Real Madrid vs Man City: Records made in the game

Many records were made and broken during the second leg of the Real Madrid vs Man City semi-finals in Santiago Bernabéu.

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Koushik Biswas
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Real Madrid vs Man City was one of the most exciting games in this year's UCL. Both the teams fought it hard for a place in the final. While doing that 11 goals were scored in two legs of the match. Real Madrid scored six, while Manchester City scored five. Many records were broken during the match. From managers to players, everyone was in the limelight as Real Madrid made a miraculous turnaround in the last minutes of the match. Below are the few records that were broken in the Real Madrid vs Man City match.

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Records made in the match

  • Pep Guardiola's all four eliminations in the Champions League semi-finals are all at the hands of Spanish opponents (Real Madrid in 2013/14, Barcelona in 2014/15 and Atlético Madrid in 2015/16 and Real Madrid in 2021-22)
  • Carlo Ancelotti is now the first-ever football manager to play in 5 UCL finals.
  • This is Real Madrid's 17th UCL Final, the most by any team in the history of the tournament.
  • Benzema now has scored 43 goals in 43 goals this season, 15 in this season's UCL campaign.
  • Rodrygo becomes the first player to score twice in the 90th minute of a Champions League knockout match
  • Karim Benzema has now equalled Cristiano Ronaldo's record of most goals in the knock-out stage in a season of UCL (10).
  • Since 2003-04 when the last 16 was introduced, Real Madrid are the first team to lose a match in the last 16 (0-1 vs PSG), quarter-final (2-3 vs Chelsea) and semi-final (3-4 vs Man City) in a season and still reach the UEFA Champions League final.
  • Meanwhile, Karim Benzema has scored seven UEFA Champions League goals against English teams this season; the most by a player in a single campaign in the competition's history.
  • Pep Guardiola has now suffered six eliminations at the semi-final stage of the UEFA Champions League. Perhaps, he has equalled Jos Mourinho's record.
  • Moreover, Riyad Mahrez has now scored 24 goals in all competitions for Manchester City this season; only Mohamed Salah (30) has netted more for a Premier League team in 2021-22.
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