Guardiola’s team qualifies for the quarter-finals of the Champions League repeating the result of the Bernabeu at the Etihad. Real Madrid beaten 2-1 again: Sterling opened the game in the 9th minute, Benzema’s equalizer in the 28th minute had reopened the qualification speech but, in the second half, Gabriel Jesus finally closed the accounts
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MANCHESTER CITY-REAL MADRID 2-1
9′ Sterling (M), 28′ Benzema (R), 68′ Gabriel Jesus (M)
MANCHESTER CITY (4-3-3): Ederson; Walker, Fernandinho, Laporte, Cancelo; Gundogan, Rodri (88 ‘Otamendi), De Bruyne; Foden (67 ‘Bernardo Silva), Gabriel Jesus, Sterling (81’ David Silva). All. Guardiola
REAL MADRID (4-3-2-1): Courtois; Carvajal (82 ‘Vazquez), Varane, Militao, Mendy; Modric (82 ‘Valverde), Casemiro, Kroos; Rodrygo (61 ‘Asensio), Hazard (82’ Jovic); Benzema. All. Zidane
Ammonites: Modric
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