Real Madrid at the Bernabeu failed to make it count as they loose to Manchester City in a dereliction fashion.
Match-week six of the UEFA Champions League group stage games scheduled the Los Blancos hosting the four consecutive English Premier League champions at their home venue in Spain.
The much anticipated game turned up in the most compulsive fashion which was engulfed with drama, goals and the fierce competition from both teams as they had interest in clutching all three points at the end of the game.
Further, the end-to-end actions between Real Madrid and Manchester City stemmed from the depth of tactical knowledge deployed by Xabi Alonso and Pep Guardiola respectively.
The early minutes of the first-half of the game struck nerves and pulses of fans indicating the anxiousness of the players intent to sort things out in terms of bagging the needed goals which will guarantee them the results at the end of the game.
In that vein, it did not take too long for the White Angels to break the virginity of the game in front of their home fans. On the 28th minute of game time played, Brazilian forward, Rodrygo Goes seized the goal scoring opportunity to hand over the lead to Real Madrid.
That goal from Rodrygo only erupted the slumbered dog in Manchester City as their academy graduate took over the big-boy mantle by finding the back of the net to register the equalizing goal after seven minutes of being behind.
Plus, few minutes to the end of the first-half, Manchester City completed their come-back agenda after Erling Haaland did the needful by sailing the ball past Thibaut Courtois in a penalty shootout.
Now, Erling Braut Haaland’s goal today only etched his name in the UEFA Champions League history books as he became the first ever player to score 51 goals in 50 starts whiles recording 55 goals in 55 Champions League games.
During the post-match interviews, the only goal scorer on the night for Real Madrid, Rodrygo Goes expressed his support for Xabi Alonso after the team had recorded their second consecutive loss. “We are with Xabi Alonso. We stand with him, many things are being said but are all lies.”
