Real Madrid 3-3 Man City: Player ratings as spoils shared in Champions League classic
Real Madrid and Manchester City put on one of the best Champions League games in recent memory with a sensational 3-3 draw on Tuesday.
Bernardo Silva fired City ahead inside two minutes but a Ruben Dias own goal and a quickfire strike from Rodrygo had Madrid in front ten minutes later.
Phil Foden, Josko Gvardiol and Federico Valverde all produced utterly sublime goals in an all-action second half which ultimately left nothing between the two sides ahead of next week's return leg.
The game got off to an incredible start. Aurelien Tchouameni was booked for a foul on Jack Grealish inside the opening minute, and from the resulting free kick, Silva stunned Andriy Lunin with a quick strike that went through the Real Madrid stopper and into the back of the net.
City weren't ahead for long, however, With 12 minutes on the clock, Eduardo Camavinga's strike from the edge of the box took a huge deflection off Dias and left Stefan Ortega completely wrong-footed.
Seconds later and Madrid were 2-1 up. Rodrygo burst through on goal and his low strike was also deflected off Manuel Akanji, with the ball rolling agonisingly slowly over the line to flip the game on its head.
With fans now given some time to catch their collective breath, City started to control possession in search of their own equaliser, but Rodrygo nearly added a third as his strike from the edge of the box ended up flying wide of goal.
City tried to get things going but Madrid defended superbly and held their lead by the time the referee blew his whistle for the interval.
Jude Bellingham fizzed wide in the early stages of the second half before Vinicius Junior fired over Ortega's bar.
Foden sent a tame effort right into Lunin's gloves on the hour, marking City's first shot on
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