Tonight’s UEFA Champions League MOTM:
Bernardo Silva
Congratulations
Pep Guardiola’s Man City are unbeaten in their last 23 games in all competitions!
Premier League
FA Cup final
UCL final
Julian Alvarez and Lautaro Martínez has became the first Argentine in history who has achieved the World Cup and Champions League final in the same season.
Congratulations
Bernardo Silva’s last three UEFA Champions League goals for Man City;
vs Real Madrid-2021/22 semifinal
vs Bayern Munich-2022/23 quarterfinal
vs Real Madrid-2022/23 semifinal
Big games only.
Man City have now scored 4+ goals against these teams at home this season:
Man United
Chelsea
Tottenham
RB Leipzig
Liverpool
Arsenal
Real Madrid
Too much firepower
Jack Grealish now holds the record for most chances created by an English player in a single Champions League campaign.
He did it in his first season
If Manchester City win their first UCL trophy, is it time to consider Pep Guardiola as the GOAT manager?
All three members of Real Madrid’s front line recorded less touches than Ederson (13) in the first half:
• Karim Benzema (10)
• Rodrygo (11)
• Vinícius Júnior (12)
Not a welcome sight for Los Blancos and their fans.
35 - Jack Grealish has created 35 chances in this season’s #UCL campaign, the most on record (since 2003-04) by an English player in a single season. Architect.
Kevin De Bruyne’s game by numbers vs. Real Madrid:
65 touches
15 passes into opp. box (most)
10 crosses (most)
4 through balls (most)
4 x possession won
2 chances created
2 tackles made
1 assist
The entire Etihad sings Kevin De Bruyne’s name as he comes off the pitch.
A huge embrace from Pep Guardiola.
What a performance over two legs from Man City’s engine
Man City have scored 4+ goals against the following teams at the Etihad this season:
◉ 6 vs. Man Utd
◉ 4 vs. Chelsea
◉ 4 vs. Spurs
◉ 7 vs. RB Leipzig
◉ 4 vs. Liverpool
◉ 4 vs. Arsenal
◉ 4 vs. Real Madrid
And they did it to Real Madrid last year too.
Pep Guardiola is the first manager in European Cup / Champions League history to knock Real Madrid out of the competition in three different seasons.
Revenge is sweet.
One of these two players will be the 10th player in history to win the FIFA World Cup and the European Cup in the same season
Lautaro Martinez Julian Alvarez
4-0 - ManCity have reached their second UEFA Champions League final, inflicting Real Madrid’s joint-heaviest defeat in the competition (also 0-4 v Liverpool in March 2009). Trebling.
Fewest games needed to reach 100 Champions League wins:
◉ 160 - Pep Guardiola
◎ 180 - Carlo Ancelotti
◎ 184 - Sir Alex Ferguson
All eyes on that third UCL trophy.
Erling Haaland has only failed to score against two teams he’s played more than once in the Champions League:
◎ Man City
◉ Real Madrid
This time, he won’t care one bit.