Real Madrid vs Manchester City - Second Half UEFA Champions League, Quarter Finals, Season 2023 – 2024
Real Madrid and Manchester City traded stunners in a thrilling UEFA Champions League quarter-final first leg which ended 3-3
Real Madrid and Manchester City traded stunners in a thrilling UEFA Champions League quarter-final first leg which ended 3-3
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00:00 However, to score and then score again in quick succession against them,
00:04 that's put a whole new complex on this tie.
00:06 Manchester City now have to be very careful, they've got to stay in this tie.
00:09 They know they can beat Real Madrid and beat them comfortably at the Etihad.
00:13 So even this result isn't a disaster.
00:15 They don't want to concede any more goals.
00:17 That's got to be priority for Pep Guardiola.
00:19 Yeah, Pep won't want to take any chances though, will he?
00:21 No, definitely not.
00:22 He has the likes of Kevin De Bruyne and Doco on the bench,
00:25 but I'm sure he would have made adjustments tactically at half-time.
00:30 And I anticipate a stronger performance, a more controlled performance,
00:33 because just to get to that stage in the second half,
00:35 our first half, you've got to run away from them.
00:37 What a game it's turning out to be at the Santiago Bernabeu.
00:40 It is a game that many people wanted as the final.
00:42 It isn't, it's the first leg of the quarterfinals
00:45 and at half-time, Real Madrid are the team with the advantage.
00:48 Let's find out how the second half goes in the company of our commentators today.
00:51 Steve McManaman, but first, Adam Somerton.
00:58 Thank you, Reshman. Yeah, it is a tie that promised so much,
01:01 and how that first half delivered, often open and attacking.
01:05 A bit frantic at times, two, three goals already, perhaps more to come,
01:09 but without De Bruyne out there yet tonight,
01:12 and Walker back home in Manchester,
01:14 Steve, you really feel that for Real Madrid it's so important,
01:18 they make the very most of this next 45 minutes.
01:21 Very, very much so, particularly Kyle Walker,
01:23 we don't know how bad Kevin De Bruyne is,
01:27 whether he's improved before the game,
01:30 whether he's feeling a little bit better, we don't know that,
01:33 but certainly Kyle Walker, particularly down that side where he normally plays,
01:37 they have looked vulnerable, he normally controls that area supremely well.
01:41 He's played before against the Vinicius Junior,
01:45 I know he's done well with his pace,
01:47 and that's an area that they have exploited this evening,
01:50 Real Madrid, and let's see if Manchester City can shore up that side of the pitch now.
01:54 RUBIN DIAS - WALKER
02:01 Rubin Dias, who was the victim of that wicked deflection for the equalising goal.
02:05 Goes down by Bellingham.
02:09 Akanji.
02:13 Rubin Dias, Rodrigo looking to force the issue.
02:20 City come in possession.
02:24 This is Akanji.
02:25 Full folding start.
02:33 Wide on the right-hand side, Bernardo, slightly more infield this time.
02:38 Foul by Ferland-Mendy, there's a foul.
02:42 He's letting them know he's there, being aggressive.
02:51 Certainly a contender for Player of the Year in the Premier League this season,
02:54 Phil Foden now, Manchester City need him to leave his mark at some point on this tie.
02:59 Ortega.
03:05 Stokes.
03:11 Rodri.
03:13 [MUSIC]
03:21 Foul by Kalavinka.
03:22 [MUSIC]
03:32 Rodri.
03:43 Kalavinka, who was born in Madrid, had two spells with Atleti, originally with their youth system.
03:48 Crossing comes towards Grealish.
03:53 Haaland, Grealish.
03:59 Kalavinka, is caught there by Erling Haaland.
04:08 [MUSIC]
04:18 Kalavinka's energy in that midfield, along with somebody like Valverde as well,
04:22 has been really important for Madrid so far tonight.
04:26 Yeah, that's what is known to be different now, Karim Benzema has left,
04:31 Luka Modric has spent more time on the substitute bench.
04:34 Bernardo Silva had made a good run there, now it comes to Grealish.
04:38 Can he get a shot off here?
04:40 Grealish!
04:40 Half a chance.
04:44 You know what Jack wants to do, he wants to get back onto that right foot,
04:51 just get up with it slightly.
04:52 Always trying to feed it inside the pitch onto his right foot,
04:58 with a bit of bend, that's what Pep thought about it.
05:05 Oh, De Bruyne out there, warming up, which is a pity.
05:10 Foden, look to provide that creative spark,
05:17 more than ever, particularly without De Bruyne receiving his.
05:21 Rodri...
05:21 Stones.
05:24 Vardy on.
05:30 Kovacic held on to it really well there.
05:38 Ruben Dias.
05:39 Oh, that's a lovely ball.
05:43 And Haaland waits in the middle.
05:46 Headed clear by Mendy, but only as far as Grealish.
05:50 Good start to the second half, this by the holders.
05:55 Kovacic, Rodri, Grealish again,
05:59 seeing plenty of the ball, the England international.
06:01 Against the free kick as well.
06:03 There was a foul, he didn't need to do what he did,
06:07 Vinicius Junior just gave him a little push in the back.
06:09 There you go, he didn't need to have a bite, there's enough white shirts around him.
06:15 He's got to be one of the best in the game, Grealish,
06:26 a winning free kick in those positions draws the fouls.
06:31 Keeper has to get his ball set up properly now,
06:37 Vinicius Junior, the first minute gone wandering along that line the referee makes.
06:45 Bernardo over the ball again.
06:49 What can he conjure up this time, Bernardo Silva?
06:52 GARY GILLESPIE
06:56 One off the wall.
06:58 It wasn't his best, it was more like hitting Hope,
07:02 he had a central area, Flummoxed him, he didn't know whether to cross or shoot,
07:06 and in the end he went through the motions and took the shot on.
07:10 Trip on Mendy by Foden.
07:15 Bellingham.
07:20 GARY GILLESPIE
07:24 Haaland, Bernardo Silva, ambition being shown by City at the start of this second half,
07:29 great run by Bernardo Silva, fantastic challenge there by Rüdiger,
07:33 he's right in the mood for this from the word go.
07:36 Bellingham now leading a charge forward for Los Blancos.
07:39 Vinicius Junior.
07:43 Kroos.
07:45 GARY GILLESPIE
07:52 Vinicius.
07:52 Kamavinga.
08:00 Kamavinga looking for the run of Rodrigo but just overcooked the pass.
08:09 GARY GILLESPIE
08:10 Yeah, a little bit too quick in the stall, Kamavinga,
08:12 the pass was a bit too straight, this was the challenge by Rüdiger.
08:18 As I said, not suited to look around the gate like this,
08:26 where he can throw himself in and make challenges.
08:28 He's actually lost more games against City than any other club, Rüdiger.
08:34 City played well so far tonight, did in the first leg actually in the semi-finals last season,
08:40 was perhaps a bit unlucky to drop out of the team for the second leg.
08:44 Militao and Alaba were the centre-backs for the 4-0 defeat.
08:48 Militao just recently back from injury.
08:53 Bellingham.
09:00 Referee plays the advantage here.
09:09 Rodrigo.
09:10 Spotted the run perhaps or heard the call from Bellingham.
09:15 Oh, he's come straight back to Bellingham here.
09:24 Thought he might hit it early, does hit it now and drags it wide.
09:29 Two Englishmen involved, Foden giving the ball away.
09:37 Pings at that rod that he bounces off him.
09:41 Dudes using the skill that just pulls the shot slightly.
09:47 A nice big body swerve on him, wasn't he, to chop back onto that left foot.
09:55 20 goals already for him for Real Madrid.
09:59 Haaland gets the free kick.
10:07 Loves the physical battle, and he'll certainly get one, won't he, out of Rudiger.
10:11 Maybe it was too physical on that occasion for the French referee.
10:15 Lutexie?
10:16 Yeah, he's just got his arms around Rudiger, he gets control of it there.
10:20 Rudiger doesn't have to have a bite, because you can see Vela, Mendy, Tony, Kroos helping him.
10:25 But once his arms come around the midriff of Erling Haaland,
10:28 the foul's always going to be given, and rightly so.
10:33 Better angle now for the cross.
10:36 Well, Grealish has shown plenty of interest in this,
10:44 as well as Bernardo Silva, who's also stood there.
10:46 Haaland just coming back from an offside position,
10:50 it is Grealish who takes it towards that back post,
10:52 where the effort from Rodri is over the bar.
10:55 It was nice though by Rodri, it's a mismatch between him and Tony Kroos defensively.
11:01 The German is always going to lose in a battle to Rodri, he's up early, gets his header across.
11:05 Actually, he's tall enough, he just gets slightly under it, it was a good opportunity.
11:11 He's been in the goals of late three in his last four for club and country.
11:17 Again, foul by Akanji, Real Madrid players around the referee,
11:34 just telling him that he's had a yellow card, that was a foul, he's getting into his ear.
11:39 The only City player on a yellow card from that first half, Akanji.
11:46 It's all true, a man he booked very early on for Real Madrid.
11:49 Kamavinga.
11:57 Rodrigo, beautifully controlled, and a good pass as well, it's Vinicius!
12:07 Oh, by his standards, that's a good chance.
12:11 It was a brilliant chance, and you know what, Adam? I was expecting him to just chop inside
12:16 on his right foot, lovely by Fede Valverde, Vinicius would have been offside, nobody goes
12:21 with him, just come inside, John Stones is going to ground and he's yards away from him.
12:25 Chop onto your right foot there, and you've got to tap in.
12:29 But he just gets right under it, acute angle with his left foot over the bar.
12:36 It's a glorious opportunity for a man of his quality, and he chose the wrong
12:41 option. It's so noticeable though, Steve, how much the two Brazilians, Vinicius and Rodrigo,
12:47 have pulled the Manchester City defenders all over that line at times, and have found spaces
12:54 that perhaps other teams don't. That was a really good opportunity, because it goes over the bar,
12:59 it's not a shot on goal, etc, etc, but for a man of his talent, that was easy.
13:09 He would have been relieved not to be coming up against Kyle Walker tonight,
13:12 Vinicius, he said in the past he's the best defender he's ever played against.
13:15 Foden, now City looking to get forward with menace.
13:24 Kovacic.
13:25 Ibardio.
13:28 And again they just slowed it down a little bit again, haven't they, City? It was a break,
13:38 and it was a good break, they were away, and they've allowed Madrid to get 11 behind the ball.
13:43 They've just took the pace off it again and gone side to side to side,
13:47 whether anything comes of it, but they've been making it harder for themselves.
13:51 Real Madrid seem content to have a lot less of the ball, but when they do get it,
13:59 they're hitting them hard, aren't they? It's more conviction about their attacks.
14:04 They get back in a defensive shape, get the breath back, get their energy levels back,
14:08 allow City to go wide, and then try and win it back and go.
14:12 Two very noticeable styles in the both teams.
14:17 Madrid only had 38 per cent possession in that first half, here's Foden looking to hold off Kroos.
14:25 Kamabinga slid in.
14:27 Ibardio, can he get it wide perhaps to Grealish? Goes the other way.
14:33 That's a good ball, a bit of space to work with.
14:36 Haaland in front of him, wide it comes towards Bernardo Silva, but out of play.
14:40 Rare collectors item, Rodri misplacing a pass.
14:50 There's the challenge on Kamabinga, nothing wrong with that as well.
14:58 Rodri leans across him as you'd expect him to do.
15:02 A lot of noise in the Bernabeu, the roof closed tonight as well.
15:09 Can City hit back?
15:12 Bernardo Silva who's seen a lot of the ball in this second half, he's found Foden.
15:20 Still with Foden, straight at Looming.
15:24 They're not closed down, Foden dangerous onto his left foot.
15:33 Straight at Looming.
15:38 Nice ball, Bernardo Silva are taking up a great position too,
15:48 looking to drive at them! That seemed to swerve a little bit, pushed away by Looming.
15:53 Bernardo Silva could be the key here though, Steve, he's getting on the ball a lot.
15:57 Yeah, he has to be more central and he is playing like that in the second half.
16:01 In front of Rodri and Kovacic and he receives it from Kovacic, then it's a lovely ball.
16:06 So influential in the 4-0 victory in Manchester last season, Bernardo Silva.
16:12 Akanji.
16:15 Rodri.
16:21 So close.
16:23 Bernardo Silva combining with Stones.
16:45 Manchester City still the only club now with a 100% record in this competition this season.
16:51 On the attack here with Foden, short ball to Stones.
16:56 Davidio.
17:01 Vinicius.
17:11 He's riddled away really well there but a touch on the ball from Akanji.
17:15 Rodrigo.
17:18 Kroos.
17:25 Mendy.
17:31 Kroos to Rodrigo.
17:40 Vinicius works it nicely, Valverde.
17:42 Sliced across him.
17:44 Didn't need to take the shots on, it was a difficult one rolling across him.
17:53 Here's the Bernardo Silva effort, just trying to get it out of his feet to try and work that
17:58 bit of bend on the shot, he sees it's very close to his left foot and he's...
18:01 couldn't set it out enough to worry Looming.
18:09 Here Bernardo Silva who Guardiola has referred to in the past as being unique
18:13 and aggressive, presser, a rhythmic passer he's called it.
18:16 He certainly had a big role to play at the start of this second half.
18:38 Stones.
18:39 Rodri.
18:41 Kovacic.
18:45 Rodri again.
18:47 Out it comes to Foden, he's got Mendy in front of him, good ball to Bernardo Silva.
18:53 Kroos did enough.
18:57 Yeah clever by Kroos, didn't bite at all, knew Bernardo Silva was going to come back on
19:01 to his favoured left foot.
19:06 They're gonna have to keep it better than that, Madrid.
19:08 Rodri.
19:09 Grealish has taken up a good position, Carvajal in front of him.
19:15 Did well there, the right back, but it will be a corner to Manchester City.
19:20 Yeah better by Jack Grealish this time going on to his left foot,
19:25 almost beat Carvajal but he does well.
19:27 This is the Tony Kroos challenge, had to be careful.
19:32 It's played short, an improved angle for Grealish.
19:41 Kovacic, so many players in the box, it came out to Foden,
19:46 who I thought for a moment might hit that early but he's been robbed of possession.
19:50 Look at that determination from Haaland.
19:54 Yeah brilliant by Haaland, I was almost going to say you have to foul them because they were
19:58 on the break again, Madrid.
19:59 Rodri.
20:06 The Guardiola had said ahead of this that he wanted his side to, as he put it, punish
20:17 Real Madrid tonight, wanted them clearly to be aggressive, to be on the front foot and create
20:23 chances. Whether they can do more of that here, ask more of Looning, work Looning more.
20:30 Akanji.
20:33 Ruben Dias.
20:37 Haaland with the touch but it won't reach Foden.
20:44 Kamavinga, Dani Carvajal had made a good run there but he'll have to get back now.
20:51 Stones, better pressure by Manchester City now.
20:55 Foden's wriggled away, now can he get the shot off? It was blocked by
20:59 Chiamene.
21:00 And he's just going to run, Fedde Valverde, it's a nice ball.
21:04 Bellingham, out comes Ortega.
21:07 Grealish has come inside here.
21:18 D'Vardio.
21:31 Grealish.
21:47 25 minutes to go of this first leg at the Werner Beyun.
21:49 It's as we were at half-time.
21:52 Bernardo Silva.
21:56 Stones, works it to Foden, created the own-name brilliant!
22:02 Oh what a star this boy is!
22:06 Guardiola needed him to come to the fore and he has big time!
22:12 Star quality from Phil Foden.
22:16 And the warning signs have been coming the last 10 minutes,
22:20 they're playing with a better tempo, Manchester City.
22:23 Bernardo into Stones, Stones into Foden, not tight enough,
22:29 and he absolutely smashes it into that top corner.
22:32 Beautiful hit, accuracy, tick, power, oh yes!
22:39 Keeper, no chance.
22:40 Brilliant hit from the youngster.
22:42 Absolutely exquisite and look what it means.
22:49 They patiently probed away in this second half, Manchester City.
22:56 Not always looked to force it, yes maybe they could have moved
23:01 through the gears more in the final third.
23:02 But they've got it, they've got it.
23:05 They've got it, they've got it.
23:06 But when he just found that pocket of space there, Steve,
23:10 how well he exploited it.
23:11 Oh, yeah.
23:12 Yeah, there's been a number of opportunities,
23:16 Bernardo Silva's had a couple of shots,
23:18 Phil Foden had a shot prior.
23:19 Into the arms of the goalkeeper.
23:22 Didn't learn the lesson, Madrid, and Manchester City, like they do,
23:28 absolutely exploited the opportunity.
23:31 Wonderful goal.
23:33 And it came from him being in that central position.
23:36 An area of the pitch he might not have occupied
23:39 had Kevin De Bruyne been on the pitch.
23:41 Let's see what the reaction of Real Madrid is going to be like here.
23:47 Valverde, back it comes to Kroos.
23:50 And to Kevin De Bruyne, for all the Manchester City fans,
23:56 he's warming up.
23:56 Going towards the goal, he's got it.
24:00 He's warming up.
24:01 Going through a strenuous warm-up, now the goal has happened,
24:05 whether that will change the manager's mind to take a chance on him,
24:10 but they don't need to take any chances now.
24:12 Drawing here on top in the second half,
24:16 and of course with the return leg at the Etihad to come,
24:18 were they notoriously strong.
24:21 Yeah, there's a real pressure here on Real Madrid.
24:29 To find a way to take some things to Manchester with them.
24:33 Six of the players, by the way, who started that 4-0 defeat in Manchester last season,
24:40 also started tonight for Los Blancos,
24:42 who are getting forward here with Carvajal.
24:44 What a goal that was though from Fogne, right in the corner.
24:53 I saw him saying after the Aston Villa game recently to our team Pitchside,
24:59 how Guardiola's got him working on rhythm and slowing the game down,
25:03 his own game down at times as much as anything.
25:06 He said at times he felt he was maybe just going too quickly.
25:10 I remember talking to him when he said that he was really working on the defensive side of his game,
25:15 and he said he was just going too quickly.
25:17 He said he was just going too quickly.
25:18 I remember talking to him when he said that he was really working on the defensive side of his game,
25:23 but that is just sheer natural talent in the final third we've just seen there.
25:27 Rodri.
25:30 Foden again.
25:34 Yeah, and you have to give credit to the manager as well,
25:38 because at half-time he has tweaked it a little bit, hasn't he?
25:40 John Stones has gone further forward, of course Kovacic has gone further forward,
25:45 and it's allowed Bernardo Silva to come inside the pitch.
25:49 You know, Madrid have just gone out more of the same, I think Carlo said,
25:54 whereas Pep has understood that there was problems in the first half,
25:57 and has changed it around and sit here a better team in the second half.
26:01 Much better tempo to their play, and they're playing further forward.
26:05 Rodri.
26:09 Foden.
26:16 Bonsu back again off Bernardo Silva.
26:21 Wide it comes now for Grealish.
26:26 Could City get in front here?
26:30 Grealish looking for the room for the cross.
26:32 Shots on again, brilliant again!
26:36 Oh, that's a stunner!
26:40 And Guardiola's sides have turned it around here, and what an unlikely goalscorer.
26:46 It's Josco Guardiola with a stunning strike.
26:51 Yeah, anything Phil Foden can do, Josco Guardiola can repeat.
26:59 Dani Carvajal may shake his head.
27:06 Toni Kroos doesn't close them down, this is excellent Phil Foden.
27:09 You see Kroos' body movement, stops, stops, too late.
27:12 It's not aggressive enough, allows Guardiola to have a touch,
27:17 and it wasn't a great touch, but look, no pressure on the ball, and look at that.
27:21 Like the Foden goal, the arc of the hit.
27:25 Bending into that corner.
27:28 Loonan with a mistake for the first, couldn't do anything with the second and third.
27:35 How the tie has changed.
27:37 Just a couple of minutes between the two goals, that his very first for Manchester City.
27:46 And what a second half this has been from Guardiola's side, and Modric is on here.
27:56 Yeah, Modric for Kroos, Brahim for Rodrigo, which is a surprise.
28:05 Well, fresh legs are needed.
28:06 Certainly that's what Carlo thinks if he's going to try and get anything out of this game,
28:12 because they are right on the back foot now, Madrid.
28:14 Kamavinga.
28:21 Looking for Vinicius.
28:25 And you go back, Steve, to that chance that Vinicius had,
28:29 that I think you said he felt he should have scored from.
28:31 He scores there and it's so different, isn't it?
28:33 Yeah, it is, yeah.
28:34 But credit Man City, they've been the better side, they've dominated possession.
28:40 And their two goals have been sublime in the second half.
28:45 Modric on and takes the corner, Ortega got enough on it.
29:02 And it will be another corner.
29:04 Just might have to dig in for a few minutes here, Manchester City.
29:09 Yeah, they don't need to do anything crazy now.
29:12 They were in the game 2-1 down, they certainly can control the whole tie now, the 3-2 up.
29:22 They just don't have to do anything silly.
29:24 The out-swinging delivery.
29:28 And this chance will certainly be playing through the mind of Vinicius.
29:31 Could this now play into City's hands, Steve?
29:34 Because we've got what, with added time, probably around 20 minutes to go here.
29:38 And they're probably going to have to try and be that more aggressive on the ball
29:43 in terms of putting the ball in the box.
29:45 And I think that's what's going to happen.
29:46 I think that's what's going to happen.
29:47 I think that's what's going to happen.
29:48 I think that's what's going to happen.
29:49 I think that's what's going to happen.
29:50 I think that's what's going to happen.
29:51 I think that's what's going to happen.
29:52 I think that's what's going to happen.
29:53 I think that's what's going to happen.
29:53 I think that's what's going to happen.
29:54 I think that's what's going to happen.
29:55 I think that's what's going to happen.
29:57 Well, Real Madrid look to really have a go at City.
30:00 We all know that could leave spaces at the back.
30:02 Yeah.
30:02 It's 2-2 now at the Emirates.
30:13 Bayern had led through a hurricane penalty, but Trossard has equalised.
30:17 Guardiola, 3-2 to City here, and they want more.
30:22 Grealish.
30:24 Grealish with the neat turn.
30:25 And gets the corner.
30:28 So impressive the way Manchester City have turned this around.
30:39 And as Steve was saying, Guardiola deserves his share of the credit,
30:45 but we've seen two exquisite strikes.
30:49 First from Foden, and then from Guardiola.
30:53 Perhaps expected of Foden, don't we?
30:55 But not Guardiola.
30:56 Yeah.
30:56 Yeah, we've seen Phil Foden score goals like that.
31:02 It wasn't a surprise at all.
31:05 Stones, one of those in the box, waiting for this corner kick.
31:14 Headed clear by Carvajal.
31:16 What a well-timed challenge.
31:34 Yeah, just took too long, Brahim.
31:36 When you consider that Guardiola was a doubt coming into this tonight.
31:43 He's been one of so many City players who've been so good.
31:47 Yeah.
31:47 Got a lot of praise, didn't he, for his performance in the goalless draw with Arsenal.
31:55 The injury to Ake at the moment has made him even more important.
32:00 Very much so.
32:01 And with Kyle Walker out as well.
32:03 They do have to mix the match a bit, but the fact that they stayed into the game,
32:08 2-1 down, didn't matter.
32:12 They've been in this situation before now, Man City.
32:15 They are the champions, and the champions for a reason.
32:17 Nothing phases them, stay in the competition, don't do anything silly,
32:23 and they'll find a way to get back into the tie.
32:25 And they have done, and they've done it really comfortably in the second half.
32:28 Whereas Madrid have just run out of ideas slightly.
32:35 Now Madrid, 27 home games unbeaten in all competitions,
32:49 but trailing here with just under a quarter of an hour to go.
32:53 Modric.
32:53 Rudiger.
32:57 I don't know what was wrong with Rodrigo, I don't know whether he had an injury or a knock,
33:17 or whatever, but they've certainly lost a little potency down this side of the pitch.
33:22 Brahim's gone almost right on the other side, and allowed Thierry Valverde to come central.
33:28 And Brahim Diaz, when he has been involved recently,
33:35 has been pretty influential, a former Manchester City player.
33:38 Played in the development squad along with Phil Foden.
33:43 As Bellingham goes down in the box, but nothing doing from the referee.
33:49 No, rightly so. Good run by Jude Bellingham, picked out by Modric for Okanji, who has the job.
33:56 You have to expect a little bit of contact like that.
33:59 Maybe even being outside the box as well, but certainly no penalty.
34:05 I found it really interesting listening to a lot of different opinions on this tie, Stephen,
34:17 there seemed to be the general feeling that Real Madrid's level maybe has gone up a bit
34:21 since they met last season, and perhaps Manchester City's have dipped ever so slightly.
34:26 It certainly doesn't look like that on the evidence here, does it?
34:29 Yeah, I certainly wouldn't have said that, to be very honest.
34:31 Vinicius. Oh, that's a good ball, a fantastic volley!
34:35 Oh, that's wonderful from Valverde, and this game could be anything.
34:42 It's incredible, it's all square, and Real Madrid have hit back.
34:47 Sumptuous strike by Valverde.
34:51 Out of nothing, was it? Modric drives forwards, Inokio has crossed, and suddenly,
34:59 who's at the far post? Slices right across it, look how he keeps it down,
35:03 outside of the foot, keeping right over it, almost bringing it back from the far post into the net.
35:11 Lovely hit from the Uruguayan Fede Valverde. Game on yet again.
35:16 How this has turned and froze, how it's entertained, and that is just perfect technique.
35:26 And that's Carlo getting excited for you.
35:28 What a game, Crowder up again.
35:34 I tell you what, Steve, we're in for some final ten minutes or so here.
35:38 Oh, yes we are.
35:41 Enjoy it.
35:43 How quickly the atmosphere can change.
35:52 Incredible, isn't it?
35:53 Nothing fancy about that. Across the far post, smashed in on the volley.
35:59 Game on. Luka Modric pulling the strings yet again.
36:06 Over it goes towards Bellingham, who's got there!
36:08 Couldn't divert it towards goal, it's a corner, and suddenly City are under all sorts of pressure.
36:14 What a touch by the Englishman, almost trying to caress it, control it with his head.
36:22 Jon Stones to the rescue this time.
36:26 How the game has changed, back and forth, one team looks in control and bang,
36:36 panic stations.
36:37 In comes the corner, Ortega retreats.
36:42 De Gea has a chance to stick one in the box, and now maybe City can counter!
36:47 Foden.
36:48 I think they were expecting a free kick there, but never came, Grealish.
36:58 That's OK, you can always give the free kick.
37:04 The yellow card is going to be shown here, I think it's gone to Kaba Halyar.
37:09 Yeah, he's OK. He wasn't the one previously on the booking.
37:13 I think he does get a little touch on it, Kamavinga, but it's maybe that push there,
37:23 he does get a touch, but it's the initial push, and here's the goal.
37:27 Behind all the defenders, pulled back, but what a hit this is,
37:32 he wanted a better one than that on the volley.
37:34 Just when City looked like they had them where they wanted them.
37:43 What a night it's been in the Champions League, it continues tomorrow,
37:47 Paris Saint-Germain against Barcelona, and we also have not far from here Atletico against Dortmund.
37:52 Yeah, the marvellous Matt Smith will be there on site, looking forward to that game as well.
38:02 Stones, how this has toed and froed, it's such good fun to watch. Bernardo Silva.
38:09 And we've seen some fantastic goals as well.
38:15 Really pure strikes of a football from the likes of Foden and Gavardia and Valverde.
38:24 You never get a boring match with these two, do you?
38:36 There's always goals, there's always great goals.
38:41 Well, they've met so often now, it's almost becoming like a modern Champions League Classico.
38:51 Yeah, it's a pity, isn't it, one of these great teams are going to go out.
38:54 Well, Madrid have gone through in each of their last 11 Champions League quarter-finals,
39:02 you have to go back to 2004 for the last time they fell at this hurdle,
39:06 when they lost to Monaco, and Morientes did the damage on loan from Real Madrid.
39:12 Spellingham is down here but back to his feet.
39:15 Modric.
39:20 Mendy.
39:20 Now you can't tell me that Luka Modric is too old, the way he plays football.
39:29 He's already made a difference, hasn't he, since coming on.
39:33 Seems undecided as to whether he will stay with Real Madrid next season,
39:38 has apparently been offered a role on Ancelotti's coaching staff if he decides to quit the game.
39:43 I think he's minded to carry on at the moment.
39:45 Absolutely, as long as he's playing badly or he's suffering,
39:48 he's just not getting enough game time, it doesn't mean he should stop.
39:53 He's certainly good enough.
39:58 Where will this epic game of football take us next?
40:06 What about that for a strike?
40:13 Now you wonder if he's picking out Brahim Diaz or trying to,
40:16 and because he's hit it in with his left foot,
40:18 it's come behind all the Manchester City defenders to an onrushing Fedde Valverde.
40:23 Well he says that he feels his job is to be the legs of the side,
40:28 the lungs perhaps of that midfield, to run himself into the ground,
40:32 but he's produced there a moment of real technical quality to get Madrid on terms.
40:36 Rudiger.
40:39 [CHEERING]
40:57 Rodri.
41:07 Foden. Foden having a run away from Kamavinga.
41:11 Wide it comes now to Grealish, I think Foden's been hurt.
41:18 Yeah, he's just pulled up slightly.
41:19 Grealish.
41:21 He just ran out of pitch in the end, Grealish and Foden.
41:26 Yeah, he's gone down for Foden, yeah.
41:28 He's holding his calf, let's hope it's not a pulled muscle.
41:36 Let's hope it's just a kick or something like that.
41:38 Yeah, maybe just stood on the back of his ankle, but...
41:42 Let's have a look, maybe there, yeah, on his Achilles.
41:46 Let's just hope it's a kick and it's not too serious.
41:49 Just stands on the back of his Achilles.
41:52 Kamavinga.
41:54 The niche is off, Kosalu on.
41:58 Well, the Europa League and Europa Conference League quarterfinals get underway on Thursday,
42:05 we'll have every match live, including Liverpool, Atalanta, West Ham's trip to Leverkusen,
42:10 and Villa against Lille, all live across TNT Sports and Discovery+.
42:16 This looks really painful, doesn't it, for Phil Foden.
42:20 Julian Alvarez is going to be coming on.
42:22 Yeah, you don't want to take any chances, do you, with Phil Foden, none at all.
42:32 Again, surprising one off Carlo Ancelotti, taking Vinicius Junior off Kosalu on.
42:37 Almost as if he feels as if that's it now for the game.
42:42 Here's the Guardiola hit.
42:47 Poor first touch, but not closed down at all.
42:50 It's a collector's item for the Croat, isn't it?
42:57 What a male member this night.
43:02 Young boy travelled here, brilliant occasion for him.
43:06 Well, fingers crossed for Phil Foden at City that...
43:10 that isn't an injury that keeps him out for any length of time.
43:15 Alvarez is the player who's on.
43:17 They're not great, actually.
43:20 Let's hope he's OK.
43:24 So three minutes to go here, plus whatever we get added on.
43:30 Real Madrid will surely push as hard as they can to get a goal that would give them a lead
43:35 to take with them to the Etihad.
43:37 As Mendy goes back here to Loonan.
43:43 Akanji.
43:57 Alvarez, Bernardo Silva, Akanji's continued his run forward.
44:02 Yeah, Bernardo with a poor challenge on Brahim.
44:13 Again, clever enough, can't let them counter there.
44:19 Chopping them down.
44:21 As well, Brahim, nice feet, quick feet.
44:25 That was shot past by Bernardo Silva.
44:28 Modric.
44:38 Rudiger.
44:43 Modric again.
44:45 Dani Harverhal is a long way forward, what a pass to pick him out!
44:50 Hostelu was on the edge of the box, but went behind both him and Valverde.
44:56 Yeah, lovely ball by Luka Modric, wasn't it, again.
44:58 Exquisite range of passing that he has, Brahim Diaz, Mendy.
45:05 Modric wants it again, he's in a bit of space, but it's with Kamavinga,
45:08 who ignored the Croatian international.
45:10 Modric.
45:17 Is there going to be a final flourish in this game?
45:21 Lovely ball in again.
45:23 Good run by Hostelu, he went near post, Bellinger went far post.
45:27 Great angle by Luka Modric.
45:30 Dangerous ball.
45:33 John Stones does really well.
45:36 What a difference Modric is making.
45:41 Final minute of normal time, corner taken short, back it goes to Modric.
45:46 Brahim Diaz urged a shoot, and it came back out.
45:52 Well wide from Carvajal in the end.
45:55 They worked it really well, Real Madrid City fast asleep.
45:59 Brahim Diaz takes an eternity to get this shot away, that was the problem.
46:04 Well-blocked, well-closed down by Julian Alvarez.
46:11 Well, ahead of the second-leg, City are at home to Luton in the Premier League this weekend,
46:16 Real Madrid go to a side who suffered a huge disappointment at the weekend,
46:21 as Mallorca lost the Copa del Rey final on penalties to Athletic Club.
46:25 That will be Madrid's opposition in between the two legs of this tie.
46:32 I think the bigger issue, the bigger question is, will City have bodies back,
46:46 will Karl Walker be back, certainly Kevin De Bruyne should return if it was just illness tonight.
46:51 That will certainly make them sharper.
46:54 Madrid are out too many, probably Nacho will come in,
46:58 I don't think Militao will take a risk on him yet.
47:01 A minimum of four minutes of added time.
47:06 And one of these sides win it in what remains.
47:12 They've served up a real treat for us tonight,
47:16 and I'm sure they will do again in just over a week's time.
47:19 It's certainly going to be in the balance, isn't it?
47:21 As we head to Manchester.
47:25 Yeah, but City will go into the game fair and favour, to think, Adam.
47:35 Win at home and you're through.
47:36 Those are the kind of odds you want when you're the champions, when you're strong at home.
47:41 Grealish has come short here.
47:48 Carvajal sets himself in, making the challenge.
48:00 Yeah, it was a foul.
48:02 He leans on Jack Grealish, it was a foul.
48:11 So City players push forward, as Ortega readies the free kick.
48:35 They're all battling for possession, and just minutes remaining here.
48:53 Both sides have put so much into this in terms of energy and work rate and commitment.
48:58 Two real superpowers of the modern game.
49:03 Pep Guardiola hasn't lost too many times at this stadium.
49:06 It's as though he's going to go away unscathed again.
49:08 He's only lost twice actually at the Bernabeu as a coach,
49:20 with Bayern in 2014 and with City in 2022.
49:30 Yeah, I think he'll be very content.
49:32 Pep and the fans will.
49:34 He drew here last year, turned Real Madrid over, good style at the Etihad.
49:39 Regardless of the scoreline, it's still a good draw for them.
49:44 And they're going to the fortress, that is the home ground in Manchester,
49:49 so they'll be very confident.
49:57 Mendy, maybe one last chance for Real Madrid to mount an attack.
50:01 Modric.
50:03 Carvajal, Modric.
50:08 Valverde with the attempt to cross.
50:18 No time for the throw-in as the full-time whistle goes here.
50:22 Frustration for the home supporters, but nothing to separate the sides.
50:26 The first leg, a draw in Madrid, just as it was in last season's semi-finals.
50:32 We all know what happened next.
50:34 Real Madrid, they've got a chance to win the Champions League.
50:38 The first leg, a draw in Madrid, just as it was in last season's semi-finals.
50:42 We all know what happened next.