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The consistency of both is still very good, especially Madrid at this time which seems to have a new motivation that makes its performance different and better than the previous season so it is quite natural that this match will be very difficult for both of them in this quarter-final.
But on the other hand Pep always has a way to shut down Madrid's game even though the final results sometimes don't really match the expectations in the matches they have done in the previous few seasons but in terms of performance on the field Manchester City can sometimes lock up the Madrid defence and this needs to be anticipated by Ancelotti now because when his midfield makes then indeed this can be very dangerous but Manchester City also needs to anticipate the situation further when trying to apply the same scheme especially now that Ederson is likely to be injured for a long time and when trying to lock up they must ensure Madrid's fast counter-attacks do not run smoothly later.
But wouldn't you agree that a lot of things changed over the course of this ongoing season? Real Madrid improved their game on several positions at the same time and if they won't suffer from any injuries until the game against Manchester City takes place, I think this will be a much closer matchup than it was last year. Real Madrid is ready to go for it and it didn't feel that way last season whereas Manchester City was destined to go the full distance and they did as expected. This time the midfield isn't quite as strong as last year for Manchester City whereas Real Madrid isn't going through any setbacks on any position despite maybe the problem with Courtois, but so far his substitute has been doing great.