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Manchester City are just 90 minutes away from qualifying for a second ever Champions League final on Wednesday night, but hoping to stop them are a familiar foe in Real Madrid.

City head to the Estadio Bernabeu with a 4-3 first leg lead to their name, with Pep Guardiola’s side playing out a gripping seven-goal thriller with Real just eight days ago at the Etihad Stadium. City know that against the Spanish giants, avoiding defeat in normal time in Spain would guarantee a place in the final in Paris later this month against Premier League title-chasing rivals Liverpool.

The Sky Blues found themselves in a very similar position just six years ago, against the same opponents, in the same ground and at the same stage of the competition.

In 2016, the two sides went into the second leg tie in Madrid off the back of a goalless draw in Manchester, setting up a winner-takes-all clash in Spain between City and Real. However, on that occasion, a Fernando own-goal decided the tie, with City exiting the competition and Real reaching the final, going on to be city rivals Atletico on penalties at the San Siro in Milan.

After a semi-final defeat and missing out on what would have been a first final at the time, City came under criticism from former England, Tottenham Hotspur and Newcastle United winger Waddle.

At that time, Waddle felt that a City side then managed by Manuel