Football fans are still catching their breath this morning following Manchester City and Real Madrid's thrilling Champions League semi-final first leg.
The European heavyweights played out one of the greatest Champions League matches ever on Tuesday evening with Pep Guardiola's side coming out 4-3 winners on the night.
City raced into a 2-0 lead and were 4-2 up after 74 minutes and the Spanish press admitted on Wednesday morning that Real got away with one.
The front page of SPORT read: 'Madrid come out alive' while Mundo Deportivo's splash headline read: 'Beating without knockout'.
City made a blistering start with Kevin De Bruyne scoring the fastest ever goal in a Champions League semi-final after heading the ball home inside 94 seconds.
Gabriel Jesus doubled their lead on 11 minutes as Real struggled to deal with the intensity of the Premier League champions.
Prolific striker Karim Benzema handed the Spanish giants a lifeline by netting before half-time.
Phil Foden restored City's two-goal lead but Vinicius Jr pulled one back just two minutes later.
Bernardo Silva put Guardiola's side 4-2 up but Benzema was ice cool to score a panenka penalty in the 82nd minute and a 4-3 defeat back to the Bernabeu.
Spanish newspaper AS focused on work being needed in the return leg next Wednesday while Marca actually called the first-leg loss a 'miracle' as its headline read: 'Miracle to miracle'.
Real have come very close to being knocked out the competition, first by PSG and then by Chelsea but turned it around to reach the last four.
