With goals from De Bruyne, Jesus, Foden and Bernardo Silva, City won 4-3 over Real Madrid in the first leg of the Champions League semi-finals. The Blue Moon extended the Champions League home unbeaten record to 1315 days and set a number of new records.
If it weren't for Mahrez, Foden and Laporte missing four chances, City would have won by a bigger score. At the same time, the absence of Cancelo and Walker made the right gate of Manchester City a breakthrough for Real Madrid's attack.
Goals from Benzema (2 goals) and Vinicius gave Real Madrid the hope of qualifying. However, after scoring four goals at home, City took the initiative and also set a series of records.
First, De Bruyne's 93rd-second goal was the fastest goal in City's history in the Champions League, breaking the previous record held by Stones.
Secondly, De Bruyne's goal was also the fastest scored in the semi-finals in the history of the Champions League. It is worth mentioning that the record for the fastest goal conceded in the history of the Champions League is also held by Real Madrid, and in 2007 Bayern scored in just 10.12 seconds.
De Bruyne and Jesus scored two goals in just 11 minutes, making City the third team in history to score two goals in the 11 minutes before the Champions League semi-finals, followed by Juve in 1999 and Manchester United in 2009.
Manchester City last lost at home to the Champions League on 19 September 2018, and in the 1315 days since, City have won 18 wins and drawn 2 of their 20 Champions League home games.
In their last eight Champions League knockout matches, City remain unbeaten, with 7 wins and 1 draw. The last time the Blue Moons lost at home in the Champions League knockout rounds was in April 2018, when they lost 1-2 at home to Liverpool.
While Manchester City set records, they also allowed Real Madrid to set a number of humiliating records. First of all, Real Madrid has never won 4 visits to the Etihad Stadium, only 2 draws and 2 defeats, and the last 2 games have all lost.
Secondly, in the last 7 away games against English teams, Real Madrid has only achieved 1 win, 2 draws and 4 defeats. Losing to Manchester City after the victory over Chelsea allowed Real Madrid to continue the spell of a team in the history of the Champions League that has never beaten two different English teams away in the knockout rounds.
Third, after De Bruyne and Jesus scored both goals, Real Madrid conceded two goals in the opening 11 minutes of the Champions League for the first time in their history. Fourth, four goals were scored by Manchester City, the first time in eight years that Real Madrid have scored four goals away from home in the Champions League. The last time was on 24 April 2013, when Real Madrid lost 4-1 away to Borussia Dortmund.
However, City conceded three goals while scoring four goals, leaving the second leg still full of suspense. Just look at Guardiola's expression and you'll know that city still can't afford to be careless when they visit the Bernabeu in the second leg.