Overview
- Real Madrid won the second leg 2-1 at the Etihad to complete a 5-1 aggregate victory, with Bernardo Silva dismissed in the 22nd minute for a goal-line handball after VAR intervention and Vinícius converting the penalty.
- Erling Haaland pulled City level before half-time, but Vinícius sealed the result with a stoppage-time finish after earlier chances for both sides and multiple offside rulings.
- Thibaut Courtois kept City at bay with several first-half saves before being replaced at the break by Andriy Lunin, while Kylian Mbappé returned from injury as a substitute and Jude Bellingham was not involved.
- The win sends Madrid to the quarter-finals, where they are set to face the winner of Bayern Munich vs Atalanta; Bayern hold a 6-1 first-leg lead.
- City were knocked out by Madrid for the third straight season and the fourth time in five years, leaving Pep Guardiola’s side to focus on domestic targets including Sunday’s League Cup final against Arsenal and a league campaign in which they trail Arsenal by nine points.