Manchester City 1-2 Real Madrid: result and report
Champions League · Tuesday 17 March 2026
Result
Manchester City 1-2 Real Madrid
Champions League · Tuesday 17 March 2026, 20:00 UTC · half-time 1-1
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Manchester City 1-2 Real Madrid: match report
Manchester City were beaten by Real Madrid 1-2 in the Champions League on Tuesday 17 March 2026. It was 1-1 at half-time.
Vinicius Junior opened the scoring in the 22nd minute. Manchester City's goal came from Erling Haaland (41'). Real Madrid scored through Vinicius Junior (22', penalty) and Vinicius Junior (90+3').
Discipline: Manchester City received 2 yellow cards and 1 red card; Real Madrid received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Manchester City were 20th on 16 points from 9 and Real Madrid 4th on 24 points from 11. This fixture belongs to an earlier Champions League season and is kept for reference.
Manchester City lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Real Madrid in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Aurélien Tchouaméni of Real Madrid (7.8), ahead of Rodri (7.7).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Manchester City wins, 3 draws and 4 for Real Madrid.
Key events
- 20'Red card · Bernardo Silva
- 22'Penalty goal · Vinicius Junior
- 25'Yellow card · Pep Guardiola
- 41'Goal · Erling Haaland
- 45+4'Yellow card · Abdukodir Khusanov
- 76'Yellow card · Pep Guardiola
- 76'Yellow card · Kylian Mbappé
- 80'Yellow card · Trent Alexander-Arnold
- 90+3'Goal · Vinicius Junior
Head-to-head
Team news
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Manchester City line-up (4-2-3-1)
Gianluigi Donnarumma, Matheus Nunes, Abdukodir Khusanov, Rúben Dias, Rayan Aït-Nouri, Bernardo Silva, Rodri, Rayan Cherki, Tijjani Reijnders, Jérémy Doku, Erling Haaland
Real Madrid line-up (4-4-2)
Thibaut Courtois, Trent Alexander-Arnold, Antonio Rüdiger, Dean Huijsen, Fran García, Federico Valverde, Thiago Pitarch, Aurélien Tchouaméni, Arda Güler, Brahim Díaz, Vinicius Junior