TIL Desk Sports/ Real Madrid fought back from the brink of elimination to beat Manchester City 3-1 after extra-time in the second leg, and 6-5 on aggregate, in an enthralling and dramatic Champions League semi-final in Madrid on Wednesday.
City led 1-0 on the night and 5-3 on aggregate when Riyad Mahrez scored after 73 minutes but Real substitute Rodrygo equalised in the last minute of normal time and headed home one minute later to level the tie at 5-5.
Five minutes into extra-time Karim Benzema converted a penalty, awarded for a foul on him by Ruben Dias, and Real, the record 13-times European champions, held the shell-shocked English side at bay to reach the final.
Real will play Liverpool on May 28 in Paris, a repeat of the 2018 final in Kyiv which the Spanish team won 3-1. It was another superb rearguard action by Real who came from behind for the third consecutive time in this season Champions League knock-out stage to stay on course to win Europe’s most prestigious club competition for the fifth time in the last nine years.
