Real Madrid vs Man City LIVE: Pep Guardiola’s men knocked out of Champions League after Mbappe hat-trick
Real Madrid 3-1 Man City (6-3 agg): Mbappe’s goals send Madrid through as City eliminated from Europe
Manchester City are out. They were never really in it. Pep Guardiola’s men were eliminated before the Champions League last-16 phase by a dominant and exceptional Real Madrid.
The hosts had a one-goal after their comeback win at the Etihad and they never looked like giving it up. A first half which saw City create just one shot at goal was summed up by Kylian Mbappe scoring twice.
The first was from a simple long ball. Mbappe nipped in behind Ruben Dias then lobbed Ederson who was off his line. The second was world class. Fed the ball inside the box, he cut inside of Josko Gvardiol, left the defender on the floor and rolled it past the goalkeeper.
After the break Mbappe scored his third. Left too much space on the edge of the box, he beat Phil Foden and guided a left-footed strike into the far bottom corner.
Nico Gonzalez scored a late consolation goal but City were to slow, too timid, and lacking in belief to spring a shock result on the 15x champions. Instead, Real march into the next round and look like favourites to win the tournament once more.
Relive the Champions League updates from our live blog below:
Real Madrid 2-0 Man City (5-2 agg)
55 mins: Manchester City need to believe they can get back into this game.
Get one goal, get a second and then watch the panic set in for the hosts.
It’ll be difficult but they need to make something happen somehow.
'Real are toying with City'
“Real lost 4-0 in Manchester a couple of years ago.
“They have the chance to exact revenge, to win by a similar, or perhaps even bigger, scoreline here.
“It may depend simply on whether they want to. They are toying with City.”
Real Madrid 2-0 Man City (5-2 agg)
51 mins: It’s all so comfortable for Real Madrid now.
They are head and shoulders above Man City in terms of pace, skill, movement, class.
I can imagine this is painful viewing for the City fans.
Real Madrid 2-0 Man City (5-2 agg)
48 mins: Aurelien Tchouameni takes the ball off Savinho just as he got into a position to shoot outside the box.
Madrid bring the ball up the pitch and set up Rodrygo who blazes a shot over the bar.
Second half! Real Madrid 2-0 Man City (5-2 agg)
Real get the ball rolling again at the Bernabeu.
Pep Guardiola hasn’t made any changes at the break and the only change made was to replace John Stones in the first half.
Can this City side find a way back into this match?
HT Real Madrid 2-0 Man City (5-2 agg)
Elsewhere in the Champions League.
Borussia Dortmund are through after a 0-0 draw with Sporting. They went through 3-0 on aggregate after an impressive first leg.
Juventus are 2-1 up on aggregate against PSV and Paris Saint-Germain are into the last-16 as they currently lead 5-0 over Brest on aggregate.
HT Real Madrid 2-0 Man City (5-2 agg)
Manchester had an expected goals (xG) stat of 0.05 in the first half.
They had one shot in total and it wasn’t on target.
Remember, Pep Guardiola’s men need to scoree three goals to force extra time.
HT Real Madrid 2-0 Man City (5-2 agg)
Half-time! Real Madrid 2-0 Man City (5-2 agg)
45+2 mins: The whistle goes to signal the end of a poor 45 minutes from Man City.
They’re two goals down on the night, three on aggregate and they’ve had no threat in the attacking third.
Lots for Pep Guardiola to think about.
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