Man City out of Champions League as Kylian Mbappe hits hat-trick for Real Madrid.
Manchester City were dumped out of the Champions League after a display of world-class finishing from Real Madrid’s Kylian Mbappe.
Mbappe scored a brilliant hat-trick to power the holders to a 3-1 victory in the second leg of their play-off tie against City on Wednesday and an overall 6-3 aggregate success.
Without the injured Erling Haaland, City laboured under the closed roof at the magnificently remodelled Bernabeu Stadium and barely troubled the Mbappe-inspired hosts.
Nico Gonzalez did pull one เล่นบาคาร่า UFABET เว็บตรง ค่าคอมสูง back in added time after an Omar Marmoush free-kick hit the bar but the contest was long since over with the night belonging to Mbappe.
The French World Cup-winner was at his ruthless best. Striking in the fourth minute and adding two more either side of the break, as City’s lacklustre challenge in Europe’s elite competition came to a tame end.
It was their earliest exit since failing to progress from the group stage in 2012-13. Was another blow in what has been an underwhelming season.
From Real’s point of view, it was a strong warning to rest of Europe that. After their own sluggish start and some recent domestic wobbles, they remain strong contenders to win a record-extending 16th title.
City’s night began dreadfully as top scorer Haaland failed to even make the starting line-up.
Despite manager Pep Guardiola’s suggestions to the contrary.
The Norwegian was clearly still bothered by the knee problem. That force him off in the closing stages of Saturday’s defeat of Newcastle.
With Haaland on the bench alongside Kevin De Bruyne and Jack Grealish. City entrusted Marmoush, fresh from his hat-trick against Newcastle. With the chief task of scoring the goals to turn the tie around.
Yet the assignment instantly got tougher as Federico Valverde launched a long ball upfield and Mbappe capitalised on a Ruben Dias stumble to lob Ederson as the ball bounced kindly for him outside the area.