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MANCHESTER CITY are hosting Real Madrid at the Etihad RIGHT NOW as Pep Guardiola eyes an historic treble

And Bernardo Silva has scored twice with the hosts dominating to lead 2-0 on the night, and 3-1 on aggregate.

Antonio Rudiger – who shackled Erling Haaland so well last week – is only on the bench for Real, while Guardiola has named an unchanged City line-up from the first leg with Kevin De Bruyne starting.

Inter await for the winner in the June 10 final?

  • Kick-off: 8pm
  • TV channel: BT Sport 1
  • Live stream: BT Sport website and app
  • Man City XI: Ederson, Walker, Stones, Ruben Dias, Akanji, Rodri, Bernardo Silva, De Bruyne, Gundogan, Grealish, Haaland
  • Real Madrid XI: Courtois, Carvajal, Militao, Alaba, Camavinga,, Valverde, Kroos, Modric, Rodrygo, Benzema, Vinicius Jr

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  • Man City 2-0 Real Madrid

    70. The noise and ferocity of the crowd has dipped a bit in this half.

    Kroos comes off for Asensio, another questionable change.

    The German midfielder has looked their best bet of clawing a goal back so far.

    Credit: Getty
  • Man City 2-0 Real Madrid

    68. Benzema loses the ball once again, he looks a yard or two off the pace of the game.

    All the talk is of the Spanish giants wanting to buy Bellingham in the summer, they may be better off focussing on a striker.

    They are looking decidedly blunt when they come forward this evening.

  • Man City 2-0 Real Madrid

    66. The next goal in this game is so important.

    It would put doubt in the minds of City’s fans and players in Madrid get it.

    Benzema is having a very quiet evening, when they do get the ball to him, his first touch is poor and he gives away possession.

  • Man City 2-0 Real Madrid

    64. Modric is replaced for Rudiger.

    Not sure what that change will offer Madrid in an attacking sense.

    It is all looking too comfortable for Pep Guardiola’s side right now.

  • Man City 2-0 Real Madrid

    62. You kind of feel that a third Man City goal would kill this Real Madrid side off completely.

    They do not look like they have two goals in them, definitely not three.

    Gundogan is shown a yellow card for a clumsy challenge on Vinicius Jr.

  • Man City 2-0 Real Madrid

    60. Real Madrid are seeing more possession in this half so far.

    When Man City manage to turn the ball over, they look more direct with their attacking play.

    There is plenty of space in the wide positions for City’s attackers.

    Credit: EPA
  • Man City 2-0 Real Madrid

    58. Man City would have expected a response from Madrid here.

    They just don’t seem to have that cutting edge about them from last season.

    It’s like meeting the hot girl from school, twenty years after graduating, very disappointing.

  • Man City 2-0 Real Madrid

    56. It has been a brighter start to this half by the visitors.

    Apart from Alaba’s free kick, they have not really tested Ederson.

    Grealish beats Carvajal who is penalised for the foul and shown a yellow card for his troubles.

  • Man City 2-0 Real Madrid

    54. Kevin De Bruyne has just not quite got his range with his balls behind the Madrid defence so far.

    Erling Haaland is making the runs but there is always just a bit too much on the pass.

    Grealish steps up to take City’s first corner of the second half.

  • Man City 2-0 Real Madrid

    52. Alaba shoots from distance, with the ball just dipping under the bar.

    Ederson does brilliantly to make a fingertip save to put it over.

    Real Madrid cannot make anything from the resulting corner.

  • Man City 2-0 Real Madrid

    50. Carlo Ancelotti hasn’t looked so bemused since that the infamous final he lost in Istanbul after being 3-0 up at half time.

    His Real Madrid side do not have time on their side and need to find a reply early in this half.

    As they come forward Grealish helps out in defence and clears.

    Dias is booked for a foul on Vinicius Jr ten yards outside the Man City penalty area.

    Credit: Getty
  • Man City 2-0 Real Madrid

    48. The ball is played forward to Haaland who does well to hold it up as Camavinga is penalised for a foul.

    Chance for City to get another ball into the danger area.

    John Stones is beaten to the ball as Madrid half clear it.

  • Man City 2-0 Real Madrid

    46. Real Madrid look to get on the front foot from the off.

    Oh to have been a fly on the wall in that Madrid dressing room.

    Vinicius Jr steams forward but Walker puts in a tough challenge and wins the ball cleanly.

  • Kick-off: Man City 2-0 Real Madrid

    We are back underway in Manchester.

    Big task ahead of the visitors to stay in this tournament.

    Real Madrid get the second half started.

  • HT: Man City 2-0 Real Madrid

    Man City have been handing out a lesson to the defending European champions so far this evening.

    Real Madrid have no answer for the intensity of the home side’s play.

    You cannot see how Carlo Ancelotti is going to get his side back into this game as things stand.

  • HT: Man City 2-0 Real Madrid

    Well the stats say it all after that first half.

    Man City have dominated this game in all areas of the pitch.

    Real Madrid are struggling to land a single punch on Pep Guardiola’s side.

  • HT: Man City 2-0 Real Madrid

    The referee blows his whistle to bring the half to a close.

    A perfect start for Man City against Real Madrid.

    Carlo Ancelotti has it all to do during the interval.

  • Man City 2-0 Real Madrid

    45. The Madrid players are looking shell-shocked at the moment.

    Man City win the ball back and come streaming forward once again.

    Bernardo Silva cuts in from the right hand side and looks to get a left-footed shot away but Courtois is equal to it.

  • Man City 2-0 Real Madrid

    43. Pep Guardiola will be happy to keep their two-goal advantage to take into the interval.

    It does not look like his side is done just yet.

    Real Madrid look like a boxer, on the ropes, taking blow after blow.

    City can feel there is another goal in this half for them.

  • Man City 2-0 Real Madrid

    41. One thing is for sure, this performance is exactly what the City fans were craving when they arrived at the ground this evening.

    With the exception of Toni Kroos effort which hit the bar, this has been one-way traffic in Manchester.

    As De Bruyne whips a free kick in Rodrygo gives away another corner.

  • Man City 2-0 Real Madrid

    39. It is all going pear-shaped here for Carlo Ancelotti.

    His team are in danger of sinking without a trace.

    They need to find a way into this game sooner rather than later.

  • Man City 2-0 Real Madrid

    37. Grealish does well before he slots Gundogan in.

    The German looks to shoot and it is blocked with the ball rebounding into the air.

    Bernardo Silva runs onto it and heads it into the top corner, beating the defenders on the line.

    Credit: PA
  • Goal – Bernardo Silva (Man City)

  • Man City 1-0 Real Madrid

    35. Kroos finds Carvajal who looks to cross from the right.

    It deflects off the City defender at the expense of a corner for the visitors.

    The ball is cleared and Kroos strikes it from distance, beating Ederson, as the shot comes thundering back off the crossbar.

  • Man City 1-0 Real Madrid

    33. Vinicius Jr has the chance to run at the Man City defence for the first time this evening.

    Kyle Walker shows his raw pace as he wins the ball off him in a simple foot race.

    Great defending from the City right back.

    Rodrigo then plays a ball on the outside of his right foot and almost puts Toni Kroos in.

    Ederson does well to come off his line quickly to collect.

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