00:01Well, here we go. Real Madrid versus Manchester City.
00:04Steven Manneman and Darren Fletcher are in the commentary box.
00:08Thank you, Gary. Good evening, everyone.
00:09Well, we are in one of world football's great cathedrals.
00:12The five tiers of the Santiano Bernabeu looming like...
00:17You really couldn't be anywhere better for a game like this tonight.
00:21It's City's first game here in Madrid since the semi-final four years ago.
00:24But it's not the line-up we were expecting tonight.
00:27Some of the biggest names in world football have been left out by Zidane and Guardiola.
00:32It's a fascinating development.
00:40Steve Manneman won the Champions League twice.
00:43And then Barcelona on Sunday.
00:45Here's Kevin De Bruyne.
00:49Typically Brazilian touch by Vinicius.
00:5319 years old, wonderful talent, three goals this season.
01:01Oh, a free kick's going to go Manchester City's way.
01:05Try to keep an eye on Steve, it's Ferlan Mendy, the left-back of Real Madrid.
01:08Vinicius on the move.
01:09King to take off Walker, crossing in towards Benzema.
01:13And Laporte there to win the header in Pornley.
01:15And you wonder what's going to pan out here over the 90 minutes in the first leg.
01:20Here's Kevin De Bruyne.
01:21Gabriel Jesus.
01:22Good opportunity for Manchester City.
01:24And the first big save by Thibaut Courtois.
01:27And then Mendy took no chances to get it behind for the corner.
01:30That was a lot better from Manchester City.
01:33Yeah, really good for Manchester City.
01:34Lovely and quick.
01:36And when you do things quick, you cut through teams.
01:38Ball into De Bruyne.
01:39Turn into Jesus.
01:42Is he onside?
01:43Debatable, doesn't matter.
01:44Cut in on his left, on his right foot.
01:45Sorry, too easy.
01:47By Sergio Ramos.
01:48Here's the Vinicius.
01:54The crowd is shouting for a yellow car.
01:56We're not going to see that.
01:59It was going to be right.
02:00Yeah.
02:01A little step over by De Bruyne.
02:03He was then able to get on the little layoff from Mahrez, but couldn't find the finish.
02:08Yeah, the angle was nice for Kevin De Bruyne.
02:10He just couldn't wrap his foot around it.
02:12But it opened it up well initially.
02:14And then his call on the free kick has gone to Manchester City.
02:19Took an eternity, Mahrez, to clear his lines.
02:21He took a gigantic risk stream, didn't he?
02:25Yeah, he'll be wanting to have one touch, two touch there.
02:28And there wasn't much control for trouble Manchester City.
02:32You can see a yellow car here for Mendy for the foul on Modric.
02:38There wasn't much in that, was there?
02:39Yes, it was a foul.
02:40The ball was going out of play.
02:42Very quick to brandish the car.
02:44Here's Real Madrid's Mendy.
02:45Furlan with the cross in towards Benzema!
02:47What a save!
02:48And then what an opportunity for Vinicius to tap it in, and he couldn't do it.
02:54Brilliant save, plunging to his right by Ederson.
02:56But only Vinicius knows how he didn't tap it in.
03:06The first big scare tonight for Manchester City.
03:11Yeah, and he was not glamorous about it, was he?
03:13It was just a simple...
03:13Madrid, Modric's there as well.
03:15But Rodri's caught Benzema.
03:18All right.
03:27This Jésus has had the best opportunity so far tonight for Manchester City.
03:31Bernardo Silva, and no power on the shot.
03:37It's April of 2019, and he's back there alongside Nicolas Otamendi now.
03:43One thing that Guardiola knows is he won't let him down tonight.
03:49No, he'll never let him down.
03:55Sergio Ramos, who was challenged by Kevin De Bruyne, who then fouls Mendy.
04:05Yeah, he just gets his body in the way, Mendy in stock.
04:08Drednor has this man, Isco, and Valverde then runs it to Benzimar.
04:15Yeah, the referee's pulled it up saying Mahrez got in the way.
04:20Obstructed.
04:22Freddy Valverde, let's have a look.
04:25There.
04:25No, I was not thinking that was derail again.
04:28Forward, along with Fernandinho, corner taken by De Bruyne.
04:33Poured away, cleared off the line.
04:39Desperate last inch defending there from Real Madrid.
04:43Then he goes from De Bruyne again, and Courtois down to Benz.
04:47Well there's the half-time whistle, and it's a half in the Bernabeu.
04:51It's been kept without a goal a couple of times here in that league matches this season.
04:55Real Betis in November, and Athletic Bilbao in the counter-attack on now for Manchester City,
05:00led by the energetic Kevin De Bruyne.
05:03Here's Riyad Mahrez, cutting in and shooting, and just missing.
05:10Well it was set up brilliantly for the counter-attack there for Manchester City.
05:14And how often have you seen Mahrez work the ball onto his left foot and bend one in?
05:18Yeah, it's given away by Casemiro, really.
05:26A yellow card now for Luka Modric.
05:31It's two of the midfielders now for Real Madrid, Gabriel Jesus.
05:35Riyad Mahrez.
05:38It's a lovely turn by Mahrez, and the shot straight at Courtois.
05:43And he's got nobody to play it to.
05:45Vinicius had to go himself, and in the end he's tripped himself up.
05:49The crowd were appealing for a penalty, but it was all his own work, I'm afraid.
05:53Yeah, of course it was.
05:57Yeah, good pace from him, but he just...
05:58Mahrez looking to sneak in behind, manages to pull it down and shoot.
06:02Courtois has to make another save.
06:04All of a sudden, Mahrez is posing a real threat.
06:07Yeah.
06:08It's just a simple ball over the top.
06:11Sergio Ramos.
06:14A little bit sloppy there, although Walker's got the speed to bail them out, has he?
06:18Here's Vinicius.
06:19Here's Isco.
06:19What a chance!
06:20And he scores!
06:22Well, Manchester City have been so good tonight,
06:25but they paid the price for the first big mistake.
06:28And Isco scores his third goal of the season, to lighten up the Bernabeu.
06:33It's Real Madrid 1, Manchester City 0.
06:39And it came from absolutely nothing.
06:44I mean, Real Madrid have got away with one tonight, because it was a couple of mistakes for Manchester City.
06:50First here, Rodrigo and Otamendi.
06:53It's stolen, then Kyle Walker has to clear his lines.
06:56He wants to play a couple of passes.
06:58Vinicius does really well.
07:00Has one touch, picks out his teammates, who's in a much better position.
07:04Isco, one touch, slides it past there.
07:06Mendy.
07:08Isco.
07:09Ramos was waiting.
07:10Ramos!
07:11Block by Fernandinho again.
07:13Brilliant block.
07:17Brilliant by Real Madrid these last few minutes.
07:21Far post to Isco.
07:23One touch, pulls it back to Ramos.
07:25Fernandinho, body in the way.
07:27Strong as you like.
07:32Opportunity here for Kevin De Bruyne.
07:35Immediately surrounded by white shirts.
07:37Into Jesus!
07:38Oh, he's squeezed it in!
07:40What a big goal that is for Gabriel Jesus!
07:43It's an away goal in the Bernabeu for Manchester City.
07:47It's vital.
07:49It's Real Madrid 1, Manchester City 1.
07:52Yeah, Real Madrid are complaining that there's a push in the back.
07:57By Gabriel Jesus.
07:59Kevin De Bruyne is just lovely here.
08:01Flips it in.
08:02There.
08:05Arms are in the air.
08:06Just there.
08:06But, it's in the back of the net.
08:08I also think...
08:08Here they come again now, trying to get Sterling in.
08:14Well, that's like the air, the pin in the balloon.
08:17And it goes into the middle again towards Jesus, who couldn't quite keep the header down.
08:27Well, it...
08:28Kevin De Bruyne.
08:32Sterling takes on Carvajal and goes down.
08:35Penalty!
08:36No!
08:36Penalty to Manchester City, following Danny Carvajal's challenge on Raheem Sterling.
08:42Well, I didn't think it looked like a penalty.
08:44I thought he went down before the contact.
08:48But I am a long way away.
08:50I am a long way away.
08:56Raheem Sterling attacks Danny Carvajal.
08:59I thought he was falling over.
09:01The referee's trying to get the players out of the penalty area before De Bruyne can take it.
09:05Just to act with the tension.
09:07Up he steps and scores!
09:08The captain delivers in Madrid for Manchester City.
09:13It's Real Madrid 1, Manchester City 2.
09:17And they're in dreamland now in the Bernabeu.
09:20Yeah, and how quickly the game turns around.
09:23Lovely penalty by Kevin De Bruyne.
09:26He's a great strike of the ball, isn't it?
09:28And he just drags it into that bottom corner.
09:31It just shows you when you put your best players on the pitch.
09:36You get instant rewards.
09:38And Raheem Sterling, so positive, just driving that Danny Carvajal.
09:42In the Champions League.
09:45Jesus has managed to nick it.
09:47Ramos is the last man.
09:48Down goes Jesus.
09:49What does the referee do here?
09:51I think he's died, Fletcher hasn't he?
09:54He's reaching for the top pocket.
09:56It's red.
09:57Sergio Ramos is sent off.
10:00For the 26th time as a Real Madrid player,
10:04the captain sees red.
10:06And the night goes from bad to worse for Zinedine Zidane.
10:09That's setting into an absolute disaster.
10:11The ball.
10:12It's Riyad Mahrez.
10:13And it was into the arms of Thibaut Courtois.
10:16Let's just bring in Peter on that.
10:17Peter, not a great deal of contact.
10:19Was there enough contact for you for that to be a red?
10:21As soon as Ramos sees that arm go.
10:24Here goes the cross in towards him.
10:25Mendy coming in.
10:26Never got anything on it.
10:28Maybe should have done better.
10:29Yeah.
10:30You see Kyle Walker screaming.
10:32And everybody else screaming at Riyad Mahrez there for not picking him up.
10:36Mahrez has got him.
10:37He's had a look at him with an awful ball.
10:39Full time whistle, Steve.
10:41It's Manchester City's night.
10:43It's an historic victory for them.
10:45Their first ever win against the most successful club side in Europe.
10:48And it's a win that puts them in control of the tie.
10:51They have to work hard for it.
10:53Tactically Pep Guardiola got it spot on tonight.
10:56But they did find themselves behind.
10:58Vinicius capitalising on a mistake to tee up.
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