Alvaro Arbeloa's team, with the international German central defender Antonio Rudiger, in very good playing condition and the Brazilian Vinicius dancing as he wants and whenever he wants the City defense, quickly put an end to any hopes of Pep Guardiola's team for an upset. After their heavy defeat with 3-0 in Madrid a week ago.

Of course, the quick expulsion of Manchester City's captain, Portuguese Bernardo Silva, who saw a red card as he elbowed the ball just before it crossed the goal line (20th minute) also played a role. And Vinicius Junior, who took the final penalty, this time scored the penalty (22nd minute) beating the Italian, Gigi Donnarumma, who fell in the opposite direction.

Norwegian forward Erling Haaland (41st minute) equalled Bayern Munich legend Thomas Muller's record of 57 goals in the Champions League. But that was not enough to prevent Pep Guardiola's team from being eliminated.

After half-time, the home team persisted, even with 10 players, in search of a comeback, but they had difficulty scoring a second goal, as the 27-year-old Ukrainian goalkeeper, Andriy Lunin (he had replaced the injured Belgian, Courtois) was excellent. He shouted “present” whenever necessary.

At the same time, the entry of international forward Kylian Mbappe then made Real more mobile in attack, but the “merengues” continued to receive pressure - and the shots - of the home team were blocked with wonderful actions by Lunin.

And so the English team failed to score again. On the contrary, the away team, with Vinicius looking unstoppable when he had the ball at his feet, was able to score a second goal in extra time (90+3) and win 2-1, .

Just like last year and the year before, this year too, Real Madrid eliminated Manchester City from the Champions League..

Now in the quarter-finals (7/8 and 14/15 April) Real Madrid and Bayern Munich (barring a shocking unexpected event) could now meet for the 14th time in a UEFA Champions League knockout match.