Erling Haaland played against Real Madrid for the first time in his career.
And then he scored another point.
However, Manchester City still lost at home to the Champions League owners.
It seems to be too familiar to Pep Guardiola and his team. They dumped a 2-1 lead in a normal four-minute time at Etihad, with one of the former players Brahim Diaz and then the exhausted Jude Bellingham , led the ball home from close range at extra time.
Oh, and Killian Mbappe early in the game scored on his shins.
Carlo Ancelotti's side took a 3-2 advantage in the second leg of the playoffs at the Bernabéu next Wednesday, taking the final 16th place in the Champions League.
Elsewhere in the European Elite Club Competition, Weston McKenny's rocket defeats Juventus PSV, Borussia Dortmund thrashing the Sports CP in Lisbon, and Osmanede Mbele slips with two goals as Paris Saint Gel Main Beat 3-0 We continued to start.
Elias Burke and Cebu Stafford Blue analyse key moments in all Champions League action on Tuesday night…
A typical city…and a typical Madrid?
It should not be surprising that it ended with a battle between Champions League perennial comeback Kings Real Madrid and City, who made the habit of regaining the pegs this season.
It's deeper
Briefing: Man City 2 Real Madrid 3- Bellingham's slow, late winner and another city collapse
After a special assist in Mbappe's goal, Dani Ceballos went from hero to villain 20 minutes later, causing Philfoden to trip into the box in the 80th minute. Haaland pushed away the resulting penalty and scored the 49th goal in a 48 Champions League match.
Luckily, two Ederson errors allowed Diaz, who won City and Premier League medals from the 2017-18 season, to level his score 2-2.
After Vinicius Junior lifts a shot/pass over Ederson's head, Bellingham gambles and taps the winner of the stop time from close range, making Madrid 3-2 before Spain's second game I've raised it.
For the city, it was yet another tragic slow collapse after the decline of Feynord and PSG at the league stage. Now they have given themselves a mountain to climb to overturn the deficit in the most difficult places to win the Champions League.
Is PSG actually superior without mbappe?
When Mbappe set out for Real Madrid last summer, few would have expected PSG to improve. But judging from their comfortable 3-0 victory over 2025's breasts and impressive form, manager Louis Enrique said he would create when the French superstar was leading the line. It seems they found harmony in Paris, where they struggled.
As it happened, 27-year-old Oousmane Dembele (27) paid a fee that rose to £135 million, once reported by the BBC by Barcelona, and thus a 20-year-old child from Borussia Dortmund in 2017. He has signed him as a but is fulfilled. His shoes after a tactical switch inspired by the coach.
His goalscoring production exploded as Enrique led Dembele to the central striker role from the wings he has played since his emergence as a talented young man. And his two goals for Brest are another example. He first showed his confidence and dribbled his left foot effort into the box before whipping the near post. After responding to his second, looser ball earlier than the breasted defender, his deflected finish with his right foot underlined his expectations as a scorer. Scoring with both feet is not an unfamiliar feat for Dembele.
Oousmane Dembéle from mid-December…
A ridiculous form 😂#ucl pic.twitter.com/pgpgxxy4nd
– Opta Analyst (@optaanalyst) February 11, 2025
In total, he was his third Brace of the Year with two hat tricks and 15 goals. It's already more than his complete tally in 2024. This switch gave PSG a new offensive courage and has become a more balanced unit.
Who knows, it may be enough to push the French champion from the side that has been shaking over the elimination zone to trophy candidates for most of the league phase.
USMNT midfielder McKenny sprinkles Juventus magic
McKenney dedicated his celebration to Harry Potter, but it was his wand in the right boot that offered the magic when he opened Juventus's score against PSV.
The ball broke in his direction as the USMNT midfielder lurked at the edge of the PSV box and bouncing off at a good height for the strike. Unable to score an epic goal, McKenny was able to approach the ball diagonally and move his weight to the left to get over the shot and control his effort.
The result was an unstoppable blend of control and power. His shot passed Walter Benitez on the PSV net under the crossbar. If he was in the way, it would have taken him behind the net so it would probably be good that he missed him.
Please save that and do your best.
Weston McKennie's shot flies past Walter Benitez and gives Juventus the lead against PSV.#juvpsv
🎥 @footballontntpic.twitter.com/azvhnfdiuh
– Athletic | Soccer (@theathleticfc) February 11, 2025
Weston McKenney tore the cover from the ball with this golazo pic.twitter.com/zfdxv6hsde
– CBS Sports Golazo⚽️ (@cbssportsgolazo) February 11, 2025
McKenney, a huge Harry Potter fan, celebrated by imitating the “Expelliarmus” spells from the film and book franchise. He tattooed lightning bolts on his fingers in honor of the speedy Gryffindor Seeker, and in 2023 he was filmed with Matthew Lewis, who plays Neville Longbottom in the film, and in USMNT shirt with Brenden Aaronson I took a pose.
In December, club and national teammate Timothy Weir celebrated and enjoyed McKenney along with “Experial Mass” after he played City.
Rooney and Mbappe: Masters of Volleys That Wonder Against Man City
Wayne Rooney's great overhead kick in Manchester United's 2-1 victory over City in 2011 was the biggest sparkling goals they've ever achieved against City (and perhaps who) Although he was assaulted by Killian Mbappe, who claimed a silver medal in goal in the second half for Madrid.
Dani Ceballos, who played in Real Madrid's first Champions League knockout match seven and a half years after Real Betis, played a fully weighted loft pass in the dangerous area between the city's goalkeeper and defense. .
With a surprising similar technique to his second goal against Argentina in the 2022 World Cup final, Mbappe jumped over the ball with his right foot and jumped the volley up, falling to the left.
– Eurofoot (@eurofootcom) February 11, 2025
His efforts in Qatar flew past Emi Martinez, but in this example the connection was not so pure.
Rooney had seen him from the pitch side at Etihad while working for Amazon Prime and must have been impressed.
Why did it take four minutes to award Haaland's first goal?
Premier League fans are now used to watching footage of Val staff at Stockley Park to determine if players are offside, but things run differently in the Champions League.
Etihad Stadium erupted after Joscog Val Dior made a chest pass in his direction before Haaland placed the home side forward from close range with a left foot finish. Three minutes and 50 seconds later, another cheer went round the stadium as the Champions League semi-automated offside technology confirmed its target.
Gvardiol was visibly inside when the first cross was played towards him, but he and Haaland had moved beyond Madrid's defense by the time the Croatians reached contact. As long as Haaland lined up and behind Gvardiol, he would have been inside, but as proven when the technology took him to confirm, it was very close.
As the name suggests, the technology uses offside photos taken in real time from the camera to eliminate the possibility of human error. It debuted in the Champions League from 2022 to 23, and was used at the 2022 World Cup. According to the Premier League, which plans to introduce the technology this season, the delay in offside checks should be reduced by 31 seconds.
However, in this case, the check took so long that Alan Shearer speculated that it could have had some connection to Jack Grelish being replaced after 10 minutes due to a non-impact injury. did.
“When an elite athlete is standing for almost four minutes, that certainly doesn't help,” Shearer said in co-organisation during coverage of the UK match on Amazon Prime. “It cannot help you or your body. It's unacceptable that players will have to wait that long.”
Judging from this incident, these marginal calls continue to take time. At least we got the right decision, huh?
Who is Serhou Guirassy?
The Champions League has some unlikely top scorers this season. 28-year-old Selouguarassy of Borussia Dortmund. His 10th goal in the competition may have been his best. That was certainly the most important thing. The authoritative header, looping up to a far corner, settled the Dortmund team, where most of Portugal's first half had to endure the pressure.
That was important because Dortmund endures heated seasons and is naturally vulnerable. They are sitting in far 11th place in the Bundesliga and are currently coached by Nico Kovac, appointed to trade Nuri Sahin, who was plundered two weeks ago.
This was Kobak's first victory. More importantly, the outcome (and performance) is what Dortmund feels like he can build in the coming weeks, and the sense of the first step owes a lot to Guirassy.
He was signed by Stuttgart in the summer of 2024 after scoring 28 Bundesliga goals from his 28 appearances last season. It was the first truly prolific top flight season of his career, but sometimes he has worked for the head of a team that hasn't created nearly enough opportunities. He can take away opportunities and float out of the game. So, nine goals from 18 league appearances are hardly a bad thing, but it's not something that could have been.
But Guirassy is not just a scorer, he is an elegant and technical footballer. There was a time in the first half that his ball-rising skills seemed to reassure his teammates that he clearly shortened his confidence. And after scoring a goal that changed the whole game's complexion, he created the second with the perfect cross for Pascal Gross. Night benefits.
With this campaign 10 goals, Serhou Guirassy rivaled the record for the most European Cup/Champions League goals scored in a single season by the Borussia Dortmund player.
He shares the record with Erling Haaland (10 in 2020-21) and Robert Lewandowski (10 in 2012-13). #ucl pic.twitter.com/pshugla74f
– Opta Analyst (@optaanalyst) February 11, 2025
Even before Karim Adeyemi scored a third of his flowing counter attacks and effectively finished his tie as a contest, Dortmund had begun playing with confidence and security that had been missing for months. . Guirassy alone did not offer that. Full-time, this became a complimentary team performance. But the goal often changes the mood of the side, which would not have been more than that for Kovac's BVB than on Tuesday night.
It had many individual contributions, but they followed Gilassy's lead.
Seb Stafford-Bloor
What happens next?
Champions League playoffs
Tuesday's results
Breast 0 Paris Saint-Germain 3
Juventus 2 PSV Eindhoven 1
Manchester City 2 Real Madrid 3
Sports CP 0 Borussia Dortmund 3
Wednesday equipment
(8pm, 3pm ET unless stated)
Club Bruges v Atalanta (5:45pm BST, 12:45pm ET)
Celtic v Bayern Munich
Feyenord v Milan
Monaco v Benfica
The second leg will be played on February 18/19.
Eight teams advance to the final 16 and join Liverpool, Barcelona, Arsenal, Inter, Atletico Madrid, Bayer Leverkusen, Lille and Aston Villa.
The draw for the final 16, quarterfinals and semifinals will be held on Friday, February 21st.
(Photo above: Carl Recine/Getty Images)
