MADRID (Reuters) -Real Madrid fought back from the brink of elimination to beat Manchester City 3-1 after further time and 6-5 on combination in an enthralling and dramatic Champions League semi-final on Wednesday.
City led 1-0 on the night time and 5-3 on combination when Riyad Mahrez scored after 73 minutes however Real substitute Rodrygo equalised in the final minute of regular time and headed residence one minute later to stage the tie at 5-5.
Five minutes into further time Karim Benzema transformed a penalty awarded for a foul on him by Ruben Dias and Real, the file 13-times European champions, held the shell-shocked English aspect at bay to attain the last.
Real will play Liverpool on May 28 in Paris, a repeat of the 2018 last in Kyiv which the Spanish crew received 3-1.
It was one other very good rearguard motion by Real who got here from behind for the third consecutive time on this season Champions League knock-out stage to keep on the right track to win Europe’s most prestigious membership competitors for the fifth time in the final 9 years.
After a wide ranging first leg full of targets and particular person brilliance from either side, the return recreation was the exact opposite.
City labored tirelessly to subdue their hosts who failed to handle a shot heading in the right direction on the first half.
With Real quick operating out of concepts, Bernardo Silva broke via the center of their defence and laid the ball off for Mahrez to end and City appeared sure to keep on the right track to win the trophy for the first time.
But as they did towards Paris St Germain in the spherical of 16 and Chelsea in the quarter-finals, Real conjured up the magic they required.
Rodrygo completed from shut vary to give them a lifeline and the Brazilian headed residence moments later to ship the Bernabeu crowd into raptures earlier than Benzema accomplished the turnaround.
(Reporting by Fernando Kallas, Editing by Ed Osmond)
