Fabrizio Romano

John Stones: “Again, a few days after Arsenal, I don't know how to put it into words straight away. It's so raw and frustrating for everyone. How we're right in the game until so late and then two situations and we end up conceding. It's frustrating as a defender to come away with that result. Angry and frustrated is what I can say.”

Carlo Ancelotti on the Rodri Ballon d'Or banner: “I don't know if Vini saw that sign, but looking at the game, if he did see it, it's been a huge source of motivation for him.”

FULL-TIME | Work to do in Madrid ⏸️ 🩵 2-3 🟠

Come on, City! 💪

​​🚨 João Cancelo is the subject of interest from Manchester United, AC Milan and Aston Villa amid reports the full-back is open to leaving Al-Hilal. (Source: Fichajes)

​​🚨 Sporting have to lower their asking price to €70m for Viktor Gyokeres this summer and Manchester United want to take advantage by agreeing a deal to sign Ruben Amorim's former striker. (Source: Fichajes)

⚪️✨ Vinicius Jr: “It's difficult to explain what happens with Real Madrid in Champions League!”. “But you can see that we wanted to win. That’s the mission, that’s the plan”.

🚨🇧🇷 Pep Guardiola: “Éderson was our best player tonight, they had many chances”.

𝐈𝐓’𝐒 𝐀 𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐋 𝐌𝐀𝐃𝐑𝐈𝐃 𝐓𝐇𝐈𝐍𝐆 😏⚪️ ▫️ 2022/23: ⚠️ Trailing 3-5 ✅ Won 6-5 ▫️ 2024/25: ⚠️ Trailing 2-1 ✅ Won 2-3 𝑪𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒃𝒂𝒄𝒌 𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝑬𝒖𝒓𝒐𝒑𝒆.

🚨✨ Vinicius Jr: “I saw the banner from Man City fans… and it motivated me even more”. “Whenever rival fans do things, it gives me more strength to play a great game”.

🚨🔵 Pep Guardiola: “Many times this has happened this season... many times”. “It’s just bad decisions, that’s all”, he told Prime Video Sport.

🚨⚪️ Ancelotti: “Toni Rüdiger and David Alaba should be BACK available for the second leg”. “We need them”, says via Mario Cortegana.

🚨⚪️ Carlo Ancelotti: “We deserved the win. That’s the correct way. The season starts now for us”.

🔵🗣️ City fans were chanting “𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆’𝒔 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝑩𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒐𝒏 𝑫’𝑶𝒓?” To Vinicius Jr… …to which he replied by pointing towards the “𝟏𝟓 𝑪𝒉𝒂𝒎𝒑𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔 𝑳𝒆𝒂𝒈𝒖𝒆𝒔” badge 🥶 Vinicius Jr also assisted and was the game’s official MOTM to silence his haters 🤫

⚪️✨ Brahim Diaz: “We are Real Madrid. The best club in history”. “There’s the second leg and we have to work hard for it”.

🚨 𝐎𝐅𝐅𝐈𝐂𝐈𝐀𝐋: Vinicius Jr has been voted as 𝐌𝐚𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐌𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡 for City-Real Madrid! ✨ Despite being boo’ed at every touch ➕ banner for the Ballon d’Or & more… Vini 𝐝𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧 🥶🇧🇷

𝑺𝑼𝑷𝑬𝑹 𝑺𝑼𝑩 𝑩𝑹𝑨𝑯𝑰𝑴 🫡 Comes on at the 84th minute in the second half.. …just to equalize 2️⃣ minutes later ✨ ➕ Brahim Diaz also now has 10 goal contributions this season, crucial one tonight.

⚪️✨ 11 goals and 10 assists for Jude Bellingham in all competitions this season.

⚪️✨ 10th G/A of the season for Brahim Diaz, crucial one for Real Madrid at the Etihad tonight!

⚪️✨ 10th G/A of the season for Brahim Diaz, crucial one for Real Madrid at the Etihad tonight!