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Updated May 18, 2023

Man City humiliate Real Madrid to reach the final

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English giant Manchester City just humiliated Real Madrid in the second leg of the semifinal to reach the final of the UEFA Champions League.

Man City humiliate Real Madrid to reach the final

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English giant Manchester City just humiliated Real Madrid in the second leg of the semifinal to reach the final of the UEFA Champions League. As the first leg ended in a 1-1 tie, both sides needed to get a result in the 2nd leg, which took place at Etihad Stadium. However, Manchester City gave no chance to Los Blancos and thrashed them with four goals. As a result, Manchester City have booked their place in the final, where they will meet Inter Milan on June 11.

As it happened

After ending the first leg in a 1-1 tie, Man City hosted the second leg last night. City boss Pep Guardiola set up his team formation with 3-2-4-1, where Erling Haaland led the attack. Bernardo Silva and Jack Grealish played the role of wingers. Meanwhile, Madrid boss Carlo Ancelotti played his team in his usual 4-3-3 formation. Unfortunately, he had to bench Antonio Rudiger as he was not fully fit. However, the match started with Man City's full dominance. The home side was very aggressive from the very beginning. They hardly lost position. Manchester City had 75% of the possession in the first 30 minutes and created so many chances. The home team could have scored twice within 20 minutes, but Thibaut Courtois denied Haaland twice to save Real Madrid. Unfortunately, he failed to survive long in front of Man City's high pressure. In the 23rd minute, Manchester City took the lead as Bernardo Silva scored a brilliant goal for the Citizens. Real Madrid tried to make a response after conceding the goal. But Man City were too good against the visitors. They defended very well and didn't allow Real Madrid to create chances. Besides, the Citizens doubled their lead in 37 minutes as Bernardo Silva completed his brace. Real Madrid failed to find the net in the remaining minutes. As a result, the first half ended in 2-0. After the break, Carlo Ancelotti made some substitutions, but it didn't work. Manchester City made the scoreline 3-0 in the 76th minute as Manuel Akenji found the net with the help of Madrid defender Eder Militao. Akenji's header found the net after deflecting on Militao. Julian Alvarez scored the 4th goal of the game. He came off the bench in the 89th minute and took only 60 seconds to score. In the end, Man City earned a very comfortable victory against Real Madrid and reach the final.

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