Manchester City Stun Real Madrid Comeback

Manchester City ended the long-term Santa Colonial rivalry with victory in a thrilling encounter against Real Madrid on Wednesday in the Santiago Bernabeu after becoming in a deficit and then turning it around after the initial half. The conflict witnessed an opportunistic goal by Nico O’Reilly and a cool penalty by Erling Haaland which saw Pep Guardiola score a crucial goal in his team.

Real Madrid, who was without eight of the key players including Kylian Mbappe, went on the offensive at the beginning of the match. Rodrygo were the first to draw a goal in the 28th minute, when he took Ederson off his feet with a low curl in a lightning-fast break. Madrid had shown its initial superiority, which emphasized the sometimes weak position of City where any action of Los Blancos was considered a threat.

But this was only a temporary benefit. Thibaut Courtois then made a poor handling of a header by Josko Gvardiol in the 35th minute and O’Reilly equalised. Only eight minutes later, City got a penalty having been fouled in the box by Antonio Rudiger, which Norwegian striker took his own time to finish to take the visitors into the lead.

The rest of the first half was mainly dominated by Manchester City. Courtois also saved Madrid and blocked several obvious chances of Phil Foden, Jeremy Doku and Haaland. Following the break, City resumed dictating play that stretched Madrid defence with pace and genius as well as keeping hosts on the toes.

Madrid tried to make a late retrieve and the youngster Endrick struck the post, but the equaliser did not come. The defeat places Real Madrid in a very dire situation, as they are now in the 7 th position in Group standings with 12 points, and Manchester City rises to the 4 th position with 13 points.

Considering the victory, O’Reilly, said, such a good feeling. To arrive here, what a mood, what a stadium, so hard to arrive here and win but we had the three points and that is the main thing.