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4 – Real Madrid 1-0 Man City (agg: 4-2)
Blimey, that didn't last long.
A long, straight ball down the centre of the park and Ruben Dias is all over the place.
John Stones can't cover him and Ederson does as he so often does and finds himself in no man's land.
Mbappe latches onto the straight ball and from the edge of the box, easily lobs the Brazilian and finds the back of the net.
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4 - GOAL! REAL MADRID 1-0 Man City (agg: 4-2)
First attack, first goal - KYLIAN MBAPPE lobs Ederson!
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2 - Real Madrid 0-0 Man City (agg: 3-2)
Marmoush looking lively in the early exchanges.
He latches onto a ball in behind down the left but Asencio tracks him and gets a foot in to concede a throw in.
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KICK-OFF!
Underway at the Bernabeu - this should be a belter!
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Huddled
The City players break into a huddle with Ruben Dias giving the final bit of motivational chatter.
A huge task ahead of them.
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Here they come
A great noise as the two sets of players emerge into this sensational arena.
Jeers as the Champions League anthem starts.
Madrid all in white, City all in maroon.
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In the tunnel
The two sides line up inside this remarkable tunnel.
Two incredible XIs as the camera pans down them.
One of them won't make the round of 16...
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From Martin Blackburn at the Etihad
CITY will aim to become only the second team in the history of this competition to lose the home leg to Real Madrid and still go through. The other one was Erik ten Hag’s Ajax six years ago.
But Pep Guardiola’s hopes of making another bit of history suffered a huge blow before kick-off with Erling Haaland declaring himself unfit to start due to the knee injury he suffered on Saturday. The Norwegian is named on the bench but it looks like City will have to do it without their main source of goals.
The Etihad giants will fail to reach the last 16 for the first time since 2013 unless they can reproduce the win they got here five years ago.
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No sight
His shirt is in place.
But Erling Haaland hasn't been seen at all during the warm-up. That puts his chances of coming off the bench at jeopardy too, surely.
Unless it's the most incredible Pep Guardiola mind games yet...
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Level pegging
There's not much to separate Pep Guardiola in his career tally against Carlo Ancelotti.
They've contested 13 matches to date, with Guardiola winning six of those.
Two have been a draw and the great Ancelotti has five wins to his name.
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1% club
Pep Guardiola told the world's media his side arrive tonight with a "one per cent chance" of progression.
Carlo Ancelotti is having none of it.
He accepts the win in Manchester gives them an advantage but he reckons that advantage is only "small."
He said: "He doesn’t really think so.
“We don’t think we have a 99% chance. We have a small advantage and we have to take advantage of it. We have to play the same game as in the first leg, because it went well.
"But we have to take into account the difficulties. We are trying to prepare well."
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Some noise
Around 10 minutes ago, the noise that greeted the City players as they came out to warm up was incredible.
Boos and jeers from all four stands, a cauldron of noise.
Some will thrive in this, though....
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Guardiola on Haaland
On Erling Haaland on being on the bench, Pep Guardiola told TNT Sports: “He was close, but not enough.
“He trained yesterday but we spoke and he said he doesn’t feel good.
“We’ll see [if it makes it harder]. He’s very important to us but it is what it is.”
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Match odds
Maybe more of a shock is the fact that Real Madrid are only just odds-against for victory.
And City are just under 2/1, which is the odds you'd probably expect when they've been at full strength...
- Real Madrid - 5/6
- Draw - 23/10
- Manchester City - 15/8
To go through- Real Madrid - 1/5
- Manchester City - 7/2
Odds from Betfair
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Haaland shock
Still yet to hear from Pep Guardiola on Erling Haaland's absence from the starting XI.
It has to be that knock from the weekend. Surely?
Antonio Rudiger will be gutted, he lives for the physical battle!
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Real Madrid starting line up
Antonio Rudiger returns to the starting line up for Real Madrid against Man City.
Rudiger had missed Real's last five games with a hamstring injury.
While Jude Bellingham's two-match suspension does not include the Champions League so the England ace starts too.
Real Madrid: Courtois; Valverde, Rüdiger, Asencio, Mendy; Tchouameni, Ceballos, Bellingham; Rodrygo, Mbappé, Vini Jr
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Breaking - Haaland on bench
Erling Haaland is only on the bench for Man City tonight against Real Madrid.
Haaland picked up a knock late on in the 4-0 thrashing of Newcastle at the weekend.
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Huge Champions League night underway
Dortmund are currently drawing 0-0 at home against Sporting at half-time.
Sporting would need a minor miracle to advance, trailing 3-0 from the first leg.
- 45 min: Dortmund (3) 0-0 Sporting (0)
- Paris (3) vs Brest (0) - 8pm GMT
- PSV (1) vs Juventus (2) - 8pm GMT
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Tonight's odds
Real Madrid are the favourites to prevail tonight, but writing off Man City would be a brave man's game.
To win match - odds via Betfair
Real Madrid - 5/6
Draw - 23/10
Manchester City - 15/8
To go through
Real Madrid - 1/5
Manchester City - 7/2
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Ancelotti laughs off Pep
Real manager Carlo Ancelotti has laughed off Pep Guardiola's previous claim that City only have a one per cent of winning.
Ancelotti say: “Before the game I’ll ask him if he really thinks they have a one per cent chance of winning.
“We certainly don’t think we have a 99 per cent chance. We have a small advantage but have to make the most of it.”
Pep has since done a U-turn and said he lied when he made the claim.
Let the mind games commence!
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Can Jude Bellingham play?
Jude Bellingham WILL be available for Real Madrid for the Champions League game despite his red card against Osasuno at the weekend.
This is because suspensions from La Liga do not carry over into UEFA competitions.
The 21-year-old Bellingham was sent off for dissent during Real Madrid's 1-1 draw with Osasuna.
In an incident which has been described as a "miscommunication" by Bellingham, he told referee Jose Munuera to "f*** off", but Munuera thought he said "f*** you."
Bellingham will be banned for two La Liga games - against Girona at home and Real Betis away.
Reports in Spain suggest Real will appeal.
Credit: Reuters
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Welcome to Real Madrid vs Man City
Hello and welcome to SunSport's coverage of tonight's HUGE Champions League knockout phase second leg between Real Madrid and Manchester City.
The score from the first leg stands at 3-2 following Jude Bellingham's dramatic injury-time winner.
However City boss Pep Guardiola has admitted he lied when he said his side only have a one per cent chance of knocking out Real.
The Etihad chief wants his players to give the reigning champions a “scare” and said: “Every time I say what I think, you don’t believe me but this time you got it right - I lied.”
With a smile on his face, Guardiola added: “It’s true I said it because after the match in England, we were out.
“Always it’s very tough coming to the Bernabeu, with the history but we’ve had good moments here.
“Let’s see if we can at least scare them and we’ll see what happens.”
Credit: Reuters