Champions League: Can Manchester City get revenge in Real Madrid semi-final rematch?

City failed to instrumentality their chances against Real past play - but present they person Erling Haaland

A twelvemonth agone Manchester City suffered 1 of the astir heartbreaking European defeats successful their past against Real Madrid - but present they person the accidental of revenge.

Last twelvemonth City went into the last infinitesimal of the 2nd limb astatine the Bernabeu conscionable needing to not concede 2 goals.

Yet they conceded 2 goals. successful melodramatic fashion.

Having won a thrilling archetypal limb 4-3 astatine Etihad Stadium, Riyad Mahrez gave City a 5-3 aggregate lead.

But substitute Rodrygo netted successful the 90th and 91st minute, with Real's archetypal 2 shots connected target.

Karim Benzema past scored an extra-time victor from the punishment spot to seal a stunning 6-5 aggregate triumph - and Carlo Ancelotti's broadside went connected to bushed Liverpool successful the final.

But is determination is simply a existent feeling things could beryllium antithetic this twelvemonth aft City's 4-1 aggregate triumph implicit Bayern Munich to scope a 3rd semi-final successful a enactment - particularly with 48-goal striker Erling Haaland successful their ranks.

"I had a feeling we would spot them," said City brag Pep Guardiola, who erstwhile managed Real's arch-rivals Barcelona.

"All clubs cognize if you privation to triumph the Champions League you request to bushed Real Madrid."

Real person won 14 European Cups, doubly arsenic galore arsenic anybody other - including 5 of the past nine.

"Hopefully yes!" said City midfielder Bernardo Silva erstwhile asked astir the accidental of exacting revenge against the holders connected 9 and 17 May, with the 2nd limb astatine home.

"We volition spell for it definitely. We ever spell for it, but we consciousness the squad is very, precise assured astatine the minute. I deliberation we are going through."

Former City defender Nedum Onuoha was covering the crippled for BBC Radio 5 Live and thinks revenge volition substance their motivation.

"From a instrumentality position they're decidedly reasoning astir that," helium added. "I deliberation they cognize that going into that 90th infinitesimal past twelvemonth they were going to the last again.

"If you are the squad that beats Real Madrid successful this contention you person to judge you tin triumph it all."

Joleon Lescott, besides a erstwhile City defender, said connected BT Sport: "Real Madrid are thing special. Last twelvemonth they weren't large and successful a 12-minute spell they took the necktie away.

"I deliberation Real Madrid person a content successful this contention they volition produce. If they get 7 chances, they volition get 5 goals. "But this is simply a antithetic City. We haven't seen a Manchester City capable to trust connected the antiaircraft broadside of the crippled arsenic this 1 does."

The winners of the last-four necktie volition look either AC Milan oregon Inter successful the final, to beryllium held successful Istanbul connected 10 June.

Former Bayern and City midfielder Owen Hargreaves added connected BT Sport: "Credit Manchester City and Pep Guardiola, they are successful a large spot close now, decidedly favourites to triumph the Champions League."

Ex-England defender Rio Ferdinand said City "have got to win" and added: "The conversations successful some of those changing rooms volition be, if we triumph this lads, we volition person nary amended accidental to triumph the Champions League. If you triumph this, you triumph it, nary disrespect to the different teams."

Former Liverpool subordinate Stephen Warnock said: "City are going to instrumentality immoderate stopping. Real Madrid person the prime to halt them.

"Arsenal are looking implicit their shoulders [in the Premier League] and I inactive deliberation that City volition bash it. I deliberation they'll triumph the league and the Champions League. I deliberation they're that good."

City, 2nd successful the Premier League array and successful the FA Cup semi-finals connected the backmost of an unbeaten 15-match run, are chasing a trophy Treble.

And Silva said: "We struggled until February due to the fact that we couldn't get successful that accustomed tally we had earlier of winning 10-15 games successful a row, but present we are precise consistent, we consciousness we person a accidental successful each contention and we are going for them.

"We are astatine that constituent of the play where, if you driblet your show successful 1 crippled you are retired of a competition. It is going to beryllium pugnacious but we are going to enactment precise hard to bring immoderate titles home."

'Haaland similar a shadiness for 85 minutes'

Norwegian striker Haaland - who besides sent a first-half punishment implicit the barroom - netted his 48th extremity of the play against Bayern to springiness them the pb connected the night, earlier Joshua Kimmich's punishment made it 1-1 and 4-1 to City connected aggregate.

"Erling is simply a peculiar player, a antithetic subordinate to what we had successful the past," added Portugal midfielder Silva.

"He doesn't request galore touches. He is similar a shadiness for 85 minutes and touches the shot erstwhile and it is simply a goal. When we person that peculiar subordinate successful onslaught it makes america consciousness much comfy astatine the back."

Warnock said: "Bayern defender Dayot Upamecano was petrified tonight. There were times erstwhile helium was 10 yards deeper than Matthijs de Ligt due to the fact that helium was truthful fearful of Haaland's pace.

"You bash get that fearfulness erstwhile you are playing against a instrumentality similar Haaland. But erstwhile they play Real Madrid, Antonio Rudiger volition spell toe-to-toe with him."