Blitz Bureau
NEW DELHI: Real Madrid beat Manchester City to enter the quarter final of the UEFA Champions League on March 17. The Spanish team knocked Manchester City out of the competition for the third time in a row following a couple of goals from Vinicius Junior.
Man City, who lost the first leg 0-3, came racing out of the blocks looking for the goal that could possibly spark a memorable come back.
But a combination of keeper Thibaut Courtois and several near misses kept the score goalless until a penalty that resulted in Bernardo’s dismissal – and a goal for Madrid on 20 minutes – made an arduous task near impossible.
But City never gave up hope, and deservedly levelled the scores on 41 minutes through Erling Haaland and saw Jeremy Doku and Ryan Ait-Nouri have goals disallowed after the break.
It was always going to be a big ask, but the Blues couldn’t have tried much harder and Vinicius Jr scoring with the last kick to give the Spaniard’s a 2-1 victory felt incredibly harsh.
In another match Khvicha Kvaratskhelia, Bradley Barcola and Senny Mayulu struck as PSG cruised past Chelsea with 8-2 aggregate victory in London.
