"Manchester City defeated Real Madrid 2-1 at the Bernabeu to move up to 4th in the Champions League table and put themselves on course to qualify for the round of 16 automatically. They lost their previous fixture 2-0 at home to Leverkusen. Donnarumma started in goal, O'Reilly, Dias, Gvardiol and Nunes were in defence. Gonzalez, Foden, and Bernardo were in midfield with Doku, Cherki and Haaland in attack."
"Real Madrid started the match more positively and the Blues were on the back foot struggling to cope with the pace of the home side's attack. Real thought they had a penalty in just the 2nd minute after Nunes fouled Vinicius Jr, but the foul was later ruled outside the box and a free kick was given. City defended the resulting chance."
"Despite the early scare, City still struggled for possession and this eventually led to them trailing. Rodrygo, notorious for scoring against City, ended his 30+ game goal drought, receiving a pass on the wing and running past O'Reilly to place into the bottom left corner past Donnarumma to make it 1-0 to the home side. City were behind and needed to show much more spirit in the second half to get back in front."
Manchester City won 2-1 at Real Madrid's Bernabeu, moving to fourth in their Champions League group and improving their chances of automatic qualification to the round of 16. Donnarumma started in goal with O'Reilly, Dias, Gvardiol and Nunes in defence; Gonzalez, Foden and Bernardo in midfield; Doku, Cherki and Haaland in attack. Real began strongly and took the lead through Rodrygo after City ceded possession. City responded before halftime as O'Reilly equalised from a corner rebound and, after a VAR-reviewed foul on Haaland, Haaland converted a penalty to complete the comeback.
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