Midfielder Jude Bellingham pointed out the reason for Real Madrid to defeat Man City in the first leg of the Champions League Champions League 2024/25. Besides, people also recognize the weaknesses in the Man City defense that is causing Pep Guardiola’s team to pay the price.
The heroic letter on Etihad pitch between the two big man City and Real Madrid on the morning of February 12 took place in an unbelievable way. Man City 2 led 2 times but in the end, Real Madrid was the team that won.
The person who set the score 3-2 for “White Vulture” is superstar Jude Bellingham with a goal in 90+2. Speaking after the match, the British star admitted: “It is a strange match. Man City is still an amazing team. Confronting them has never been easy. Man City is a big opponent, very very very very It is difficult to play, but today we are the team taking advantage of the opportunity better, which helps Real Madrid win.
The interesting thing always lies in these live matches, which is not only a technical battle, tactical, but also a battle of psychology. It is really important that we always feel we can win, and we have done that. ”
In this match, Man City defense had a bad performance. At home, Man City opened the score in the 19th minute thanks to Haaland. According to statistics, it took 378 minutes of play and 14 shots, Erling Haaland finally scored the goal in the Champions League against Real Madrid.
In the 60th minute, Real had a goal due to Kylian Mbappe’s work after a lucky finish with a copper pipe. With this goal, Kylian Mbappe (52) has now scored more goals in the Champions League than Thierry Henry (51). In the 80th minute, Man City enjoyed 11m after Phil Foden was foul in the penalty area. Haaland did not make mistakes thereby completing a double.
However, in the 86 and 90+2 minutes, Brahim Diaz and Jude Bellingham, respectively, scored, helping Real reverse the 3-2 victory. This is not the first time in the Champions League this season, Man City has lost the lead advantage.
They used to lead 3-0 and then draw Feyenoord, the advantage of 2-0 to PSG lost 4-2 and now, conceded in 86 and 92 minutes against Real Madrid and lost 2-3. According to OPTA, Man City conceded 7 goals in the last 15 minutes in the Champions League this season, more than any other team and conceded more in 38 matches in all competitions this season (56) compared to 59 matches last season. (54).
Defeating Man City with a score of 3-2 right on the opponent’s field, Real has the advantage before entering the second leg at the Bernabeu home. This match will take place 1 week.