Man City 4-3 Real Madrid highlights and reaction as Benzema brace opens up Champions League tie

Manchester City and Real Madrid played out a sensational night of Champions League football at the Etihad on Tuesday night.

In a madcap game in Manchester, City and Real exchanged blows, after Pep Guardiola's side had stormed into an early 2-0 lead through Kevin de Bruyne and Gabriel Jesus. Guardiola had picked John Stones at right-back amid a defensive injury crisis, only for Stones to come off injured before half-time, to be replaced by Fernandinho.

By that stage, Karim Benzema had reduced the deficit to 2-1, but Phil Foden nodded home after the break to restore City's two-goal lead — before a Vinicius Junior goal from a counter-attack made it 3-2.

Bernardo Silva then smashed home to give City a deserved 4-2 lead. They were the superior side all night and should have won by a bigger margin. But Benzema's dinked penalty made it 4-3 late on as the teams prepare to head to the Bernabeu for next week's second leg.

Follow all the reaction to a sensational game on our live blog below.

Ederson A couple of dodgy moments in the first half and he might have done better for Vinicius' goal. 5

John Stones Had a hazardous 35 minutes in which his injury problem may have hampered him — and had to be subbed. 5

Ruben Dias Had Benzema wrapped up for long spells, but great strikers always find a way. 6

Aymeric Laporte Did not sense the Vinicius danger until it was too late, but his handball was just unlucky. 7

Oleks Zinchenko Sharp and furious, closing down quickly and adding some top-class value to the City attack. 8

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Bernardo Silva tells BT Sport:

"I think the first 20 minutes we were so so good, the way we pressed, controlled the game, the way we created chances. Over 90 minutes we felt we could have won