who was sitting on the bench. But on Benzema it was relied: the Frenchman used Luka Modric to use a flank from eleven meters - his eighth (!) Gate in the knockout phase and the 13th overall in the premier class.
Guardiola had to rebuild shortly afterwards: John Stones, who defended on the right for the injured Kyle Walker, limp from the square (36.). He was replaced by Fernandinho, who otherwise played in midfield and looked really bad in the 2: 3.
At Real, Alaba stayed in the cabin for a break, Kroos soon looked for a conversation with coach Carlo Ancelotti: the distances in the middle of the field were too big, Real did not get into the pressing at all. Kroos not either, who did not make a good figure even with the fourth goal. But after Aymeric Laporte's handball, Benzema struck ice cold again with an Elfer-Lupfer.
Manchester City - Real Madrid: The data about the game
Manchester: Ederson - Stones (36. Fernandinho), Ruben Dias, Laporte, Sintschenko - Rodri - de Bruyne, Bernardo Silva - Mahrez, Gabriel Jesus (82nd sterling), Foden. - Trainer: Guardiola
Madrid: Courtois - Carvajal, Eder Militao, Alaba (46th Nacho), Mendy - Kroos - Valverde, Modric (79th Ceballos) - Rodrygo (70th Cameringa), Benzema, Vinicius Junior (88. Asensio). - Trainer: Ancelotti
Referee: Istvan Kovacs (Romania)
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Goals: 1: 0 de Bruyne (2nd), 2: 0 Gabriel Jesus (11th), 2: 1 Benzema (33.), 3: 1 Foden (53.), 3: 2 Vinicius Junior (55.), 4: 2 Bernardo Silva (74th), 4: 3 benzema (82nd, penalty)
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