Manchester City 4 vs 3 Real Madrid: De Bruyne scores his fastest Champions League goal ever, Benzema's brace finish, big mistakes made, man of the match award and MORE
Manchester City played their Champions League first match at home (Etihad Stadium) against Spanish giants Real Madrid on Tuesday night. Pep Guardiola's Manchester City won 3-2.
won with a 4-3 advantage. Man City is aiming to win the Champions League for the first time in the club's history.
Though Man City have an advantage in the second league, Real Madrid are also hoping to finish things up at the Santiago stadium. With only one goal difference in the first league, there are more to be played.
The match between Man City and Real Madrid is the highest goal scored in the Champions League semi-final record ever since football started, with Guardiola's team having a 4-3 advantage going into next week's play at the Santiago Bernabeu.
Manchester City scored two goals in the first 10 minutes, with Kevin De Bruyne. Getting the first goal and Gabriel Jesus with the second goal Real Madrid's captain, Karim Benzema, scored the first goal for Real Madrid.
and the third goal of the match just before the half-time whistle.
After 34 minutes of football, Pep Guardiola made a substitution, with John Stone out of the game and Fernandinho in. Reports state that John Stone was injured (further reports about that would be given from the team doctors). Man City's
Phil Foden scored the third goal for Man City, making it 3-1 after 54 minutes, only for Vinicius Junior to score back two minutes later on Fernandiho's mistake.
Man City's Bernardo Silva scored a ridiculous fourth goal for City, but Benzema scored another goal from the penalty spot to enable them to close the gap ahead of the second leg in Spain.
Real Madrid's advantage at home in Spain (home of Real Madrid) after seeing his team miss a lot of chances, with Real Madrid hoping to add to their own 13 wins in this competition.
It's actually true with Benzema at the club after the forward scored a brace to make it nine goals in his last four Champions League matches while also scoring 40 goals for this season.
De Bruyne and Jesus would actually like to net more goals, but when they do find the net, it's usually crucial for the team.
De Bruyne has already netted against big clubs like Chelsea, Manchester United, Atletico and Liverpool both at home and away this season, and his early header goal gave Man City a game-changing mentality against Real Madrid. His goal was scored after just one minute and 33 seconds of football. This was Man City's fastest goal ever in the Champions League.
Gabriel Jesus, meanwhile, has found most opportunities challenging to come by this season but has still managed to score against big teams like Arsenal, Chelsea, Paris Saint-Germain and now Real Madrid. The Spanish giants (Real Madrid) will be sick of the sight of him after he scored in both games of the last-16 tie in 2020.
The BIG Stadium really suits De Bruyne in particular, and in the first half here, he was actually the best player on the pitch.
While other world-class midfielders like Luka Modric and Karim Benzema took over in the second half, taking a while to find their rhythm, De Bruyne scored after just 90 seconds and set up Jesus 10 minutes later. His run from the edge of the box to head in Man City's Mahrez's cross was a fine header as an example of penalty box movement.
The Belgians, KDB, also created some big chances for Riyad Mahrez and Foden inside the opening 30 minutes, and City could have been out of the game before Benzema nicked one back before halftime.
Mahrez's miss, while also ignoring a square pass to Foden at the back post, annoyed Guardiola so much that the City boss ended up in Ancelotti's technical area as he raced down the touchline to scream at the Algerian, after which the referee gave him a yellow card.
The 37-year-old star started well, and it was his fine cross that set up Foden's header, but he started to find difficulties as the game went on. He was embarrassed by Vinicius Junior as he scored to make it 3-2, and every time Real Madrid flung the ball out to their left, the Etihad held its breath.
The one thing City couldn't handle well was Benzema's brilliance. The Frenchman's finish in the first half was good and his tricky penalty was cool. With Benzema in your team playing like this, there is always a chance to win.
Benzema was handed the man of the match award after 90 minutes of play over the whistle.
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