Real Madrid 3-3 Man City: 6-goal thriller! Valverde, Foden & others net stunners

Real Madrid are still in their Champions League quarter-final tie with Manchester City, but it was far from an ideal result for Carlo Ancelotti’s side in the first leg at the Santiago Bernabeu, where it finished 3-3 after an epic blockbuster of an occasion.

Match Report

It was a dream start for the visitors, with Bernardo Silva firing home a free-kick inside the opening two minutes of the match. That was a nightmare for Real Madrid, but just 12 minutes later, they had turned the game around courtesy of goals from Eduardo Camavinga and Rodrygo Goes.

It stayed 2-1 until half time, but after the interval, Man City scored two quickfire goals of their own to go ahead. Phil Foden arrowed a wonderful strike into the top corner of Andriy Lunin’s goal, before Josko Gvardiol did similar a few minutes later.

However, it wasn’t done there, as Federico Valverde made it 3-3 late on. Vinicius Junior played a deep cross into the box, and the Uruguayan volleyed brilliantly into the far corner to restore parity.

It does mean that Real Madrid need to win in Manchester next week to progress to the semi-finals, so it’s certainly a better result for Man City. Ancelotti’s side will fancy their chances though, you can be sure of that.

Match Events

0' The match is about to start!

2' GOAL! Real Madrid 0-1 Man City (Bernardo)

9' CLOSE! Haaland’s shot saved by Goalkeeper！

12' GOAL! Real Madrid 1-1 Man City (Eduardo Camavinga)

14' GOAL! Real Madrid 2-1 Man City (Rodrygo)

34' Rodrygo fires his shot into the sky！

37' Yellow Card! Akanji booked

50' Grealish’s shot flies into the sky！

57' Rodri’s header over the bar

66' GOAL! Real Madrid 2-2 Man City (Foden)

71' GOAL! Real Madrid 2-3 Man City (Josko Gvardiol)

79' GOAL! Real Madrid 3-3 Man City (Valverde)

88' Yellow Card! Bernardo booked

Line-ups

Real Madrid XI: Kroos, Carvajal, Rudiger, F Mendy, Valverde, Andriy Lunin, Aurélien Tchouaméni, Vinicius, Rodrygo, Eduardo Camavinga, Jude Bellingham

Subs: Modric, Joselu, Nacho, Kepa, Vazquez, Ceballos, Militao, Brahim, Fran García, Arda Güler, Fran González

Man City XI: Stefan Ortega, Kovacic, Stones, Grealish, Ruben Dias, Bernardo, Akanji, Rodri, Haaland, Foden, Josko Gvardiol

Subs: Carson, De Bruyne, Ederson, Sergio Gómez, Julián Álvarez, Matheus Nunes, Jérémy Doku, Oscar Bobb, Rico Lewis, Mahamadou Susoho