Real Madrid vs Manchester City live updates: Champions League latest team news, line-ups, predictions
When the quarter-final draw was made a few weeks ago, the reaction would have been the same across Real Madrid and Manchester City fans:
“Not again!”
It is the third season in a row they have been drawn against each other in the Champions League and, as Europe’s two most-feared teams, they both will have hoped to avoid each other until the semi-final, or possibly the final.
It was at the semi-final stage where they met in the last two campaigns and, with one aggregate victory apiece, this quarter-final match up is the decider… for now.
2021-22: Semi-final
- First leg: Manchester City 4-3 Real Madrid (De Bruyne, Jesus, Foden, Bernardo Silva; Benzema [x2], Vinicius Jr)
- Second leg: Real Madrid 3-1 (AET) Manchester City (Rodrygo [x2], Benzema; Mahrez)
Real Madrid progressed 6-5 on aggregate
2022-23: Semi-final
- First leg: Real Madrid 1-1 Manchester City (Vinicius Jr; De Bruyne)
- Second leg: Manchester City 4-0 Real Madrid (Bernardo Silva [x2], Akanji, Alvarez)
Manchester City progressed 5-1 on aggregate
