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The City playmaker always seems to score against Madrid and his goal here followed a surge and a cross from the substitute Jérémy Doku, who made a real difference. When Rüdiger got his feet into a tangle, De Bruyne lashed the ball high into the net.

City had been getting closer. De Bruyne had bent a corner against the outside of the near post while Jack Grealish had worked Lunin. Now they had what they wanted and how close they came to settling matters before the end of normal time. De Bruyne forced Lunin to tip over a curling shot before the big chance on 82 minutes after more fine work by Doku and a Manuel Akanji cut-back. Incredibly, De Bruyne shot high. That will be what De Bruyne dwells on in the days ahead.

Madrid had looked the part in the first half, so polished on the ball and they had come to believe that they were destined to win at the Etihad Stadium which so few teams have done in recent seasons. City were unbeaten here in 17 months; they had not lost a Champions League tie on their own turf since 2018.

Madrid had begun with a strut, a few tweaks on the tactical front from Carlo Ancelotti, too, his formation more 4-2-3-1 than the expected 4-3-1-2, Federico Valverde and Rodrygo starting as conventional wingers.

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