In the early morning of April 18, Beijing time, the second leg of the Champions League 1/4 finals was a key match, with Manchester City playing against Real Madrid at home. The two sides fought hard for 120 minutes to draw 1-1, and finally Manchester City was saved twice in the penalty shootout, losing 3-4, and was eliminated by Real Madrid with an aggregate score of 7-8, declaring the title defense failure in advance.
This is the third consecutive season that the two teams have met in the knockout stages of the Champions League, and the previous two times each eliminated their opponents once, and finally won the Champions League.
In the first leg of the duel, Manchester City almost completed the reversal of Real Madrid at the Bernabeu Stadium, and the two sides bombarded three goals in the first and second halves, and finally shook hands 3-3, extending the suspense of promotion to the second leg, and whoever wins will advance to the next round.
In this game, the starters of the two teams remained basically unchanged, Manchester City welcomed back De Bruyne and Ederson, Haaland and Foden, B and Grealish formed a front-court attack group, Real Madrid used Nacho and Rudiger to partner in the central defenders, Bellingham and Rodrygo continued to form a double striker.
After the opening, Manchester City did not rush to press on and maneuver with Real Madrid, and suddenly the back line accidentally lost the ball and directly stunned Guardiola.
In the 12th minute, Vinicius received the ball in the penalty area and crossed in front of the goal, Kyle Wall did not touch the front point, and Rodrygo shot into the net immediately after being saved, helping Real Madrid take the lead 1-0, leading 4-3 on aggregate, and the whole team celebrated wildly.
With a goal down at home, Manchester City began to step up their attack, and the pressure on Real Madrid's backline increased.
In the 16th minute, Grealish saved the ball from the bottom line, and the cross from the side of the B seat was in front of the goal, and Haaland's header was slightly high.
In the 18th minute, De Bruyne's cross was saved in front of goal, and then the header from seat B was crossed, and Haaland's header hit the crossbar and bounced off, missing a good chance to equalize.
In the following games, Manchester City's attack did not find a good way to break through Real Madrid's goal, which was also related to Real Madrid's excellent defensive ability, which also caused Guardiola to encounter problems.
According to statistics, Manchester City are unbeaten in the last 22 Champions League games, while the last 30 Champions League home games are unbeaten, with a record of 28 wins and two draws. In addition, Manchester City are unbeaten in the past five home games against Real Madrid, including the last three consecutive wins, and many records are in front of them, Manchester City will be ended without scoring, and at the same time, the Champions League defense will be declared unsuccessful in advance.
Kevin De Bruyne scored in the second half to help Manchester City equalise 1-1, but were then forced to a penalty shoot-out by Real Madrid. In the penalty shootout, Manchester City was saved twice, and finally lost 3-4, and was eliminated by Real Madrid with an aggregate score of 7-8.