Manchester City vs Real Madrid Highlights, Champions League 2024-25: MCI 2-3 RMA; Mbappe, Diaz, Bellingham overturn Haaland’s brace

Manchester City vs Real Madrid Highlights, Champions League 2024-25: MCI 2-3 RMA; Mbappe, Diaz, Bellingham overturn Haaland’s brace

The referee blow the final whistle and Madrid heads back home with a goal advantage after an added-time winner. 

Bellingham scores in added time. Lewis loses the ball to Vinicius and lifts the ball over onrushing Ederson and Bellingham does the rest. 

Super-sub Brahim Diaz scores a priceless goals against his former club. 

The move starts from a Ederson miss pass. The Brazialn first saves Vini’s shot but Diaz slots the rebound past him. 

City substitutions: Marmoush and Gondogan come in for Savinho and De Bruyne. 

Real substitution: Rodrygo makes way for Diaz. 

Modric comes in for Ceballos. 

Haaland slots it past Courtois with ease. He wrongfoots the Real custodian and finds the bottom left corner. A delightful penalty in a big pressure situation. 

Ceballos’ challenge on Foden inside the box and City gets the penalty. 

A clumsy tackle by the Madrid man and Foden looks in pain. 

City has successfully weathered the storm from Real and now has far more possession of the ball. The home side is looking to get winner. 

City gets a set piece after a long long time. 

Poor delivery from De Bruyne, Courtois catches it without any trouble. 

Bellingham is denied by Ederson. Madrid is running riot at the moment, while City hanging on by the skin of their teeth. 

Valverde almost puts Madrid in front with a powerful strike. Los Blancos are looking more dangerous with every attacking opportunity. 

Mbapee brings Madrid back to the game. 

Ceballos with a clipped ball finds Mbappe after the initial free-kick was blocked by City’s defensive wall. The Frenchman finds the back of the net with a mistimed shot. 

Ceballos gets tripped by Silva. Madrid gets a free-kick in a promising position. 

Madrid has a sustained possession of the ball for the first time in the match. 

Ederson denies Mbappe with a good reflex save. 

Vinicius hits the byline on the left flank and pulls a ball back to the centre of the box. He finds Bellingham, who fails to keep his header on target. 

Gvardiol takes a shot from distance and earns a corner for City. 

City is pushing hard to put Real under pressure early in the second essay. 

Haaland hits the frame of the goal right away. What a let off for Madrid. 

The second half of this first leg begins. 

The referee blows the whistle to end the first half. 

Mbappe gets another great chance, with a lot of space, fails to hit the target. 

Mbappe’s shot takes a deflection and fortunately goes wide of the target. 

Four minutes added on by the officials. 

Valverde almost produces a spectacular from long range but the ball goes agonisingly over the bar. 

Vinicius wins a corner for the Los Blancos. 

City has all the possession but they need to take advantage of it before the break. 

Asencio’s last ditch tackle blocks Haaland’s shot. 

Akanji almost finds the far corner from De Bruyne’s delivery. 

City is looking to up the ante and increase their tally. Real’s makeshift defence in front of a tough test. 

Foden stings Courtois’ palms with a long ranger. 

City is enjoying a good spell of possession, while Real looks to reset after falling behind. 

Jack Grealish, who started a rare game tonight, looks to be struggling with an injury. He is receiving treatment and now going off. Foden comes in to replace his international colleague. 

Vinicius with a brilliant bit of individual skill almost scores. He rattles the bar with deflection from Ake’s heel. 

Dani Ceballos with an inch-perfect tackle on De Bruyne inside the ball keep Madrid in the game. 

Erling Haaland give Man City the lead with a predatory finish. This is a goal against the run of the play. 

VAR is checking for a possible off-side during the build-up. The goal stands after a lengthy check. 

City wins yet another set piece opportunity. 

Savio fails to keep his header from De Bruyne’s delivery on target. 

End to end football going on. Both teams are looking lively and threatening to break the deadlock. 

Ederson makes a brilliant save to deny Mbappe. 

Ake with a last ditch tackle blocks Vinicius’ shot from close range. 

Valverde finds Vinicius with a sublime lofted pass and the Brazilian goes through and gets challenged by Ederson. However, the off-side flag was up. A big let-off for City. 

Mbappe is having some problem with his shoe laces. 

Madrid is trying to keep hold of the ball and invite City to press. 

A very bright start for the hosts. City is trying to test Madrid’s injury ridden backline as soon as possible. 

City gets an early set piece. De Bruyne behind the ball and the free kick turns into corner. 

One of these two teams will be knocked out of the tournament before the round of 16. Over the next two legs, these two footballing institutions will battle it out for their campaigns. 

The UEFA Champions League 2024-25 knockout phase play-offs first leg between Manchester City and Real Madrid is under way. 

The players are ready to face off. The UCL anthem is about to begin at Etihad. 

Stay tuned for all the live updates.

The UEFA Champions League 2024-25 match between Manchester City vs Real Madrid will be played at the Etihad Stadium in Manchester, England. The match is scheduled for kick-off on Wednesday, February 12 at 1:30 AM IST.

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Real Madrid XI: Courtois; Valverde, Tchouameni, Asencio, Mendy; Modric, Camavinga; Rodrygo, Bellingham, Vinicius Jr.; Mbappe 

Manchester City: Ederson, Nunes, Akanji, Dias, Gvardiol, Silva, Kovacic, Foden, De Bruyne, Marmoush, Haaland

Manchester City and Real Madrid go head-to-head again in the Champions League on Tuesday, with the eventual loser facing an unusually early exit from European club football’s most prestigious tournament.

The giants are meeting in the two-legged playoffs after struggling in the new-look league phase of the competition.

This is the fourth year in a row they have faced each other in the Champions League, with the winner on the three previous occasions going on to lift the trophy.

City heads into the first leg in the middle of a disappointing campaign that has seen their Premier League title defense unravel. But Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti still believes his team will have to overcome one of the best in the world to advance to the round of 16.

“They are one of the best teams in Europe and they have the best manager (Pep Guardiola) out there. It’s a nightmare preparing for games against him because he always has ideas that make you think,” Ancelotti said. “I am convinced the team that goes through from this tie will go on to win the competition.”

Guardiola said he did not know what to expect from his team after a troubled season has left it in fifth place in the Premier League, 15 points behind leader Liverpool.

“We’ve not been consistent, when what’s defined the team over the last decade has been we are an incredible machine every three days, otherwise we cannot win six Premier Leagues in seven years or win the incredible trophies we have won,” he said. “Then I would feel, yes, the team is consistent, we can do it. Now it’s like, I don’t know.”

Inputs from AP

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