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00:00Loved the big occasion, Vinicius Junior, Champions League ever-present this season.
00:05They had to be in the playoffs, of course, having lost that last group game against Benfica,
00:11but they beat them in the playoff stage to reach this stage of the competition.
00:15Again, with that Mbappe and Bellingham, as I say, among seventh sideline,
00:19they give 18-year-old Thiago Pitoc a third successive start.
00:23One change from the weekend 2-1 win at Celta Vigo that keeps them four points off Barcelona at the
00:28top of La Liga.
00:28He's saying for Asensio at the back.
00:31Four changes from the playoffs, second leg 2-1 win over Benfica,
00:34when Vinicius Junior scored his 14th of the season, I guess.
00:38Much will depend on him, Vinicius Junior.
00:43As the coach of Real Madrid, Álvaro Álvaro.
00:49And they will know each other so well.
00:53Quick shake of the hand for Pep Guardiola.
00:57Last time Real Madrid failed to score in a home Champions League lockout tie was 2010-2011.
01:04Pep Guardiola was the manager of Barcelona that ball.
01:07They'll be the clean sheet today.
01:10Benfica Valeri and Valera Silva on the flip of the coin.
01:18Sixth game on the Champions League this season for the Italian referee.
01:29Look at the Manchester City side for you.
01:32Only Cushion of O'Reilly, Savino and Doku started for Manchester City at Newcastle.
01:36And the FA Cup Haaland amongst those returning.
01:38Looking to add to his seven goals in the competition this season, including that winner here in December.
01:43But Savino keeps his place after scoring at St. James' Park in the Cup.
01:47Rodri and Bernardo have played against Real Madrid 26 times between them.
01:53And if it is decided by one thing tonight, it might be decided from the bench.
01:58They've got a decidedly stronger bench than Real Madrid have tonight.
02:03Which way is it going to go, Alan, do you think?
02:05Well, it's one of those matches, not often you would say Real Madrid are second favourites,
02:09but they might just be tonight against a City side that are beginning to build in confidence.
02:15And as you said, such a strong bench as well as the starting XI,
02:20that might be a deciding factor.
02:24Manchester City just squeezed into the top, Real Madrid left just out it.
02:29They qualify for the round of the 16th for a record 23rd time.
02:33City at this stage for the 12th time.
02:37All in the last 13 seasons, that's success.
02:40Came from behind to win here in December.
02:42To an opener by Rodrigo.
02:44Nico O'Reilly and Erling Haaland scored 2-8 minutes for them.
02:48O'Reilly, so crucial for them this season.
02:51Kind of look for clarity for the season for them.
02:53Manchester City defending the goal away to your right-hand side.
02:58All in green.
03:00Against the famous Blanco Sol de Real Madrid.
03:06If we will check the official timekeeper.
03:11Off we go.
03:13Let's hope it is as sumptuous as the previous meetings have been.
03:17In the 16th meeting, five wins apiece.
03:2351 goals scored in those 15 metres.
03:28Manaruma.
03:34Towards Doku.
03:37Frightening.
03:38That's not the line-up for Manchester City.
03:42Yeah, I think it's a measure of Pep Guardiola's confidence in his players and perhaps ability to make a dent
03:48or two in this Real Madrid team.
03:51There's Dean Hassan signed from Bournemouth in the summer.
03:57After a very good season there.
03:58One year they made a £51.3 million profit on him.
04:02Bad business.
04:04Hit the ground running to say the least at Manchester City Semenya.
04:07Fine player.
04:08He'll be a threat tonight.
04:11Alexander-Arnold looks down the line for Valverde.
04:13Valverde.
04:14And across came the cover.
04:19He is playing to the left-hand side of Gay.
04:28Valverde.
04:29Such a very good player.
04:32He's only missed five of their last 160 games.
04:35Very consistent.
04:36Here's Mendy who's up for such a long time up until recently on his fifth game this season.
04:42They have had their injuries.
04:44Rudiger was up for a long while as well.
04:46He's wearing 22.
04:52And now Alexander-Arnold.
04:56Really beginning to find his feet as a Real Madrid player.
04:58Didn't happen for him right at the start.
05:02Hopefully he gives the free kick.
05:04Well, Tua Mendy's been their best player, really, this season, by some distance.
05:09The midfielder.
05:13Goes in this on a yellow, on the brink of suspension.
05:17So too does Hausson and Vinicius Junior.
05:20Mark Gay, Savino and O'Reilly.
05:27In and out Real Madrid.
05:29In recent weeks.
05:30Can beat Benfica to get this stage.
05:33They can lose away at Osasuna.
05:34And at home.
05:35Against Katafik.
05:51Good boy there by Young-Pittarck in midfield.
05:54Dockwood can carry it on for Manchester City.
05:56Just tried to step to his right-hand side.
05:58Yeah, Pittarck losing it in a dangerous position.
06:03It's such a huge call to pick a lad of such limited experience in a game like this.
06:11Benarbaloa clearly has a lot of confidence in him.
06:15His fifth game.
06:17He's featured in their last three.
06:19Played 17 minutes away at Benfica.
06:22It's only Champions League experience.
06:36It does have too many to one side of him and Valverde to the other.
06:41Closes in there on Rodri.
06:43Goodness me.
06:46Discrepancy in the experience of those two.
06:48Rodri and Pittarck.
06:52Benarbaloa came into the job in January.
06:55His 14th game.
06:551-9 so far.
06:57Mason Xavi Alonso.
07:04We wonder how the Real Madrid attack would line up.
07:07Looks like Vinicius Junior is certainly starting in the middle.
07:11His natural inclination is to drift to the left.
07:14We'll see if that pans out.
07:17Real with the ball.
07:18Valverde is to the right-hand side.
07:21Pushed out to him.
07:24He's scuffed across anyway.
07:26It's way all the way through from Trent Alexander-Arnold.
07:33Vinicius Junior on that far side.
07:36Trying to team up with Arda Goulair.
07:41Difficult to pin him down to a single position tonight, Goulair.
07:44Valverde just turned 21 recently.
07:49Yeah, Baheem Diaz is the same.
07:52He's probably more naturally a right winger.
07:54But played through the middle at the weekend.
07:58Valverde.
08:00Pitak is right up there in support.
08:02He's just going towards the ball now.
08:04It was pushed in towards Brian Diaz.
08:07Didn't make it.
08:08Now Manchester City left to counter with Haaland.
08:10Heavy touch.
08:12Not invited the challenger.
08:13The ball breaks away to Doku.
08:15Most later with Alexander-Arnold.
08:17Haaland squeezed out.
08:22And Real Madrid cleared away.
08:26And they did that very effectively as well.
08:28Bigger pulls went up for Trent Alexander-Arnold.
08:31Back come Manchester City.
08:34Convenio into Bernardo Silva.
08:35Did really well.
08:38Bramad a bit scrambly in the first effort of the game.
08:41Comes from Manchester City, Semenya.
08:44Yeah, a bit of Messi defending from the home team there.
08:53Let's see how high that Manchester City front four is.
08:56Bernardo Silva turns up behind.
09:02Here's Rodri.
09:05Rodri playing it.
09:0661st Champions League game.
09:10Ninho with the run.
09:12Haaland.
09:13Sensibly down.
09:14Doku.
09:15Armando Donato Silva in there.
09:17Put him around the good defenders back.
09:19The cross still comes through.
09:24Well, they've only had one or two chances to attack.
09:28But those City players will be feeling there's going to be chances out there tonight for them.
09:39Guardiola.
09:4037 major trophies in 18 years.
09:43Won this with Manchester City.
09:46Won this twice with Barcelona.
09:48There's a coach.
09:50Bernardo's a player with Barcelona as well.
10:05Bernardo Silva did just enough there.
10:07Bernardo Rodri.
10:10And now Rodri.
10:38very open start to the game.
10:41Thiago Pitar.
10:42the teenager.
10:44Back to Vinnie Jr.
10:46Little poke ball into the penalty area.
10:48Really good effort away.
10:50Brian Diaz poked it.
10:52And Donnarumma had to say.
10:54What a start.
10:55Yeah.
10:56The entertaining stuff.
10:59They did well for him Diaz there.
11:01Wasn't the easiest of chances to test Donnarumma.
11:04Probably would have been called offside anyway.
11:11They do not want Doku running at you in these positions.
11:18Corner kick which Chunk would swing away.
11:20Goulet would move the ball in the air the other way.
11:28In the ninth minute.
11:30Chunk Alexander-Arnold with that corner kick.
11:32Goulet would go with the header.
11:33Dropped back there by Semenya.
11:36Goulet would do a challenge.
11:37The man who scored a winning penalty in the shootout in the quarterfinal.
11:4123-24 after a three-all and a one-all draw.
11:49Valverde.
11:50Uruguayan international.
11:51But of some note.
11:58Back to Rudiger.
12:00Over the last decade.
12:02One of the.
12:03Certainly the continent's best central defenders.
12:05Right up there.
12:06It's the best in the world I would say.
12:08Yeah I don't think that's the case these days.
12:11He's slowing up a touch.
12:13Having to rely on that physical aspect of his game a bit more.
12:17Never been shy in coming forward.
12:19But it would be interesting if he tries to get hold of Harland.
12:26Harland would dream of being isolated wouldn't he?
12:29Fall over the top through the middle of it.
12:31Let's get out by O'Reilly.
12:33Measure of his.
12:35His season was the fact he was missed against Nottingham Forest.
12:39Midweek last week in the 2-2 home draw.
12:41He didn't play and he really was missed.
12:44Here is Rudiger.
12:47Missed a month for the start of the year with a knee problem.
12:49Missed a month early in the year with a hamstring injury.
12:51Early in the season I should say.
12:54As he is gathered.
12:56So the injuries mount up.
13:07Just seeing the Manchester City fans singing glassy outnumbered in the ground.
13:13Kushenov pushes it forward to Manu.
13:15Was foul.
13:2865 million France are on so many.
13:29It seems a snip now really settled in so well.
13:34Docking.
13:36Manu is there with him on the inside.
13:39Manu Silva on the edge of the D.
13:40And Harland further across.
13:43Rodri pulling the strings.
13:46And look at the Akushenov.
13:4917th game and a runaway team for Manchester City.
13:52For Akushenov.
13:55Yeah.
13:57Interested in the selection of Akushenov.
13:59Probably a better out-and-out defender
14:02than Mateus Nunez to try and cope with Vinicius Junior.
14:07Nunez on the bench.
14:09His Foden.
14:09Ainuri is there.
14:10Nico Gonzalez.
14:11Cherki.
14:12Marmouche.
14:12Ake Stones.
14:14Reinders.
14:15Ben Maxelaine is there.
14:25Manchester City controlling the early tempo.
14:36Gahey and that's it.
14:38Seminia break down on him.
14:39Gahey's high up the pitch.
14:51Quite often those city centre-halves
14:53aren't going to have anybody to mark.
14:54It's a really fluid system.
14:56But nobody standing up against Ruben Diaz or Mark Gahey.
15:05Game against English opposition for Real Madrid this season.
15:08They lost at Liverpool in the group stage
15:10and in this ground against Manchester City.
15:14Who also won in Spain at Pera Real this season.
15:29Gahey's available for the pass.
15:31Further across is Jeremy Docku.
15:36O'Reilly lifts it beyond the goal.
15:39Can we get a touch?
15:40Courtois.
15:41Imagine having a way of home.
15:43It's kept in by Manchester City.
15:46They come again here.
15:50Not a good crossing by Sevigno this time.
15:55Manchester City with three, six players left at the pitch.
15:59It's a strong challenge by young Kusinov.
16:10Papadriola actually wrestled all of this team
16:12against Newcastle in the Cup of the Weekend.
16:14They've got a very good 3-1 win at Newcastle.
16:20That's an Alexander-Arnold special
16:22trying to find Vinicius Judy.
16:25Yeah, he did get a touch.
16:26He's trying to pick out Haaland now.
16:38Different noise tonight from the Real Madrid fans.
16:40For me, they still often come here with expectancy
16:45in their throats.
16:47But today, it just seems a little bit more tentative.
16:50Yeah.
16:51I don't think it's a sell-out by all accounts.
16:53They've got the roof shut up now,
16:54which they tend to do on big games,
16:56big nights to increase the atmosphere.
17:02Nice cushion-off.
17:08Diaz.
17:09To the right-hand side of the centre-back there in now.
17:13You would expect to see him play.
17:17Okay, with the wristband is down here.
17:19Not a good ball to him.
17:23He's looking for candidates for Football of the Year.
17:27Not a game, might be a suggestion,
17:29because he was terrific for Crystal Palace,
17:31doing it for Manchester City.
17:35Football of the Year in Spain,
17:37Vinicius Junior will always be a candidate, I guess.
17:4114 goals, 8 assists this season.
17:43He's wearing 7 there, ready to pounce.
17:4515 goals.
17:58A lovely diagonal.
18:00Doku.
18:01It's under Arno running with him.
18:03Doku turns him inside out.
18:05Big chance.
18:05There was a recovery.
18:09Yeah, the captain coming to his team's aid there.
18:12They're trying to get the ball to Doku whenever they can.
18:14I think he fancies taking on Alexander-Arnold and beating him.
18:21Not the best defender, Alexander-Arnold.
18:24That's not his strength.
18:25He's got it all on tonight.
18:28Big showcase tie for him as well.
18:31Christian Marks over his selection for England's World Cup campaign.
18:37Come and I'll play.
18:38Manchester City have been on top.
18:40I'm jockeying for position in there.
18:49He's going to have a rash all over him.
18:51Here comes a little slip by Semenya.
18:57If we saw something in the middle.
19:02It was a well-worked corner.
19:03Shame from City's point of view because they pick out Semenya.
19:08Slipping at the vital moment.
19:11Saw plenty of that at Lefkoe Madrid last night.
19:14Something about the Spanish Cup at the moment.
19:17Referee's taken to Atletico games this season.
19:20The 3-2 defeat at Liverpool.
19:24And 2-2 match.
19:28Very steady defender in his day.
19:31Arbelauer.
19:32Won this twice as a player with Real Madrid.
19:34Started his career here.
19:38Came back to it.
19:40Back in 2009.
19:42Had been at Liverpool.
19:43He was a runner-up in this.
19:45That's switched neatly away.
19:48By Goulet.
19:54Shooting opportunity.
19:56Nearly arose there for sure many.
20:02Valverde tried the back here.
20:04That's a foul to Manchester City.
20:09One side to make the challenge on Duffy there.
20:14Pittarch strongly in with Haaland.
20:17What a rugby tackle.
20:25It's great that he can protest to the referee.
20:27What part of that challenge did Ibrahim Diaz think wasn't a foul?
20:32Well, quite often the yellow card comes out for that kind of challenge.
20:35It's fortunate.
20:47Diaz up to Haaland.
20:48Isolated there.
20:49Another Manchester City player around it.
20:51He's made adventurous use of the ball, but the class was too long.
21:02That was the improvisation.
21:10Two vastly experienced European teams.
21:13Around the mid-618th game in Europe.
21:16Manchester City's 27th season.
21:19118 games.
21:25Roderick.
21:28Now Diaz.
21:34Semenu allowed to turn.
21:39Semenu.
21:40Just stuffed a little bit of a ride.
21:42He got his shoulder.
21:43Valverde with the block challenge.
21:45He's poked it straight to Bernardo Silva.
21:53He's taking it when it's quite high on the bounce.
21:57He's done how to control it.
21:59City captain.
22:06Just get the feeling the visitors got a bit more stock show about them.
22:09They know what they want to do with the ball when they're going forward.
22:12It's a little bit more off the cuff for Real Madrid.
22:16Opportunity for the break.
22:17And he's around Donnarumma.
22:19And scores.
22:20And Real Madrid from the breakaway.
22:24The captain Valverde.
22:28Manchester City have had more of the ball.
22:31And the better opportunities for their core comp.
22:37Aren't they just for back to foot so quickly.
22:42He does brilliantly Valverde.
22:48Courtois-Gummel getting an assist here.
22:52Nico O'Reilly won't enjoy seeing that back.
22:54But Donnarumma has to pull away.
22:56He could have got a hand on it.
22:57He maybe thought he was outside the box.
22:59I don't know.
23:00Why didn't he put his left hand on this?
23:02The city keeper.
23:06He's just...
23:08That's a big miscalculation from Donnarumma.
23:12But what a finish from Valverde.
23:14Kept his head.
23:17Huge goal.
23:23First in this season's competition assist for Courtois.
23:27Manchester City with so many attacking players caught high up the pitch.
23:31Misjudgment by O'Reilly.
23:35And a calamitous non-touch by Donnarumma.
23:39Yeah, outside the box.
23:41You can understand that you think, so I'm going to get sent off here if I touch it.
23:45Denying an obvious goal-scoring opportunity.
23:47We don't want to be down to ten men.
23:50We just misjudge where the line was.
23:55He's been terrific for Real Madrid.
23:57You know, he's been at the club 11 years.
23:58He cost them five million.
24:00Yeah, amazing.
24:02Some of the reflex saves down at his feet.
24:06He's a huge keeper, but he gets down so quickly as well.
24:10He's so agile.
24:18This place is a cold in now.
24:24Oh, there he is.
24:25Up and back, up and back.
24:27For that past decade and more.
24:31Donnarumma.
24:32Back to gate.
24:34Now Bernardo Silva.
24:36Chops it away to Kusimov.
24:38At the 22-year-old Uzbek International.
24:46Well, we've seen in the English Premier League that Manchester City will give you a chance occasionally.
24:54And that's been the case.
24:59One hit twice in the Champions League in December of this season.
25:03And in the last 16 of 2019-20.
25:07Awesome chase this in De Bruyne.
25:09They need to resurrect the spirit of that.
25:11It was a late goal, wasn't it?
25:12De Bruyne up in the spot that day.
25:14Here's the clearance.
25:15Look at this.
25:18It's a heck of a pick-out.
25:20Lovely first touch for Valverde as well.
25:22The second and the third one.
25:24Bad either.
25:29Coolly done.
25:33Midway through the half.
25:38It rises Diaz.
25:40Kusimov to Gay.
25:41There's O'Reilly there if he wants.
25:44Val Rodri.
25:46Semenya.
25:48Under Manchester City dreaming of nights like this.
25:55Far cry from his days at Bristol City where he made a name of himself and drew the attention of
26:02Bournemouth.
26:18Confidence in the Real Madrid stride now.
26:21Foul for the challenge on Vinicius Junior.
26:34And that will certainly give them confidence.
26:36And I think Real Madrid did need a boost given the absentees.
26:41The big-name players not out there tonight.
26:44Given the strike force that Arbelo has had to pick.
26:54Jink in one way and the other.
26:56Arbelo has this free roll.
26:59The Turkish international.
27:08Pitar.
27:08That Real Madrid goal will help him settle as well.
27:11Want Alan as well?
27:11Because he was jittery.
27:12He was.
27:13Nobody minutes.
27:17Massive game for him.
27:18That should be on our throw.
27:26Fourteen trophies is one at Real Madrid.
27:29Federico Valverde.
27:32He's nearly played in as many positions as I think he's so versatile.
27:37Played at full-back a good number of times.
27:43Alexander-Arnold.
27:45And away then by Rubica.
27:49Not a play for a throw-in.
27:56It's just never really mentioned amongst the headline makers at Real, is it?
28:02Yeah, Italian though, that he knows where.
28:04He knows where's the captain's armband.
28:07People look up to him.
28:11Diaz for Manchester City.
28:1325 minutes gone.
28:15Kishonov.
28:16Not wide to Sevilla.
28:21He's got a top opponent tonight in Mendy.
28:26There's a nod.
28:29Diaz has gay available for the goalkeeper.
28:34And he's just put to pressurise in.
28:36That's good work by Real Madrid.
28:38Really good work.
28:40Pilling Manchester City in there.
28:42Get out will do that.
28:44This is Jan Kittar.
28:49Harlan gets a docket.
28:52Travelling is Ander-Arnold with a cover.
28:55There's a real buzz about Real Madrid here.
29:05Only lost three matches on this ground this season.
29:09It's Manchester City.
29:10And then rather surprisingly near against Sotovigo and Kittarfe.
29:14Only recently that was their last home league game.
29:18Another one between the two City games.
29:20It's Elche at the weekend.
29:47Another one between the two City games.
29:52Vinicius Junior.
29:55Valverde with the run.
29:57And the shots.
29:58And the second goal of the night.
30:00For the Real Madrid captain.
30:02They leave Manchester City by two goals to now.
30:04It was well executed.
30:06But from a Manchester City point of view.
30:08It was far too easy.
30:10Wasn't it just?
30:11Two of their star men.
30:13Vinicius Junior and Valverde.
30:17Leading from the front.
30:20What a first half an hour it's been for them.
30:25And what a finish this was.
30:29Absolutely superb.
30:31Lovely footwork.
30:33And he lets it go.
30:34The little nick off Nubin-Dios into the path of Valverde.
30:38So a bit of good fortune perhaps.
30:40But he makes the very most of it.
30:44It's kind of a lot to do to beat Donnarumma from that angle still.
30:47But beautifully dispatched.
30:51Full of confidence after the first goal.
30:54What about that?
30:59Before tonight he had three goals this season.
31:02He's now got five.
31:03Two of them against Gigi Donnarumma.
31:07Back to back nights.
31:08Premier League teams have come to Madrid.
31:11Back to back nights.
31:13They have conceded opening goals.
31:15Last night Tottenham virtually dumped out of the competition in the opening half an hour.
31:20That's Athletic.
31:25He's Ducco.
31:29Roderick.
31:31Not by Mendy.
31:36I just couldn't see this happening after the opening five or six minutes, ten minutes even.
31:44Listen to the Real Madrid fans.
31:50I absolutely adore this competition.
31:53A competition they've won a record 15 times.
31:57Yeah.
31:58It is a side that just tends to come alive.
32:01Once they can smell the final.
32:04Smell a bit of glory.
32:08To Vigneur.
32:10Kushinov.
32:10Going around Madrid.
32:12Look at the numbers back there.
32:13Line of six protected by four.
32:19Plugging the gaps here in the old Atletico Madrid style.
32:25Gay.
32:27Docky.
32:31Don Verdi can't do anything wrong.
32:35Vinicius Junior moves to his left.
32:38Give himself extra half a yard.
32:41Really excellent movement.
32:44Don Verdi.
32:44Manchester City can't deal with him.
32:47They've been trying to squeeze that back four.
32:49Push it up to nearly the halfway line at times.
32:52Cities.
32:53Plenty of space in behind.
33:02Here's young Thiago Pitak, the 18-year-old.
33:07Youth team product.
33:09Here's Bavardi.
33:12And now Rudiger.
33:14Approaching 550 career games for Stuttgart-Roma.
33:19Chelsea with whom he won this.
33:20Real.
33:28Chase there.
33:30And Goulo is up after it.
33:34He's conceded a free kick.
33:38And Ruben Diaz wanted to let this run.
33:45This is the first goal.
33:47As a quick glance, gets his angle sorted out.
33:50Val Verdi.
33:56The captain's contribution big time.
34:03And he hit that with a weaker foot.
34:04The left foot.
34:09The goalkeeper had done better.
34:11He hit it early as well, didn't he?
34:15Maybe that's what caught out, John Arumma.
34:24Well, the night he is having.
34:27Although Goulier has given away that free kick, he and Diaz, the pressure they're putting on the ball, the energy
34:34they're exerting.
34:37Meandering runs, losing Manchester City players.
34:40Really epitomizing Real Madrid at the moment.
34:43And by Rodri.
35:02Here's Mike Gahit.
35:12They are a team that is likely to ship goals this season, Manchester City.
35:18Still chasing a quadruple.
35:23But still inconsistent in patches in games.
35:27And here's Rodri.
35:30Farland allowed to turn.
35:32Crews up through the gears, then squeezed out.
35:37Another Real to a win.
35:39Yeah, his team have just lost the rhythm, haven't they?
35:42They found it pretty quickly in this match, but two goals has knocked a bit of stuffing out of City.
35:56History makers, of course, Real Madrid with their record 15 titles in this Manchester City, who became the first European
36:04trophy winner ever relegated to the third tier of a domestic league.
36:08When they went down in 1998, when they went down in 1998, in a different lifetime, in a different era.
36:17And it's Alexander, Arnold.
36:24And it's charging up to pressurise them for his prime deers.
36:38Two terriers out there, aren't they?
36:40Brown deers and Goulet.
36:41Yeah.
36:42Yeah, a lot of movement between those two.
36:47Vinicius Junior.
36:49Moore on the left now.
36:54Six English teams through to this stage.
36:57How many will reach the last eight?
37:03Family League almost guaranteed, by the way.
37:06A fifth team in the Champions League next season.
37:09At least a fifth team.
37:10With their coefficient points so high.
37:13It's going to run into a little bit of trouble.
37:15And that's a pre-coup for Manchester City.
37:19With a foul on the young Brazilian.
37:33It was very bright in the cup tyres and changes park at the weekend, Sevigny.
37:37Still the ten minutes left in an eventful first half.
37:46Danado Silva will leave the club in the summer.
37:50Others are interested.
37:51Manchester City work to hold on to him at the end of his contract and give him a new one.
37:59Clever.
38:01Artful.
38:05Zerminia with the run gliding on.
38:07And it's headed up and out wide.
38:11Gimokbindi, I think, is Doku.
38:19Gimokbindi.
38:21Roderick.
38:23Five green shirts in there for Manchester City.
38:25Doku could have got the crossing.
38:28Three round of good players around it.
38:30Yeah.
38:33Very eager to protect Alexander-Arnold on this near side.
38:41Not the cleverest of passes.
38:44And Diaz gave him a glare.
38:57Bernardo Silva.
39:01It was a Mr Premier League game this season.
39:03Bernardo Silva.
39:04But, Semenya.
39:05Eleven goals in his last 19 for the run of the now Manchester City.
39:13No Riley.
39:15Doku to have a run.
39:18Again, there were two white shirts on him.
39:20Comes back to him now.
39:22And he was fouled.
39:27And Diaz the offender.
39:30And it's that left-hand side through Doku where City look the most threatening at the moment.
39:37More so than over on the right.
39:39Maybe that's been a tactic.
39:41Sensing that's a weak point of Real Madrid.
39:49I think Pep Guardiola will be happy with that passing accuracy stat.
39:53Below 90%, which is, I think, the sort of target in most games.
39:59But I'm in Silva with that cricket line of five in there.
40:02Gay and Haaland.
40:05Kishima, but that Diaz is there.
40:07So many further across.
40:10And Ryan is in there as well.
40:11Hoster towards him.
40:18Cervinho wanted it back.
40:20Might get it now.
40:22Cervinho.
40:23Good challenge.
40:29And it's only the trouble there than it is.
40:33And Cervinho nearly come out with a ball.
40:39Rudiger.
40:42Quarterly missed one game this season in the Champions League.
40:46Not missed a game in the league in Spain.
40:51And that wasn't done very well, was it?
40:53And Andy just slipped as the ball was coming towards him.
41:01Roderick.
41:02And Roderick time.
41:05And a little bit of space.
41:06Now Gahy.
41:08Real Madrid are now had time to get set defensively.
41:11Doku.
41:12Roderick.
41:15And poked away from Manchester City.
41:18Corner kick seven minutes before the break as they try and get back into the game.
41:21Yeah.
41:22City just trying to build a bit of momentum again.
41:25A bit of confidence.
41:35And a bit of confidence.
41:51Roderick has gone all the way through.
41:52Semenya has done really well.
41:54And that's another corner kick.
41:56From Rafael and Mendy.
42:15The next goal in this first leg could be so very vital.
42:21And now they're silver with the corner.
42:28Semenya at the near post.
42:29There he pulls around the far side.
42:33Guller marking Harland.
42:35Bit of a mismatch.
42:37That's a poor court.
42:38It's easy having the way by Valverde.
42:43Well.
42:45Bit of a waste to City there.
42:49And there was a push in there.
42:52There's plenty of pushes in there.
42:58How do you stand on this?
43:00Has it always been around to a certain degree?
43:02This physicality.
43:03All the kicks.
43:04No.
43:04Not to this extent.
43:06Nowhere near.
43:07When I played it was always a case of keeping one eye on the ball.
43:10One eye on your man.
43:11Touch tight.
43:12Know where he is by feeling him.
43:15But not two arms around your man.
43:18Which will always be penalised outside the box.
43:21But seemingly not inside.
43:23Oh mistake by Gay.
43:25Nearly dropped there for Brian Diaz.
43:27They're riding on it back strongly.
43:30And gives it straight away back again.
43:37Can't get going Manchester City.
43:47He's given a free kick here for the push by Semenya.
43:55Bumma Bumma team mates.
43:59Now.
44:00Another look at the assist.
44:06Certainly done a runner.
44:07I don't know if he's aware now that he could have handled it.
44:10Could have caught it.
44:11He'll be aware.
44:13Maybe at half time.
44:15What a good second touch that was by Valverde.
44:18Around the goal kicker.
44:19Because he was good at some pace wasn't he.
44:21Yeah.
44:22Bernardo Silva.
44:23Semenya.
44:25Now Doku.
44:28Easy for the goalkeeper.
44:31Neither one thing nor the other really for Doku that.
44:40Now Vinicius Junior shrugs off the challenge.
44:43Into the box.
44:45Courses back.
44:46Nudged on to the youngster.
44:49Pitar.
44:54Diaz.
44:55Looks for the Valverde on a hat-trick.
44:56Brilliant.
44:57Oh my goodness me.
44:59He has a first half hat-trick.
45:01And that was simply sublime.
45:04Real Madrid 3.
45:06Manchester City nil.
45:08What a fantastic goal.
45:11I thought the chance had gone.
45:12I thought they'd taken too many touches.
45:16I thought Vinicius Junior.
45:18Passed up the chance to shoot.
45:20And it looked like fizzling out.
45:24Valverde.
45:25Will not score a more skilful goal than this.
45:30He's absolutely flying.
45:32What about this for a pass as well.
45:34But after that.
45:36It's all about the awareness.
45:40Diaz with the lovely dink.
45:43Beautiful stuff.
45:45And what a big goal in the context of this two-legged tie this might be.
45:53What a first half for Valverde in Real Madrid.
45:58It's three years since he's scored two in a game.
46:00He's never got a hat-trick.
46:02He has tonight.
46:04And in back-to-back nights.
46:06La Liga teams from Madrid have put the Premier League.
46:10To shame.
46:11To sword.
46:21It's a long way back now for Manchester City.
46:26They need something now in this first leg.
46:33They've scored from three of their four efforts on target in the game.
46:49Well, I think the fans are probably shocked about the way this first half has gone.
46:54Maybe the Real Madrid players are as well.
46:58I certainly didn't see this coming.
47:03Well, could it get worse here for Manchester City?
47:06One back.
47:09Rodri sprays to Doku.
47:11I don't think he's going to keep that in play.
47:15I don't think he's scored a better goal than that.
47:20World class.
47:32The fifth time Manchester City have conceded three goals in the Champions League at the Bernabeu.
47:43What?
47:44Rodri, purposeful.
47:46Look at the white shirts hounding him.
48:04Well, how is Pep Guardiola going to react at half-time?
48:07I wonder. We've spoken about the quality on the bench.
48:10Will he look to some of his substitutes?
48:18I mean, it's not as if he hasn't got plenty of quality out on that pitch as it is.
48:26One Manchester City goal could still change the whole complexion of the tie.
48:31The Real Madrid look capable of scoring more than three here.
48:38United Silva.
48:45Kusinov.
49:00Diaz.
49:03Ireland brought back into the side.
49:05Immobile up there at the moment.
49:08I need to play to his strengths.
49:10Sevigno.
49:11Well seen off.
49:12A very accomplished left fullback.
49:17Yeah, City certainly need more from Sevigno.
49:23What a heart for Real Madrid and their captain, Federico Valverde.
49:28His first club hat-trick of a long and very good career.
49:32Three goals for him after 20, 27 minutes and 42.
49:36He has simply been spellbinding.
49:38And so have Real Madrid on attack, Alan.
49:40Yeah, absolutely magnificent.
49:43They back off Baheem Diaz to their cost.
49:47Delightful dink.
49:48And two touches.
49:51The kind of which you'll rarely experience Valverde.
49:59Wow.
50:01He might have scored one of those on a computer game.
50:04But in real life, he's never had a hat-trick.
50:06And that hat-trick leaves Manchester City looking to the heavens and wondering what has happened
50:11in this first half as they trail going off at half-time in the Santiago Bennebao Stadium
50:17by three goals to nil.
50:19That hat-trick is not enough, but in real life.
50:24It's a great fight.
50:26You've seen Game.
50:27The game's gonna be so fun.
50:28And that hat-trick.
50:29And now, it's just as if you can all select the world's play and be so great.
50:30Thanks for doing the game.
50:31Thanks for doing the game.
50:32Thanks for giving a development, me.
50:33Thanks for having fun.
50:33I'm glad it's about having fun.
50:33It's a beautiful game.
50:38I'm glad we're doing.
50:39I'm glad we're doing.
50:40I'm glad you're doing.
50:41I'm glad we're doing.
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