Manchester City and Real Madrid have nearly same quality even Real Madrid are the most successful club in Champions League and Manchester City only won one title there. Their matches in three previous seasons show that their quality difference is not too big, but this season Manchester City with their crisis after an injury of their key midfielder Rodri, can be considerable weaker than Real Madrid.
Their big defeat by Arsenal is a warning about their quality and competitiveness in this season, but Real Madrid with a latest draw with Atletico Madrid and two big defeats by Barcelona, also are not a perfect team and have weakness that can be exploited by opponents. Manchester City even in their crisis, if play well, can beat Real Madrid in Champions League.
Well things between Madrid and City are pretty impressive, yesterday's match was a heart-stopping one, things went very well for City, in fact they were always ahead on the scoreboard, Madrid was equalising, but when Ancelotti made the corresponding changes things improved a lot and the way they won was great, many said that the banner they made in favour of Roderigo motivated Vinicius even more who almost scored some spectacular goals, there is still the return leg and at the Bernabeu, but anything can be expected from a team like City, the good thing is that Madrid has the advantage.
Man City receive Real Madrid second leg blow as Carlo Ancelotti sends ‘sacrifice’ warning
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Manchester City’s task to defeat Real Madrid in the second leg of their Champions League clash next week may be even tougher than first thought.
Despite taking the lead twice at the Etihad Stadium, a late Jude Bellingham strike stole victory for the reining champions in the dying minutes of the game.
They will now have to overturn a 3-2 deficit at the stadium where Madrid have tasted defeat three times this season – losing to AC Milan, Barcelona and Borussia Dortmund.
Despite taking the lead twice at the Etihad Stadium, a late Jude Bellingham strike stole victory for the reining champions in the dying minutes of the game.
They will now have to overturn a 3-2 deficit at the stadium where Madrid have tasted defeat three times this season – losing to AC Milan, Barcelona and Borussia Dortmund.
Source: https://www.football365.com/news/man-city-receive-real-madrid-second-leg-blow-as-carlo-ancelotti-sends-sacrifice-warning