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The winner of Jude Bellingham stopped by Real Madrid twice came from behind and beat Manchester City 3-2 in the first part of his play-off Champions League.
Erling Haaland looked like he had won the Etihad playing game from the penalty area late with his second night, returning the lead after Kylian Mbappe was aligned with the wrong -affected volley for an hour. But City collapsed in the last moments.
He achieved Brahim Diaz for the first time by shooting a jump against his former club, before Bellingham had his last word, he ran on a goal with a goalkeeper beaten after Vinicius Junior robbed Rica Lewis and transferred the ball over Ederson. Cruel.
Madrid will feel that they have created more than enough to win it, but the way of the results has been difficult on the Pep Guardiola side and leaves them with much against European champions when they have met in the Bernabeu in the last 16 years.
It was an exciting game. Madrid continued his pressure early. Vinicius, welcomed with the Flash of Rodri as he loved Ballon D’Or and Booed, Epson overthrew only to the offsidas flag refused him. Nathan ake produced a large block.
And then, enter Haalanda. It was a wonderful passage of Jack Greelish, just about his last act before he was injured. He found a Josko Guardiol who nodded to end Haaland. It was a long time waiting for Var, but the goal was standing. The confidence of the city flooded.
It was still time for Vinicius and Manuel Akanji to hit the goal frame before the interruption, and Haaland himself immediately after it. City was in a difficult game, the question always became whether she would be able to withstand her.
Mbappe’s equalizer, a complete wrongly affected, flashing the ball into the net with Eerson’s wrong legs, was unhappy. But City answered again thanks to Foden’s fast legs and Haaland’s cold. It will hurt that the second time they swallowed the lead.
For all the extraordinary determination of Madrid, both goals felt self -governing, which is the result of possession of the city, instead of seeing it. Even then, Eerson could have mapped from the goal. Lewis was supposed to be stronger. In the end, City will feel that they were blowing him.
It comes 90 minutes. But although Guardiola’s side remained sensitive to those fatigue, periods in which I can quickly admit, it seems too much time for this team, not too little. Madrid in control. Hope in the city hangs the thread.
Sky Sports’ Paul Merson on football special:
“This was the case of two great Man City mistakes.
“First, Eerson has a ball in his hands, and City is 2-1 up. He tries to fight in a goal shot and get it terribly wrong and goes straight to Bellingham.
“He chooses a real passage to Vinicius and his shot bounces off Eerson before Bhi Diaz scored a jump, I think Man City goalkeeper should make much better.
“Vinicius then only goes in front of Ric Lewis and is away in the goal. He hunts him over the goalie, and the ball becomes terribly wide, but Jude Bellingham follows it and achieves the results.
“Old Man City played a game of 90 to 95 minutes every week. It’s just not able to do it now.
“I don’t know what it is, whether they are just excluded or it’s just a team that stands.
“They seemed to be excluded.
“They really went well in a full game. Of course they occasionally drove their happiness as you did against a quality side like Real Madrid.
“But they will be so disappointed. We’re not even in mid -February, and Man City just plays for FA Cup.
“I don’t give them the opportunity in the second leg. In Real Madrid, I saw enough to know that I could open Man City like a knife through butter.”
Manchester City Manager Pep Guardiola speak at a press conference:
“It’s not full time. Today they were tight, they have a chance, but we played the game and played really well with the ball. In many games this season we gave goals, it happened many times and that’s why it’s hard.
“We talk about it. But how? We need to know that there are mistakes in certain areas, it is difficult to manage. It has happened many times. It’s not about certain players, there are many situations we have to read and we are unable to do it.
“The players make decisions at the moment, and sometimes it succeeds, sometimes it is not.
Real Madrid midfielder Jude Bellingham to Amazon Prime:
“It was weird. We played some of our best football in the season and ended up behind.
“I think we played well and creating a lot. We were always sure of the whole game that something would fall for us.
“I don’t care about the city in the city still an amazing team. It’s always ticklish to play against them and we finally took the opportunity at the end.
“It’s always good to go home and I’m sure Bernabeu will pass for us.
“There seems to be that there are ups and downs in these knockout games. It’s not just game management, it’s also tactful and psychological.”