5 talking points as Man City's double Treble dream dies against Real Madrid

Holders Manchester City are out of the Champions League as a stubborn Real Madrid earned a penalty shootout win in their quarter-final at the Etihad Stadium.

City rallied and almost levelled when Erling Haaland looped a header against the crossbar, with Bernardo Silva unable to convert the rebound. A dominant City then turned the screw in the second period, and levelled when Kevin De Bruyne fired in from close range after good work from substitute Jeremy Doku.

Manchester City will still be wondering how they lost this game when the Wembley final kicks off on June 1, as they failed to make dominance and an overall gap in quality pay against a side who relied on clinging on for dear life in order to navigate themselves towards yet another European showpiece.

When Dani Carvajal boomed a clearance into the Manchester air in the 12th minute it was an agricultural moment that we weren't expecting to see in such a fixture, but then Bellingham - running forwards and watching the ball dropping over his shoulder, with none other than the looming presence of Rodri by his side - effortlessly pulled it out of the air and then danced away from Ruben Dias. Soon afterwards the ball was in the City net via Rodrygo at the second attempt.

Guardiola made a point of stating that Stones wasn't injured when he missed the win over Luton at the weekend, although he did add that he was suffering with some minor issues. He didn't want to risk him until the second half of extra-time here, and he was a big miss at the beginning of the game before City began to dominate.

5. The physical - and quality - difference is clear It was still in the first half when Real first began to look tired, with wave after wave of City attack raining down on them and only last ditch interventions, like the one from Rudiger on Jack Grealish, stopping the hosts' route to goal.

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