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Man City vs. Real Madrid final score: UEFA Champions League result, stats as Bellingham seals another Man City collapse

ETIHAD STADIUM, MANCHESTER — Jude Bellingham stole a dramatic 3-2 stoppage-time win for Real Madrid as Manchester City twice threw away leads to leave their UEFA Champions League campaign on the brink.

Erling Haaland scored a well-worked 19th-minute opener for the reigning Premier League champions, who had to come through an early storm in this two-legged playoff encounter. Returning defender Nathan Ake then cleared out of the goalmouth to deny Ferland Mendy to fend off Madrid’s first chance.

Jack Grealish’s clever chipped pass helped to create the opener but the England international was forced off through injury with half an hour on the clock. His replacement, Phil Foden, was athletically thwarted by Thibaut Courtois before Vinicius Junior — barracked by the City fans following Madrid’s Ballon d’Or stunt in reaction to Rodri’s victory — had a shot deflected against the crossbar. 

Haaland also tested the bar with a deflected effort within a minute of the restart but the hosts struggled for encouragement thereafter and Mbappe fortuitously sliced home from Dani Ceballos’ chipped pass after a free-kick came back off the wall.

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Man City vs. Real Madrid score

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Man City 2 Haaland 19′, 80′ (pen)
Real Madrid 3 Mbappe 60′, Diaz 86′, Bellingham 90+2′

Venue: Etihad Stadium, Manchester
Referee: Clement Turpin (France)

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Lineups:

Man City (4-1-4-1, right to left): 31. Ederson (GK) — 25. Manuel Akanji (82. Rico Lewis), 3. Ruben Dias, 6. Nathan Ake (8. Mateo Kovacic), 24. Josko Gvardiol — 5. John Stones — 26, Savinho (7. Omar Marmoush), 17. Kevin De Bruyne (19. Ilkay Gundogan), 20. Bernardo Silva, 10. Jack Grealish (47. Phil Foden)—9. Erling Haaland.

Real Madrid (4-2-3-1, right to left): 1. Thibaut Courtois (GK) — 8. Federico Valverde, 14. Aurelin Tchouameni, 35. Raul Asencio, 23. Ferland Mendy — 19. Dani Ceballos (10. Luka Modric), 6. Eduardo Camavinga — 11. Rodrygo (21. Brahim Diaz), 5. Jude Bellingham, 7. Vinicius Junior —9. Kylian Mbappe (20. Fran Garcia).

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Madrid then piled on the pressure as Federico Valverde drove just wide and Ederson saved impressively to deny Bellingham, quite at odds with both men’s involvement in the dramatic denouement.

Ceballos’ brainless challenge on Foden right on the boundary of the 18-yard box gave City the chance to retake a lead they barely deserved, and Haaland made no mistake from the spot.

Unfortunately for the hulking Norwegian, who ended a four-game scoreless run against Madrid, mistakes then flowed from his teammates.

First Ederson botched a clearance and let the Vinicius shot that followed bounce off his torso for former City youngster Brahim Diaz to equalise with eight minutes to go.

Carlo Ancelotti removed Mbappe and sent on defender Fran Garcia to settle for the draw ahead of next week’s return clash at the Santiago Bernabeu, but things would instead tilt in their favour. Rico Lewis missed a clearance after being inexplicably put into trouble by fellow substitute Mateo Kovacic, and Vinicius lifted the ball over Ederson to te feet Bellingham who enjoyed another Hollywood moment.

Man City vs Real Madrid stats

Man City Stat Real Madrid
11 Shots 20
4 Shots on target 8
1.6 Expected goals 3.42
55% Possession 45%
497 Passes 420
6 Corners 5
9 Fouls 6
0 Yellow cards 0
1 Offsides 2

Man City vs. Real Madrid live updates, highlights, and commentary

Fulltime

Real Madrid doing Real Madrid things. Although, it must be said Carlo Ancelotti’s men were good value for at least a draw here. City, what can you say? An improved display, all told, but their terrible season just keeps happening to them. Twice they led through Erling Haaland, twice they were pegged back. Kylian Mbappe scored the first and former City youth teamer Brahim Diaz the second. After that, Carlo Ancelotti brought Fran Garcia on for Mbappe. Madrid had settled for the draw but City gifted them and Bellingham the win. It’s hard to see the Premier League champions as being anything other than doomed at the Santiago Bernabeu next week.

90+2 mins: GOOOOOOAAAAAAALLLLLLL!!!!! Jude Bellingham!!!!!

There it is, the story of Manchester City’s season strikes again. Lewis makes a mess of dealing with a long ball, Vinicius lifts a shot over Ederson. Stones tries gamely to get back and deny Bellingham but his England teammate taps into an empty net.

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90 mins: Three added minutes to find a winner on the night.

86 mins: GOOOOOOAAAAAAAALLLLLLL!!!! Brahim Diaz!!!!

Oh, what an absolute nightmare from Ederson. First the Brazil goalkeeper’s flat clearance gets City in trouble. Vinicius shoots straight at him but he lets it bounce off his torso and former City youngster Diaz tucks home. He’s not even been on the field two minutes!

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84 mins: Double change for City as Gundogan and Marmoush replace De Bruyne and Savinho. Diaz on for Rodrygo for Los Blancos.

81 mins: Modric on for Ceballos. After that brainless challenge on Foden, Ceballos should probably avoid eye contact with his boss for a while.

80 mins: GOOOOOAAAAAAAALLLLLLL!!!!!! Erling Haaland (pen)!!!!!!!!

Cool as you like, sends Courtois the wrong way and into the bottom left corner.

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77 mins: PENALTY TO MANCHESTER CITY! Foden goes down under Ceballos’ challenge. He looks in a bit of pain actually. It was on the 18-yard line but that’s a penalty. Both players knees came together. That looks painful

71 mins: Foden finds Lewis making a cute underlapping run into the box. Unfortunately for City, he absolutely marmalises the ball and Haaland can only let it hit him before it flies behind.

69 mins: Foden goes zipping along the edge of the Madrid box and finds Savinho. His cross is deflected behind. De Bruyne’s corner is dreadful and loops straight to Courtois. City really need to maintain some attacks.

66 mins: Excellent save from Ederson to deny Bellingham! That looked for all the world like 2-1. City still level but in a world of trouble at the moment.

63 mins: Madrid scent blood here. Mbappe across the box, Savinho gets a touch on it but that only tees up Valverde to drive juuuust wide.

61 mins: Kovacic is on for Ake, which means Stones shuffling into his more conventional position of centre-back,

60 mins: GOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAALLLLLLLL!!!!! Kylian Mbappe!!!!!!

The free-kick is into the wall but Ceballos gets it back and lifts a lovely ball over to Mbappe. He tries and acrobatic volley and appears to completely slice his shot, but Ederson has no chance.

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59 mins: Silva brings down Ceballos in a shooting position. He might be a candidate to make way but Kovacic is still waiting. More instructions from Guardiola now. Mind you, Bernardo is playing draught excluder for the free-kickj.

57 mins: Activity on the City bench, Mateo Kocvacic will be joining us soon. Mbappe gets shifting, but that’s a magnificent challenge from Gvardiol! Then Lewis stands up well to Vinicius. Excellent defending all round, but City can’t take another half hour of this.

55 mins: Ederson gets down well to deny Mbappe from Rodrygo’s low cross. Now Vinicius wins a corner. City clear but Madrid cranking things up.

53 mins: Vinicius stands up Lewis and gets down the outside. He puts far too much on the cross though and Bellingham can only glance past the far post.

50 mins: Gvardiol joins the attack and gets the ball from Foden. His attempt takes a wicked deflection and goes behind. Foden’s corner is dealt with easily enough.

48 mins: Foden hastily hooks a bouncing ball into Courtois’ arms. Guardiola didn’t like that. He wants more composure from his players in the final third.

46 mins: HAALAND HITS THE BAR!! Almost a flying start to the second half. It looks like Haaland’s effort, cutting inside, takes a deflection and Courtois is rooted as it bounces clear off the furniture.

Kickoff: 2nd Half

We’re back underway. Akanji hasn’t made it and has been replaced by Lewis. The youngster should help City in possession but has the not-inconsiderable task of trying to shackle Vinicius.

Halftime

City ahead through Haaland’s nicely worked goal. They don’t really deserve to be. Ake has cleared out of his goalmouth, Vinicius hit the bar and then there were a flurry of Madrid chances in stoppage time. Pulsating stuff as usual from these two and work for both coaches to do.

45+4 mins: City are ambling unconvincingly towards halftime here. Mbappe has space to crash over. He should have done better there.

45+2 mins: Mbappe’s shot takes a wicked deflection. Ederson tumbles to ground and is relieved to see it fly behind. Akanji still looks in pain from that earlier block. 

45 mins: Vinicius sends a teasing low ball across goal that his compartiot Savinho deals with. We’ll have four added minutes, almost all of which were caused by the VAR check, which I’ve now learned was to see whether Haaland was offside or not.

44 mins: Jude Bellingham, you lucky lad. Savinho slips through the Madrid midfield and the Englishman pulls him back. It’s a foul and Bellingham is one of those Madrid players who would be suspended from the second leg with a booking. Clement Turpin keeps his card in his pocket.

43 mins: Valverde cuts inside with all the energy of a midfielder frustrated to be playing at right-back and sends a nice shot zipping just over.

41 mins: An uncharacteristic lapse from Ake and Rodrygho is tearing towards the City goal. His pass to Vinicius is too heavy, though and Akanji manages to block behind. The big Swiss defender grimaces and holds his groin. Guardiola would rather not lose another player to injury before the half is out.

37 mins: Gvardiol does well to keep the ball in and Madrid are all pulled out of position. Haaland picks it up in the boc and Asencio makes another find interception. Akanji glances just over from the corner! 

36 mins: Foden lets fly from the edge of the box and that’s a fine save from Courtois! Not quite in the top corner and that’s where Foden needed it to be.

35 mins: De Bruyne looking for Haaland but he can’t pull off a cute pass. City’s best, most controlled spell of the evening.

29 mins: Grealish, who’s had a fine half hour on his return to the starting line-up is down injured. Heartbreaking stuff for the England international, who has no been able to catch a break for some time. Foden coming on.

27 mins: Stones just had his own Manchester postcode to receive a pass from Ederson. The normally unflappable Ancelotti throws up his hands in exasperation. 

25 mins: VINICIUS HITS THE CROSSBAR! The Ballon d’Or runner-up shimmies inside under pressure and cracks a shot that clips Akanji’s heel and rattles the bar. City see off the corner. They’ve certainly picked enough centre-backs to feel secure in those scenarios.

24 mins: Madrid launch the ball straight back to City from kickoff and here’s De Bruyne into their box! Fabulous challenge by Asencio and Courtois claims the corner. Madrid’s attempted break is thrown off by some meaty City challenges. It’s not a sustainable policy, you’d think, but the locals love it right now.

23 mins: GOAL STANDS, NO HANDBALL, CITY LEAD 1-0. I’m not in the habit of complaining about correct calls because there’s not enough hours in the day. But good grief.

22 mins: A long check continues. I saw no issue with the goal but the longer this goes on you suspect the VAR might have found one.

19 mins: GOOOOOOAAAAAAAALLLLLLLLL!!!!!! Erling Haaland!!!!

Haaland scores against Madrid at the fifth time of asking. It’s wonderfully worked, with Gvardiol releasing the centre-forward down the left. He lays it off to Grealish, who chips towards Gvardiol. The defender chests down for Haaland to steer past Courtois left-footed. It’s being checked by VAR but surely that’s not handball.

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17 mins: Savinho busily scoots down the right. It’s exciting stuff but it’s another example of City rushing an attack that breaks down and Madrid get one of their beloved transitions. Ederson is out to hoof clear this time.

15 mins: Grealish jockeys Valverde into conceding a corner. De Bruyne to take. It’s half cleared to Savinho, who never looks like getting over a half-volley that he slices over. Phil Foden is warming up already, interestingly.

13 mins: Opening at both ends there but City are being sucked into the transitional game Madrid would much rather they play. 

11 mins: Ake clears behind to stop a certain goal! Mendy the man denied. The hosts absolutely all over the place.

10 mins: Mbappe in down the right now. He shoots too close to Ederson, who gathers at the second attempt but City look wide open.

9 mins: PENALTY TO REAL MADRID… OH HANG ON NO IT’S NOT! Vinicius goes streaming into the space vacated by Mbappe, takes a heavy touch but is brought down by Ederson. A clear penalty, or it would have been had he not strayed offside.

8 mins: Dias and Mbappe grappling after a througball, Ederson out to clear. Mbappe seems to have damaged his boot, a plight for which there are not heaps of Mancunian sympathy. The France star is being re-shod.

7 mins: Dias nicks the ball away from Mbappe just after Stones does likewise to Bellingham. Now Gvardiol is right on Rodrygo’s toes. City’s players clear under no illusion over the importance of winning their one-on-one battles against a side of this calible.

5 mins: Nice slide-rule pass from Stones for De Bruyne down the right channel. Mendy does well to thwart the cross and win the goal kick.

3 mins: De Bruyne whips it goalwards and trots over to take the corner after Valverde heads behind. Akanji glances on but Madrid clear and now they’ll look to break. Big boos for Vinicius, who lumps a wretched pass straight to Silva.

2 mins: That’s what Grealish is here for. He shimmies towards the left-hand edge of the Madrid area and is set tumbling by Rodrygo.

Kickoff: 1st Half

City get us underway. Ake looks for an early ball offer the top to Halaand but it’s cut out.

5 mins before kickoff: Haaland shares a pre-match embrace with Vinicius and Mbappe. Lights on, music cut and here the players come. There’s a message for Madrid from the City supporters too. It’s Ballon d’Or related…

8 mins before kickoff: We’re into a pre-match lights and pyro show. In 2023, Marca described the Etihad Stadium atmosphere as “the harshest Real Madrid encountered in many year. A complete trap.” City clearly trying to whip up something similar. The teams are in the tunnel.

20 mins before kickoff: You wouldn’t have thought Guardiola would pick a team on this basis, but there are five Madrid players who would miss the second leg if they are booked tonight, including Bellingham and Tchouameni. Perhaps Grealish will go out with a little mischief in mind…

45 mins before kickoff: It really feels like a huge night for Jack Grealish, who’s had a pretty dreadful time of things since the treble-winning version of City ransacked Madrid on this ground in May 2023. His only starts in 2025 have come against lower league opposition in the FA Cup but Guardiola spoke warmly of his performance after a match-winning assist for Kevin De Bruyne at Leyton Orient. Grealish’s capacity to hold possession and win free-kicks was a key component of the all-conquering City side. Those qualities can certainly come in handy against a Madrid team where several players are walking a disciplinary tightrope, but Guardiola spoke of Grealish being a player “from the streets” at the weekend and maybe wants to see some more of that old off-the-cuff magic. Savinho starting on the other wing suggests as much.

1 hr 15 mins before kickoff: Pep Guardiola finally has all his senior centre-backs fit… and he’s picked all of them. More or less. It looks like Manuel Akanji at right-back, Ruben Dias and Nathan Ake together in the heart of defence, with John Stones starting in holding midfield. That means less room for players who aren’t centre-backs in the XI and the big news is that Jack Grealish starts on the left-wing. Kevin De Bruyne and Savinho complete the support attackers behind Erling Haaland, meaning Phil Foden and Omar Marmoush have to be content with a place on the bench alongside new signing Nico Gonzalez.

1 hr 30 mins before kickoff: Camavinga starting feels like a big call from Ancelotti given his lack of football. A 10-minute appearance from the bench against Atletico came after his third enforced injury absence this season. He has only made 13 appearances and eight starts across La Liga and the Champions League in 2024/25. City know all about the perils of rushing injured players back to address a selection crisis, but they also know what a midfielder of Camavinga’s capabilities can do to their Rodri-less engine room.

Eduardo Camavinga

1 hr 50 mins before kickoff: As is his wont, Carlo Ancelotti has gone early with his lineup announcement. Eduardo Camavinga is deemed fit enough to start in central midfield after making a brief cameo on his return to action from a hamstring injury at the weekend. The Frenchman being ready is certainly a boost as Federico Valverde will be redeployed to right-back in Lucas Vazquez’s injury absence. The much-vaunted front four of Rodrygo, Bellingham, Vinicius and Mbappe are all present and correct.

2 hours before kickoff: Hello and welcome to The Sporting News’ live coverage of Manchester City vs. Real Madrid in the UEFA Champions League. In each of the past three seasons, these two heavyweights have produced classic contests. This time around, the fact they’re even in the knockout playoff shows they’re not at their best. Can they drag that out of one another? It should be fun finding out.

Man City vs. Real Madrid kick off time

This UEFA Champions League playoff match kicks off in Manchester at 8 p.m. local time.

Here’s how that time translates across some of the major territories:

  Date Kickoff time
USA Tue, Feb 11 3:00 p.m. ET
Canada Tue, Feb 11 3:00 p.m. ET
UK Tue, Feb 11 8:00 p.m. GMT
Australia Wed, Feb 12 7:00 a.m. AEDT
India Wed, Feb 12 1:30 a.m. IST

Man City vs. Real Madrid lineups, team news

There appears to finally be light at the end of the tunnel for Man City in terms of the injuries that have decimated their season, with long-term absentees Rodri and Oscar Bobb the only men missing from Tuesday’s open training session.

Nico Gonzalez had his debut in Saturday’s FA Cup win over Leyton Orient curtailed when he took a heavy blow to the hip, but the former Barcelona youngster has recovered to take a place on the bench. In his absence, John Stones will take on holding midfield duties.

Ruben Dias made his injury return at the weekend and Nathan Ake will do likewise alongside the Portugal international, with Manuel Akanji slotting over to right-back

Kevin De Bruyne, Savinho, and Jack Grealish all start as support attackers behind Erling Haaland, with the Englishman starting a first non-FA Cup game since the 2-1 defeat at Aston Villa before Christmas. Phil Foden and Omar Marmoush have to be content with spots on the bench.

Man City (4-1-4-1, right to left): Ederson (GK) — Akanji, Dias, Ake, Gvardiol — Stones — Savinho, De Bruyne, Silva, Grealish—Haaland.

Man City subs: Ortega (GK), Marmoush, Kovacic, Doku, Gonzalez, Gundogan, Nunes, Khusanov, Foden, O’Reilly, Lewis, McAtee.

Lucas Vazquez compounded Real Madrid’s defensive injury crisis when he suffered a hamstring injury in the weekend draw against Atletico Madrid. He joins Antonio Rudiger, David Alaba and long-term victims Dani Carvajal and Eder Militao on the sidelines.

Federico Valverde has been selected to provide a makeshift solution at right-back, which has a knock-on effect in midfield. Eduardo Camavinga made an ahead-of-schedule return from the bench against Atleti and is in from the start to partner Dani Ceballos. Jude Bellingham is the No. 10 and Luka Modric drops to the bench.

Bellingham, Modric, Camavinga, Aurelien Tchouameni and Endrick are all at risk of suspension for accumulation the next time they pick up a booking.

Real Madrid (4-2-3-1, right to left): Courtois (GK) — Valverde, Tchouameni, Asencio, Mendy — Ceballos, Camavinga — Rodrygo, Bellingham, Vinicius Jr —Mbappe.

Real Madrid subs: Lunin (GK), Modric, Arda Guler, Endrick, Vallejo, Garcia, Brahim, Gonzalo, Ramon, Chema, Aguado.

Man City vs. Real Madrid live stream, TV channel

Here’s how to watch this UEFA Champions League match across selected areas of the world’s major regions:

Region TV Streaming
USA Univision, UniMas Paramount+, ViX, TUDN.com, TUDN App, Fubo
Canada — DAZN
UK — Amazon Prime Video
Australia — Stan Sport
India Sony TEN Sony LIV, JioTV

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