Man City vs Real Madrid 4-3 on penalties: Champions League – as it happened

By Kevin Hand

Published On 17 Apr 202418 April 2024

This page is now closed. Thanks for joining us. These are the updates as Real Madrid beat Manchester City 4-3 on penalties in the Champions League on Wednesday, April 17:

• Defending champions Manchester City are knocked out by Real Madrid following a penalty shootout in the second leg of their UEFA Champions League quarterfinal.
• The match finished 1-1 on the night, and 4-4 on aggregate, following a 3-3 draw at the Bernabeu.
• Vinicius Junior set up the Madrid goal for Rodrygo, who tapped in at the second time of asking after a snap save from Ederson.
• Kevin De Bruyne deservedly levelled for City in the second half of a one-sided game.
• City are two points clear at the top of the Premier League while Real are eight points clear in La Liga.
• Bayern Munich beat Arsenal 1-0 in the night’s other tie to progress 3-2 on aggregate. Bayern will now face Madrid in the semifinal.
• Paris Saint-Germain beat Barcelona in our featured match on Tuesday, while Borussia Dortmund beat Atletico Madrid.

LIVE UPDATES

• 18h ago

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  Goodbye for now

  That’s it from our coverage of the Champions League quarterfinals.

  We’ll be back with the semifinals and the final itself.

  It’s back to the domestic coverage this weekend though, as we bring you Manchester City against Chelsea and Manchester United’s match against Coventry City this weekend, as well as El Classico: Real Madrid vs Barcelona.

  We hope you enjoyed our coverage of this one as Madrid overcame the defending champions City on penalties.

  Do head to the Al Jazeera Sport page to stay across all our latest news and features in the meantime.

  For now, though – from me, Kevin Hand – it’s goodbye.
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• 18h ago

   (22:55 GMT)

  Mikel Arteta says Arsenal were the ‘better side’ against Bayern Munich

  “It has to be a magic moment or a mistake to unlock them,” the Arsenal manager told TNT Sports.

  “We were the better side.

  “The club has not been playing in the Champions League for seven years, and now, in the first year back, we wanted to be in the semifinal.

  “We were very close, and that is the reality.”

  
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