Real Madrid vs Manchester City Highlights, Champions League 2024-25: RMA 3-1 MCI; Mbapee hat-trick powers Los Blancos to round of 16
Real Madrid vs Manchester City Highlights, Champions League 2024-25: RMA 3-1 MCI; Mbapee hat-trick powers Los Blancos to round of 16
The referee blows the final whistle.
RMA 3-1 MCI
City gets a free-kick. Marmoush hits the woodwork and the rebound falls kindly for Gonzalez, who makes no mistake.
Just a consolation for City.
Two minutes added on after the end of regulation time.
Real substitution: Vinicius and Valverde makes way for Alaba and Endrick.
McAtee is fouled by Diaz on the edge of the box.
City gets a corner after Courtois saves Abdukodir Khusanov’s short with his face.
Modric comes in for Tchouameni for Los Blancos.
City substitutions: Kovacic and MaAtee comes in for Foden and Gundogan.
Real substitutions: Mbappe and Ceballos are replaced by Diaz and Camavinga.
Silva tries to makes something happen from nothing but fails to keep his effort on target.
Vinicius is denies by Ederson with a brilliant diving save.
Ruben Diaz with a decisive challenge denies Vinicius a goal. Mbappe with brilliant work sets up his Brazilian colleague.
Pep Guardiola’s men have been absolutely outplayed by the Spanish champions.
Kylian Mbapee claims his hat-trick with a delightful left-footed finish from the right side of the box.
Real are almost there in UCL round of 16.
Gundon force a corner for City.
Easy catch for Courtois.
Mbappe almost gets his hat-trick but Ederson makes a very sharp shape. The French international is down after a collision with the Brazilian goalkeeper.
Mbappe forces a corner out of Ruben Diaz.
Rodrygo stings the palms of Ederson from the resulting set piece.
Rodrygo’s short from the edge of the box goes wide of the target.
Nico drags Vinicius down by grabbing his shirt.
The second half between Real Madrid vs Manchester City second leg of knockout phase play-off in Champion League 2024-25 is underway.
The first half comes to and end.
Real have absolutely dominated City in the first 45 minutes.
City wastes the opportunity.
Two minutes added on.
Gundon gets a free-kick. Ceballos with a late challenge catches the German. A good set-piece opportunity for the visitors.
Bellingham gets booked for his late challenge on Foden.
Asencio with a perfectly-timed tackle denies Marmoush a chance to take a short inside the box.
Mbapee makes it two. Rodrygo the creator and Kylian Mbappe with a sumline touch evades a defender then slots it past Ederson with ease.
Mendy clatters into Foden without a touch on the ball. The City man is down holding his chest.
The referee says no foul.
Ederson makes a save from Mbappe.
Gundogan gets a yellow for tripping Rodrygo down, who was looking to start a counter.
Marmoush with a challenge on Asencio. The Real Madrid defender is screaming in pain. The Egyptian stamps on the Spaniard’s feet. Fortunately, Asencio is not seriously hurt.
Bellingham earns yet another set piece for Real.
Another corner for Los Blancos. Real are looking to extend the lead.
Valvarde’s effort from range almost catches Ederson out. The short took a defelction and it is another corner.
Mbappe takes a short from the edge of the box, which takes a defelction and goes out for a corner.
Foden earns a free-kick on a promising position.
Ruben Diaz clears a cut back from Vinicius. Corner for Real.
Bellingham’s flick header on the near post goes agonisingly wide of the far post from the resulting corner.
Los Blancos are controlling the tempo of the match and looking to pile on more misery on City.
Gvardiol catches Ceballos. Just a free-kick for Real.
Man City substitution: Stones is going off injured and he’s being replaced by Ake.
Mbappe score on his first chance. WHAT A GOAL!!!!
A stright ball from the back finds Mbappe, who just nudges it over Ederson, who was in a no man’s land.
City now has to to climb a mountain.
City is trying to put early pressure on Real’s defence. The defending champions on the other hand looks composed under pressure.
Real with the upper hand but City knows how to win in these situations. A tantalising match is on the cards.
The second leg between Real Madrid and Manchester City is under way at Santiago Bernabeu.
Players are warming up and getting ready to come on.
Stay tuned for live updates.
Matches Played: 13
Real Madrid’s wins: 4
Tied: 5
Manchester City’s wins: 4
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
In a dramatic finish last week at the Etihad Stadium, City faced a heartbreaking defeat as Jude Bellingham scored a stoppage-time winner for Real Madrid in the first leg of the UEFA Champions League 2024-25.
The last-minute goal gave Madrid a 3-2 aggregate lead going into the second leg at the Santiago Bernabeu, putting it in a favourable position.
With a dominant 4-0 victory over Newcastle United last Saturday, City created some motivation for its players ahead of Thursday’s match. The Cityzens showcased a high level of coordination last Saturday that has been rare throughout the season.
Hello and welcome to Sportstar’s live coverage from UEFA Champions League 2024-25 match between Real Madrid and Manchester City will be played at the Santiago Bernabeu in Madrid, England.
