City pay penalty as double Treble dream denied by Real Madrid - 5 talking points
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.
Ex-Chelsea defender Antonio Rudiger scored the winner from the spot as Real goalkeeper Andriy Lunin saved efforts from Bernardo Silva and Mateo Kovacic.
After their thrilling 3-3 draw in the Spanish capital eight days ago it was the visitors who took the lead when a sublime touch from Jude Bellingham eventually led to Brazilian forward Rodrygo firing past his compatriot Ederson at the second attempt.
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.
De Bruyne should have won it inside 90 minutes when he blazed over, and when City's superiority continued into extra-time Phil Foden uncharacteristically missed his kick when found by Silva in the box, before Rudiger missed a rare chance for Real before his penalty glory. Here are game's talking points.
And so the all-English Champions League semi-final that we were all looking forward to will be between Harry Kane and Jude Bellingham.
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.
This wasn't a tactical masterclass from Madrid and they were more than a little lucky, with City left with 'just' the Premier League and FA Cup to
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