Unexpected Bernardo Silva penalty delay explained after Man City moment costs Champions League tie

Manchester City's own fans played a role in Bernardo Silva's surprise penalty miss against Real Madrid on Wednesday night as the reigning champions bowed out.

Silva was culpable for missing one of the two failed spot kicks for Pep Guardiola's side at the Etihad Stadium as they were sent crashing out of the Champions League in the quarter-finals.

City had gone behind early in the tie, conceding to Rodrygo's rebound goal, but got themselves back on level terms at 1-1 (4-4 on aggregate) with a late Kevin De Bruyne equaliser. Having largely dominated the second leg, the treble winners from last season were unable to force a winner.

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Extra time passed both sides by and so it went to penalties. Silva, often so reliable for City, was the first to blink.

His strange attempt came after Julian Alvarez had got City off to the perfect start, supported by Ederson denying Luka Modric to hand the home side a huge advantage. Silva was unable to capitalise, though, and placed a tame effort straight at Andriy Lunin.

The Madrid 'keeper decided against diving and had the simplest task to catch the ball. City never properly recovered with Mateo Kovacic also seeing his shot saved by Lunin, this time down to his left.

Silva's penalty caught the attention, though, after he was made to wait over half a minute for the ball to be returned from the stands. After Modric missed he then proceeded to hoof the ball into the crowd behind the goal in anger, only for the home supporters to keep it.

This left Silva standing inside the box without a ball and the referee gesturing animatedly