It was reported on April 10 that the first leg of the Champions League 1/4 finals staged two wonderful battles in the early morning, and the results were all handshakes, which was wonderful, Real Madrid 3-3 Manchester City at home, and Arsenal 2-2 Manchester City at home.
Real Madrid's home match with Manchester City was a classic battle, with the visitors taking a 1-0 lead through a free-kick in the first two minutes of the first half. However, Real Madrid Camavinga soon returned the color, and the 12th minute long-range shot met Dias and still scored to equalize the score. The morale-boosting Real Madrid scored again in the 14th minute, and Rodrygo went to the goal with a clever goal, and Real Madrid won 2-1 until half-time.
Coming back in the second half, Manchester City began to fight back, in the 66th minute, Foden received the ball at the top of the arc and shot from a distance, the ball went straight to the upper left corner of the door and successfully scored, Manchester City equalized 2-2, in the 71st minute, Gvardiol also scored again with a long shot, Manchester City 3-2 overtook the lead again. However, on their home turf, Real Madrid will not compromise, and in the 79th minute, Valverde volleyed home to a 3-3 draw with Manchester City. Manchester City's Erling Haaland did not score in this game.
The game was a classic and brilliant with a total of six goals, with Real Madrid having 40 per cent possession but completing 14 shots, higher than Manchester City's 12. The pace of the transition between attack and defense between the two sides is very fast, and the pass success rate is very high, which is worthy of a master duel that is pleasing to the eye, and can be said to be the level of a Champions League final.
The other quarter-final match against Bayern Munich was also exciting, although Arsenal's Bukayo Saka opened the scoring first, but Bayern scored in 18 and 32 minutes to make it 2-1. At the critical moment of the second half, in the 76th minute, Trossard seized the opportunity to score in front of the goal, and finally Arsenal drew 2-2 with Bayern, also maintaining the suspense until the next game.