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Righto, Jamie Jackson\u2019s report is with us. <\/p>\n
That means we\u2019re done here, so thanks all for your company and comments, sorry I couldn\u2019t get to them all; peace.<\/p>\n
Share<\/a>Share<\/a><\/p>\n As we said at the start, both City and Madrid are in transition. But at the moment, it\u2019s Madrid with the transcendental individuals, and that\u2019s what won them the tie.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n I didn\u2019t have time to note it when it happened, but after Vinicius thought he\u2019d scored on 90+1, he celebrated by striking a pose and Donnarumma tried to pull him away. Not his place so to do, in mine.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Elsewhere, Arsenal have beaten Leverkusen 2-0 on the night, 3-1 on aggregate, while PSG have won 3-0 at Chelsea and 8-2 on aggregate. Thanks for coming lads, all the best to you and yours.<\/p>\n So it\u2019s Sporting v Arsenal, Madrid v Bayern or Atalanta and PSG v Galatasaray or Liverpool.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a018.10 EDT<\/p>\n FULL TIME: Manchester City (1) 1-2 (5) Real Madrid<\/p>\n Madrid win going away. City gave it a decent go tonight, even when down to 10, but they\u2019ve been well beaten overall and look a fair way off seriously challenging for this trophy.<\/p>\n Share<\/a>GOAL! Manchester City (1) 1-2 (5) Real Madrid (Vinicius 90+3)<\/p>\n Ohhhh no they don\u2019t, Tchouameni rolls back a pass and using its pace to sweep in a cross, Vinicius meeting it delightfully on the half-volley, opening up his body and left foot while no-looking the other way. Lovely behaviour.<\/p>\n Vinicius Junior scores his, and Real Madrid\u2019s, second goal of the night. Photograph: Catherine Ivill\/AMA\/Getty ImagesShare<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a017.59 EDT<\/p>\n NO GOAL! Manchester City (1) 1-1 (4) Real Madrid<\/p>\n Vinicius was offside and City escape the ignominy of losing both legs.<\/p>\n Share<\/a>GOAL! Manchester City (1) 1-2 (5) Real Madrid (Vinicius 90+1)<\/p>\n A cross from the right, then Valverde retrieves, might shoot, but as we know, he\u2019s \u201cgenerous\u201d, so he guides a sidefooter into the middle, Vinicius bumps goalwards, and when he hits Donnaruma, he\u2019s able to roll home the rebound.<\/p>\n Real Madrid’s Vinicius Junior taps the ball home. Photograph: Lee Smith\/Action Images\/ReutersShare<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a017.55 EDT<\/p>\n 90+1 min We\u2019ll have three additional minutes.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 90 min Doku is still at it, winning yet another corner. I\u2019ve really enjoyed his performance tonight, and if he can keep whizzing crosses to the near post and cut-back to the second six-yard box, Haaland might soon resume scoring at his accustomed rate.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 87 min City have had their moments in this tie, but Madrid fully deserve their passage, riding out difficult moments at the start to produce the transcendental brilliance that settled things. I can\u2019t wait for their tie with Bayern, who are as good as through; meantime, Arsenal are almost through to meet Sporting, having been treated very kindly by both Champions League<\/a> and FA Cup draws this season.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a018.08 EDT<\/p>\n 85 min Oh my complete and utter days! \u201cWith this tie drifting to a close,\u201d begins K\u00e1ri Tulinius, \u201chere is some extraordinary news. CAF have retroactively awarded the 2025 Afcon title to Morocco<\/a>. Brahim Diaz will be getting a gold medal in the mail, presumably.\u201d<\/p>\n Wow, wow, wow! I can\u2019t say I\u2019m exactly shocked, as you can\u2019t have teams sulking off the pitch if things go against them, a point that needs reinforcing before the World Cup. But confiscating a trophy hasn\u2019t happened, I don\u2019t think, since Calciopoli, and just this week, we saw Chelsea punished for cheating but allowed to keep the titles it delivered.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 83 min Madrid come again, Donnarumma saving from Vinicius, then from someone else, I didn\u2019t see who, then Valverde slides into the unguarded net, and the flag goes up. Meantime, VAR checks the shirt-pull on Mbappe, and I think Ait-Nouri lets go a split-second before he makes it into the area \u2026 but is it a red card? If you\u2019re asking me, I can\u2019t fathom a reason it isn\u2019t, but the officials decide not.<\/p>\n Real Madrid’s Federico Valverde scores their second goal before it is disallowed for offside. Photograph: Phil Noble\/ReutersShare<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a017.54 EDT<\/p>\n 81 min In comms, they discuss whether the Prem isn\u2019t as good as we think, more on which in a second because Vinicius has fed a ball down the line for Mbappe, whose first touch takes him away from Ait-Nouri \u2026 who chases after him, pulling his shirt as he sets to shoot, then letting go. No penalty, says the ref, the defender doing just little enough to avoid punishment.<\/p>\n Manchester City’s Rayan Ait-Nouri tackles Real Madrid’s Kylian Mbappe. Photograph: Lee Smith\/Action Images\/ReutersShare<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a017.48 EDT<\/p>\n 80 min Beaten by a through-pass, Alexander-Arnold yanks back Marmoush and is booked. I\u2019d have been tempted to let that go if I was him \u2013 this tie is over, and he\u2019l not want a suspension later in the competition.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 78 min Again Doku goes at Alexander-Arnold, cutting back for Cherki, whose shot is blocked, then Cherki digs out a cross for Ait-Nouri, who heads home \u2026 from an offside position.<\/p>\n Manchester City’s Rayan Ait-Nouri heads home but it is disallowed for offside. Photograph: Scott Heppell\/ReutersShare<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a017.47 EDT<\/p>\n 76 min Mbappe is booked \u2013 for what I\u2019 not sure, as my picture jumped.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 76 min Ah, when Madrid made those changes, City replaced Rodri with Gonzalez.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 76 min \u201cBernardo Silva,\u201d begins Jonathan Griggs. \u201c13 goals and 13 assists in 51 games in 2018-19. I am at a loss as to why this is considered the second best statistical season in the Premier League. Based on what parameters? Can someone enlighten me please?\u201d<\/p>\n Did anyone say that was the case? I though the judgment was impressionistic, not data-driven.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 74 min Changes for Madrid: Camavinga and Angel replace Thiago and Guler, their jobs done.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 73 min Doku hasn\u2019t stopped trying to make stuff happen, winning another corner, and I wonder if this is low-key a breakthrough match for him. Rather than constantly attack his man, he\u2019s mixing it up really well now, able to threaten inside and out, passes and crosses; a proper winger.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 71 min Now City win a corner \u2026 which Lunin punches clear. So far, this has been an impeccable piece of reserve goalie-ing.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 70 min City make first contact with the corner, but Mbappe, lurking on the right side of the box, measures it on to his instep, volleying \u2026 just wide.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 69 min Alexander-Arnold swigs the corner in and Tchouameni is up at the near post, glancing a header that Donnarumma does really well to turn over the bar because that came at hi quickly.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 69 min Change for Madrid, Mbappe replacing Diaz.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 68 min Khusanov scuds a low shot just wide, then Alexander-Arnold lasers a pass to Vinicius on the left of the box, but he takes his time deciding on his next move and when the ball reaches Fran, his cross is blocked by Khusanov, who\u2019s played well tonight.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 65 min \u201cTwo things epitomise how Haaland\u2019s last few months have gone,\u201d reckons Joshua Keeling. \u201cBeing taken off in the derby and now in this game, when City were\/are desperate for goals.<\/p>\n City in general haven\u2019t been awful in that period, but it seems like the way Guardiola has rejigged the team just doesn\u2019t suit Haaland. And because the team was previously rejigged to suit Haaland, they haven\u2019t got as many goals among the rest of the team as they used to have either.\u201d<\/p>\n IU\u2019m surprised Caherki has featured less recently, because he\u2019s someone I\u2019d imagine could deliver the passed slipped in behind on which Haaland thrives, while Doku has served him well from out wide tonight. But they\u2019re no longer dominating every game with 65% possession, so don\u2019t have the same scope to create that they once did.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 63 min So City counter, Cherki dribbling deep into the Madrid half at inside-left before feeding a pass in behind that perhaps might\u2019ve come sooner. Doku draws the keeper then slides by him and into the net, but the flag then goes up.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 62 min Back with our game, Vinicius goes through and Donnarumma comes out but daren\u2019t make a challenge, so Vinicius tries to ruin into him, winning a corner \u2026 which comes to nowt.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 62 min Oh and Chelsea now trail 3-0 on the night, 8-2 on aggregate. This is a proper doing.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 61 min Declan Rice has scored a lovely goal to put Arsenal 2-0 up on the night ant 3-1 up on aggregate. Leverkusen had their chance last week and, I\u2019m afraid to say, blew it at the last.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 60 min I wonder if the signing of Semenyo was the beginning of a change in style for City, and if in the future, they may move to a pivot-style of centre-forward; he is not an obvious provider for Haaland, who might need to develop his game to stay in situ.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 58 min \u201cBernardo Silva gave the second best individual season in the Premier League in the modern era in 2018-19, second only to De Bruyne\u2019s the season before,\u201d reckons Christopher Faherty. \u201cHim and his manager are a fair old chalk off that now.\u201d<\/p>\n That\u2019s a very bold claim and not one with which I can agree. Salah last season, Cantona in 95-96, Henry various times, Van Nistelrooy 02-03, Ronaldo 06-07 and 07-08 were all better, in mine.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 57 min Two more changes for City, Semenyo and Marmoush on for Haaland and Nunes.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 55 min City have looked good with 10 men, but Madrid send a ball into space, Diaz after it \u2026 so out of nowhere, Khusanov glides alongside and confiscates possession. His recovery pace is some extreme behaviour.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 53 min Madrid, four points off Barcelona in The La Liga, play Atletico at the weekend so, understandably, are taking heat out of the game, knocking the ball about \u2026 and Rudiger giving it away passing out of defence. Ake pounces, finds Cherki who finds Haaland, and again, Lunin must beat clear when the shot comes in, before Rodri \u2013 who\u2019s had several attempts on goal tonight \u2013 drills wide.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 51 min \u201cI reckon it will be mutually beneficial for both parties if Pep calls time at the end of the season,\u201d reckons Kevin Wilson. \u201cPep\u2019s style of old feels like from a bygone era and he doesn\u2019t really have the squad for it now (recent recruitment has been pretty scattergun and unsuccessful). They\u2019ve a pipeline of domestic talent they should make better use of. Get someone like Iraola in and rebuild.\u201d<\/p>\n I wrote this earlier in the week but I\u2019m not sure Iraola\u2019s style scales up to a team seeking to dominate \u2013 much as i admire him. If Guardiola left, I\u2019m really not sure where City would go, but the two outstanding candiadtes are Lis Enrique and Julian Nagelsmann, I guess.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 50 min Doku has played well tonight, picking really clever passes, and with Alexander-Arnold expecting to be run it, instead he punches a square pass to Haaland who shoots \u2026 and Lunin parries really well, the rebound falling back to the Norwegian Les Dawson \u2026 who shoots over.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 48 min Looking at how City have reorganised, Khusanov is at right-back with Guehi in the middle; Ake has gone to left-back, Nunes right-midfield, and Ait-Nouri left.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 46 min Thiago plays a clever pass around the corner for Vinicius, who has Diaz inside him, pleading for a pass. But instead he tries a curler which won\u2019t come back enough, and the ball flies wide.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 46 min We go again.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Ch ch changes: Lunin, the hero in the 2024 semi, replaces the wonderful Courtois in the Madrid goal, while City send on Ake and Guehi for Dias and Reijnders.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n \u201cWhat\u2019s wrong with Haaland,\u201d says Ben Barclay, \u201cis Pep has set up City too narrow, with the wrong players inside, so nary a cross for service, nor a clever passing sequence to feed from.<\/p>\n What\u2019s wrong with the officiating is that changing the offside call to accommodate a penalty is weak, and with the ball not going in, Bernardo didn\u2019t prevent a goalscoring opportunity.<\/p>\n Real Madrid are a shadow of their former selves, but still the horror living under Pep\u2019s bed every night.\u201d<\/p>\n Bernardo stopped the ball going in, and if it wasn\u2019t offside, had the ball gone it, it would\u2019ve been a goal.<\/p>\n