1684358842FT Man City 4-0 Real Madrid (5-1 agg)Bernardo Silva on facing Inter Milan in the final: \u201cI watched their games, they look very strong and organised defensively. It will be tough but we will try it.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Premier League is another trophy we want to win with our fans again so will look to recover before then.\u201d<\/p>\n
Mike Jones17 May 2023 22:27<\/p>\n
1684358662Man City reach perfection with Real Madrid humiliation that raises complicated questionsThe peak that Pep Guardiola has been building this club towards, and a point that European football has long been leading towards. Manchester City have not yet won the Champions League or the treble, but they passed the most difficult challenge in eliminating the defending champions, and did so with a 4-0 victory that went beyond easy.<\/p>\n
The first half-hour was perhaps Guardiola\u2019s finest spell of football in Europe, and maybe the best ever by an English club on this stage. It will surely be seen as the statement performance should City go and finally lift the trophy in Istanbul, as they reach the stage for the second time. Real Madrid, of all clubs, were humiliated. The entire game has been left trailing in City\u2019s wake. Internazionale are going to need something close to a miracle to beat them, such is City\u2019s level. It is why so many referred to this as the real final. City ended up reaching Istanbul without much of a struggle of all. They have only gone behind in games – in any competition – three times in the last four months.<\/p>\n
This just never looked like being another of those. From the very start of the game, City came out ferociously determined to ensure they couldn\u2019t possibly have a repeat of last season\u2019s elimination. It was a storm. The manner they came at Madrid, and the way that Thibaut Courtois initially performed miracles of his own to stop them, briefly made it seem like it was going to be another one of those nights.<\/p>\n
Mike Jones17 May 2023 22:24<\/p>\n
1684358482Bernardo Silva\u2019s unique talents lead Man City\u2019s evisceration of Real MadridThere was a player whose goals were designed to transform Manchester City into Champions League winners. It wasn\u2019t Bernardo Silva. \u201cBernardo has never been a top scorer,\u201d shrugged Pep Guardiola in March, after one of his favourite footballers had scored at the Etihad Stadium for the first time since August. He sounded utterly unworried. Silva, as he said then, \u201cis unique\u201d. <\/p>\n
He was aggressive presser, rhythmic passer, the man who could speed the game up or slow it down, the player he has used as everything from the most unconventional of left-backs to a false nine but who could be relied upon to make everyone else play better.<\/p>\n
But then, after five goals in 51 games this season, came two in a quarter of an hour. Against Real Madrid. In a Champions League semi-final. Only Lionel Messi and Robert Lewandowski had scored twice against Real on this stage before, but they are more frequent scorers. Silva had delivered a winner of sorts against Carlo Ancelotti\u2019s side in a similar occasion last year; but that was a first leg, and a 4-3 scoreline was overturned. Not this time. <\/p>\n
On City\u2019s greatest European night, amid Real\u2019s evisceration at the Etihad, he is the man who powered them to a final where they will be favourites. It can go wrong from here \u2013 the abiding lesson of Guardiola\u2019s City in the Champions League is that it always can \u2013 but they will never have a better chance.<\/p>\n
Mike Jones17 May 2023 22:21<\/p>\n
1684358302FT Man City 4-0 Real Madrid (5-1 agg)Pep Guardiola has become the third manager to win 100 Champions League matches, after Carlo Ancelotti (107) and Alex Ferguson (102).<\/p>\n
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Mike Jones17 May 2023 22:18<\/p>\n
1684358122FT Man City 4-0 Real Madrid (5-1 agg)Manchester City have reached their second Champions League final, inflicting Real Madrid\u2019s joint-heaviest defeat in the competition (also 0-4 v Liverpool in March 2009).<\/p>\n
Mike Jones17 May 2023 22:15<\/p>\n
1684357942FT Man City 4-0 Real Madrid (5-1 agg)Reaction from Real Madrid defender Dani Carvajal who said: \u201cWe played a rival who were better than us in this match, they pretty well overwhelmed us.\u201d<\/p>\n
Mike Jones17 May 2023 22:12<\/p>\n
1684357762FT Man City 4-0 Real Madrid (5-1 agg)Man City midfielder Bernardo Silva, spoke to BT Sport after the match saying: \u201cIt\u2019s a beautiful night for us. <\/p>\n
\u201cWe knew it was going to be tough but to beat this Madrid team 4-0 at home… it\u2019s a wonderful feeling to be in the final again. Hopefully, this time we can win it.<\/p>\n
\u201cI didn\u2019t feel very good at all after the first game. Tonight I had to try to do better for my team-mates and the fans. I\u2019m very good with my head, hey? I\u2019m very small but I\u2019m good with my head.\u201d<\/p>\n
Mike Jones17 May 2023 22:09<\/p>\n
1684357582FT Man City 4-0 Real Madrid (5-1 agg)Bernardo Silva has been named Player of the Match. Uefa\u2019s Technical Observer Panel said: <\/p>\n
\u201cHe scored two important goals and showed great creativity but also worked tirelessly for the team to press and recover the ball from wide and then central midfield.\u201d<\/p>\n
Mike Jones17 May 2023 22:06<\/p>\n
1684357402Man City vs Real Madrid player ratings as Kyle Walker dominates Vinicius JuniorManchester City produced a sensational performance to defeat Real Madrid 4-0 at the Etihad and reach the Champions League final.<\/p>\n
Bernardo Silva scored twice as Pep Guardiola\u2019s side blew the holders away in a breathtaking opening half.<\/p>\n
Eder Militao\u2019s own goal late ow ensured there would be no comeback this time from Real Madrid, before Julian Alvarez added a fourth in stoppage time.<\/p>\n
Here are five things we learned as City booked a final date with Inter Milan on June 10.<\/p>\n
Mike Jones17 May 2023 22:03<\/p>\n
1684357222Man City\u2019s greatest night, Real Madrid need Jude Bellingham and five things we learnedManchester City produced a sensational performance to defeat Real Madrid 4-0 at the Etihad and reach the Champions League final.<\/p>\n
Bernardo Silva scored twice as Pep Guardiola\u2019s side blew the holders away in a breathtaking opening half.<\/p>\n
Eder Militao\u2019s own goal late ow ensured there would be no comeback this time from Real Madrid, before Julian Alvarez added a fourth in stoppage time.<\/p>\n
Here are five things we learned as City booked a final date with Inter Milan on June 10.<\/p>\n
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