Real Madrid 1-2 Manchester City: result and report

Champions League · Wednesday 10 December 2025

Result

Real Madrid 1-2 Manchester City

Champions League · Wednesday 10 December 2025, 20:00 UTC · half-time 1-2

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Real Madrid 1-2 Manchester City: match report

Real Madrid lost to Manchester City 1-2 in the Champions League on Wednesday 10 December 2025. The half-time score was 1-2.

Rodrygo opened the scoring in the 28th minute. Real Madrid's goal came from Rodrygo (28'). Manchester City scored through Nico O'Reilly (35') and Erling Haaland (43', penalty).

Discipline: Real Madrid received 3 yellow cards; Manchester City received 4 yellow cards.

Going into the game Real Madrid were 14th on 12 points from 5 and Manchester City 21st on 10 points from 5. This fixture belongs to an earlier Champions League season and is kept for reference.

Real Madrid lined up in a 4-4-2 and Manchester City in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Rodrygo of Real Madrid (8.2), ahead of Nico O'Reilly (8.0).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Real Madrid wins, 3 draws and 4 for Manchester City.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 11'Yellow card · Phil FodenManchester City
  • 28'Goal · RodrygoReal Madrid · 1-0
  • 35'Goal · Nico O'ReillyManchester City · 1-1
  • 43'Yellow card · Antonio RüdigerReal Madrid
  • 43'Penalty goal · Erling HaalandManchester City · 1-2
  • 76'Yellow card · Nico O'ReillyManchester City
  • 82'Yellow card · Pep GuardiolaManchester City
  • 87'Yellow card · RodrygoReal Madrid
  • 88'Yellow card · Álvaro CarrerasReal Madrid
  • 90'Yellow card · Bernardo SilvaManchester City

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Real Madrid 3, draws 3, Manchester City 4.

Team news

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

Thibaut Courtois, Federico Valverde, Raúl Asencio, Antonio Rüdiger, Álvaro Carreras, Rodrygo, Dani Ceballos, Aurélien Tchouaméni, Jude Bellingham, Gonzalo García Torres, Vinicius Junior

Manchester City line-up (4-3-3)

Gianluigi Donnarumma, Matheus Nunes, Rúben Dias, Josko Gvardiol, Nico O'Reilly, Bernardo Silva, Nico González, Phil Foden, Rayan Cherki, Erling Haaland, Jérémy Doku