"The Italian's plan is more effective than Guardiola's", claimed the Madrid daily, who have no love lost for Guardiola since his days as both player and manager at Barcelona. Madrid-based Marca suggested that Madrid were unlucky not to get a win with Ancelotti's supposedly superior tactics. ![]() Vinicius Junior and Kevin De Bruyne scored either side of half-time to leave the tie finely poised heading back to the Etihad Stadium next week, putting City at a slight advantage given they will have a partisan home support behind them in the second leg, even though away goals are no longer taken into consideration. Manchester City's thrilling 1-1 draw against Real Madrid in the Champions League semi-final first leg drew a mixed response from the Spanish press, with Carlo Ancelotti hailed for outsmarting Pep Guardiola and the two goalscorers celebrated for their brilliant efforts. We controlled the game well and after scoring we played well."įootage from Bein Sports showed the ball had gone out of play, although the the accuracy of this footage is not verified. "I don't understand why they did not use Var. "The ball was out of play," the Real coach said. Meanwhile, an angry Carlo Ancelotti claims that City's equaliser should have been ruled out because the ball went out of play in the build-up to the goal. "Maybe we try to adjust something in the second leg to be a little bit more fluid and find more rhythm because we play at home and at home we feel more comfortable with our people." "It's not easy to find the spaces for Erling," he said. ![]() Pep Guardiola hinted that he may make some adjustments to try to get his top scorer more involved next time around. He struggled to make an impact at the Bernabeu, however, with just 21 touches all game – the fewest of any of the 22 players who started the match. There is still an expectation that Erling will play some of his career at Real should he continue on the remarkable goalscoring form. In the event Erling went to City and Mbappe signed a new contract at Paris Saint-Germain. ![]() For at least 18 months he and the France forward Kylian Mbappe were heavily trailed in the Spanish media as the two primary targets to join Real last summer. Alf, an advisor to his 22-year-old son, was extensively courted by Real executives last year and the beginning of this one as they tried to convince Erling to sign for the Spanish club.
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