9.5 points! Real Madrid's number one contributor is none other than him: 8 saves in a battle that made Manchester City desperate
The second leg of the Champions League quarter-finals continued, and the defending champion Manchester City suffered a heavy blow at the Etihad, losing 3-4 to Real Madrid on penalties, and finally lost 7-8, and the dream of winning the treble for two consecutive years was disappointed. Real Madrid was able to advance as desired, and the performance of goalkeeper Lu Ning was against the sky, with 8 saves in the whole game, plus continuous meritorious contributions in the penalty shootout, and he was a well-deserved MVP.
After being attacked by a free-kick in the first minute of the first leg, Lunin was questioned by fans that he just couldn't replace Courtois. With a 3-3 score at the suffocating Etihad Stadium, coupled with the desperate experience of a 4-0 defeat here last season, most people are optimistic that the Blue Moon Army will easily crush Real Madrid and advance to the last four.
However, Lu Ning single-handedly smashed the good game of the Blue Moon Legion with a near-perfect performance.
In the 27th minute of the game, De Bruyne's signature long-range shot from the edge of the penalty area went straight to the bottom left corner of the goal, and Lu Ning flew to keep the ball away.
In the 44th minute, Carvajal's header cleared, De Bruyne took a corner kick, Ding Ding chose to spin directly to the goal, Lunin retreated in time, changed the direction of the ball with his fingertips, the ball slid past the goal, and the Galaxy Battleship escaped.
Yibian fought again, and Manchester City, which was behind by one goal, launched a tidal wave of attacks towards the Real Madrid goal. In the 47th minute, Foden's corner cross was cleared not far away, and Grealish met the ball and volleyed, and it was Lu Ning's meritorious service at a critical moment and bravely defused the danger.
In the 78th minute, Manchester City, who had just equalized, was like a rainbow, De Bruyne fired again outside the penalty area, and aimed at the upper left corner, the ball fell rapidly in the air, and Lu Ning used his fingertips to lift the ball off the crossbar.
In the space of 120 minutes, Lunin made eight saves and almost single-handedly helped Real Madrid drag into the penalty shoot-out. But there's still more to come!
In the first round of the penalty shootout, Modric, who was the first to play, missed, and Real Madrid fell behind 0-1 and fell into a desperate situation again. But no one expected that Lu Ning quickly saw through the routine of seat B and confiscated the latter's penalty safely, stabilizing the situation for Real Madrid.
In the fourth round, Lunin was once again in full swing, once again denying Kovacic's penalty. Lu Ning made 2 consecutive rounds of playoffs, and turned Real Madrid from a disadvantage to an advantage, and finally the Galaxy Battleship scored all 4 rounds in the back, and eliminated Manchester City in a thrilling way!
In the post-match scoring session, Lu Ning received a high score of 9.5, and there was no suspense that he became the first hero of Real Madrid. With the strong rise of Lunin, Real Madrid has double insurance in front of goal, but Ancelotti is also facing happy troubles, when Courtois returns from injury, who is Real Madrid's No. 1 goalkeeper?