ON THE 10TH TIME THAT CARLO ANCELOTTI AND PEP GUARDIOLA’S TEAMS HAVE FACED EACH OTHER IN THE CHAMPIONS LEAGUE – ANTICIPATION WAS ONCE AGAIN HIGH, AND THE EXCITEMENT IN THE STADIUM WAS TANGIBLE!
MBAPPE SCORES AT 4 MINS. INTO THE MATCH BETWEEN REAL MADRID VS MAN CITY
BUT WITH A SUPER-FIT MBAPPE SCORING AT JUST 4 MINS. INTO THE MATCH, FOR REAL MADRID, CITY FANS HEARTS SANK –
MBAPPE ENJOYS SCORING HIS HAT-TRICK
AS YOU COULD SEE THE WAY IT WAS GOING TO GO, (WITH HAALAND AND DE BRUYNE BOTH INJURED)
MBAPPE DEMONSTRATING HE HAS SCORED A HAT-TRICK
SURE ENOUGH, MBAPPE ‘RAN RIOT’ – SCORING AGAIN AT 33 MINS. AND THEN AGAIN AT 61 MINS., ALL THE TIME WITH A CHEEKY SMILE ON HIS FACE AS IF TO SAY “CATCH ME IF YOU CAN.” IN TOTAL, REAL MADRID HAD 15 SHOTS, WITH 8 ON TARGET, AND MADE 493 PASSES WITH AN 88% PASS ACCURACY, WITH MAN CITY MAKING 528 PASSES, WITH A 90% PASS ACCURACY (WITH 52% POSSESSION), AND 12 SHOTS, WITH 4 ON TARGET, INCLUDING A LATE GOAL FROM NICO GONZALEZ AFTER MARMOUSH KICKED THE BALL OVER THE REAL MADRID WALL FROM A FREE-KICK WHICH REBOUNDED FROM THE BAR AND INTO HIS PATH FOR A TAP-IN AT 90 +2 MINS
NICO GONZALEZ SCORES AT 90 +2 MINS
BUT IT WAS OBVIOUSLY TOO LATE BY THEN FOR CITY TO IMPROVE UPON MBAPPE’S HERCULEAN EFFORTS, SO THE GAME CULMINATED IN A 3 – 1 WIN TO REAL MADRID (6 – 3 ON AGGREGATE.), MEANING THAT MAN CITY ARE NOW OUT OF THE CHAMPIONS LEAGUE.
PEP GUARDIOLA SPEAKS AFTER THE MATCH
PEP SEEMED TO TAKE THE LOSS ON THE CHIN AFTER THE MATCH SAYING “NOTHING IS ETERNAL. WE ACCEPT IT. THE BEST TEAM WON, SO CONGRATULATIONS TO REAL MADRID, AND NOW WE FOCUS ON THE PREMIER LEAGUE.” AND WE ARE CERTAINLY LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT!
