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Real Madrid manager Carlo Ancelotti admitted he was surprised by Karim Benzema’s outrageous Panenka penalty against Manchester City, but never once thought about taking his star striker off spot kick duty, despite his questionable recent record.
Pep Guardiola's delight with Manchester City’s swashbuckling win against Real Madrid outweighed any frustration about their inability to put the Champions League semi-final to bed in a jaw-dropping first leg.
Carlo Ancelotti is pleased to have proved doubters wrong but will not regard Real Madrid’s Champions League campaign a success unless they reach the final.
Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola said he had to reiterate to his players they had beaten Real Madrid 4-3 in a Champions League classic on Tuesday despite the disappointment of not killing off their semi-final tie at the Etihad.
Pep Guardiola said he had to reiterate to his players they had beaten Real Madrid 4-3 in a Champions League classic on Tuesday despite the disappointment of not killing off their semi-final tie at the Etihad. Kevin De Bruyne, Gabriel Jesus, Phil Foden and Bernardo Silva were on target for Guardiola's men, who held a two-goal lead three times. But Karim Benzema's double and a brilliant individual effort from Vinicius Junior gave Madrid hope of another famous Champions League fightback at the Santiago Bernabeu on May 4.
Ancelotti tiene clara la receta para la vuelta. Lo repitió en varias ocasiones enl a rueda de prensa posterior a la ida. El equipo tiene que mejorar en defensa. «Es bastante simple. Con balón, muy bien. Sin balón tenemos que hacerlo mejor», decía el técnico de Reggiolo. No hay más. Y es que, por momentos, parecía que los blancos estaban cerca de perder el tren a la final. El City llegaba, incluso con el 2-0 en el marcador y el runrún de la grada era constante. Sin embargo, Ancelotti tiró de: Benzema y Vinicius. El sentir entre la prensa presente en el Etihad era que el equipo blanco había conseguido respirar cuando más apretaba la soga. Algo que se refrenda al echar un vistazo a las principales cabeceras inglesas horas después del thriller disputado.
Karim Benzema was in a confident mood after scoring a brace that helped keep Real Madrid alive in their Champions League last-four tie against Manchester City and the French striker predicted his team would now qualify for the final. Real trailed by two goals three times in the semi-final first leg at the Etihad stadium on Tuesday but fought back to lose by a solitary goal in a 4-3 thriller. "I warn our fans to be ready to see something magical, we will win the second leg at Santiago Bernabeu," Benzema told Movistar Plus. "Losing is never good and we care a lot about winning the Champions League this season. The thing is we never lowered our guard and kept fighting until the end."
Federico Valverde showed his class and his calm in the maelstrom of Real Madrid’s 3-4 away loss to Manchester City in the Champions League semi-final first leg, pulling off an outrageous spinning backheel nutmeg in the second half.