Pep Guardiola matches unwanted Jose Mourinho record with latest Champions League collapse

Pep Guardiola now shares a painful record with long-time adversary Jose Mourinho following Manchester City's latest dramatic Champions League exit.

The Premier League champions looked on course to book their place in a second consecutive final after Riyad Mahrez fired the visitors in front against Real Madrid on Wednesday night. However, a late double from Rodrygo sent the tie into extra-time, and Karim Benzema sent the La Liga winners through from the penalty spot.

It was an astonishing comeback which in some ways defied belief, with Carlo Ancelotti's side failing to register a shot on target until Rodrygo's first goal in the 90th minute. However, it is the latest Champions League turnaround seen at the Bernabeu this season, with Real coming from behind to knock out Paris Saint-Germain and Chelsea earlier in the competition.

The Champions League trophy is the one which continues to elude Guardiola with City, and the latest heartbreaking loss now puts him level with Mourinho for the most eliminations at the semi-final stage. It was the sixth time the former Barcelona and Bayern boss has stumbled in the last four of the competition, with his last triumph coming in 2011.

For City, it was the first time they had tasted defeat in the semi-final stage, with previous exits against the likes of Liverpool, Lyon and Tottenham coming in the last eight. For Guardiola, defeat in the final four is now all too common having exited the competition at that stage in all three seasons with Bayern.

Reflecting on the 3-1 defeat at the Bernabeu, two-time Champions League winner Guardiola told BT Sport: "In the first half we did not have [the] game, we were not good enough. But we did not suffer much After we scored the goal we were