Manchester City 1-0 Real Madrid: result and report

Champions League · Wednesday 21 November 2012

Result

Manchester City 1-0 Real Madrid

Champions League · Wednesday 21 November 2012, 19:45 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Manchester City 1-0 Real Madrid: match report

Manchester City beat Real Madrid 1-0 in the Champions League on Wednesday 21 November 2012. The half-time score was 0-1.

Karim Benzema opened the scoring in the 10th minute. Manchester City's goal came from Sergio Agüero (73', penalty). Real Madrid scored through Karim Benzema (10').

Discipline: Manchester City received 7 yellow cards; Real Madrid received 3 yellow cards and 1 red card.

Going into the game Manchester City were 57th on 2 points from 4 and Real Madrid 26th on 7 points from 4. This fixture belongs to an earlier Champions League season and is kept for reference.

Manchester City lined up in a 3-5-2 and Real Madrid in a 4-2-3-1.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Manchester City wins, 0 draws and 1 for Real Madrid.

Going into the match Manchester City's last five read D-L-D-L and Real Madrid's D-L-W-W.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 10'Goal · Karim BenzemaReal Madrid · 0-1
  • 29'Yellow card · Yaya TouréManchester City
  • 32'Yellow card · ArbeloaReal Madrid
  • 40'Yellow card · MaiconManchester City
  • 48'Yellow card · Xabi AlonsoReal Madrid
  • 53'Yellow card · Samir NasriManchester City
  • 53'Yellow card · Samir NasriManchester City
  • 58'Yellow card · Pablo ZabaletaManchester City
  • 61'Yellow card · Sergio RamosReal Madrid
  • 73'Second yellow · ArbeloaReal Madrid
  • 73'Penalty goal · Sergio AgüeroManchester City · 1-1
  • 90'Yellow card · Javi GarcíaManchester City
  • 90+5'Yellow card · Javi GarcíaManchester City

Head-to-head

1 meetings: Manchester City 0, draws 0, Real Madrid 1.

Team news

Manchester City line-up (3-5-2)

Edin Džeko, Maicon, Pablo Zabaleta, Samir Nasri, Aleksandar Kolarov, Sergio Agüero, Matija Nastasić, Joe Hart, Vincent Kompany, David Silva, Yaya Touré

Real Madrid line-up (4-2-3-1)

Cristiano Ronaldo, Fábio Coentrão, Sami Khedira, Karim Benzema, Xabi Alonso, Sergio Ramos, Álvaro Arbeloa, Luka Modrić, Iker Casillas, Pepe, Ángel Di María