Well, what a nice change that was! A year ago Manchester City suffered their most agonising heartbreak in the Champions League yet as a last-gasp collapse at the Bernabeu saw them eliminated just as fans had begun to book their Paris hotels.
It was a dramatic, spellbinding event to watch unravel. As if witnessing someone fall down the stairs, powerless to help and incapable of looking away.
But on Wednesday evening there was no such pulse-raising tension. Instead, what we were treated to was a total masterclass. A portrait of dominance.
Complete and utter control. A murder that left no evidence. City were the slick assassin sneaking in, placing the pillow over Real Madrid's face and leaving without a sound.
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