The Etihad Stadium hosted the first leg on Tuesday as Manchester City and Real Madrid went head-to-head for an area inside the final of the Champions League 21-22. The English side struck first when the crowd had slightly sat down of their seats.
Pep Guardiola's aspect had been 1-0 up before the first a hundred and twenty seconds had been up. The Mahrez-De Bruyne connection paid off with the home facet's first attempt.
The winger faced up and cut inside for his left-footed ball into the coronary heart of the box and the Belgian, diving low, went all out and slammed the ball beyond Thibaut Courtois and into the returned of the net.
Manchester City commenced with their foot on the accelerator as they sought their second successive very last and redemption for last yr's loss to Chelsea, knocked out inside the zone-finals through Madrid.
