X reacts as Real Madrid hold on to dump Man City out of Champions League

  • Real Madrid needed penalties to eliminate Man City from the Champions League quarter-final
  • Rodrygo & Kevin De Bruyne netted in regular time; Erling Haaland substituted after quiet game
  • Antonio Rudiger crashed home the winning penalty

Real Madrid are through to the semi-final
Real Madrid are through to the semi-final / Naomi Baker/GettyImages
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After 210 minutes of play and a penalty shoot-out, Real Madrid finally got their name in the Champions League semi-final at Manchester City's expense.

They had to hang on for a 1-1 draw in regular time and were fighting for their lives at times, but Madrid are at their best when wounded and they once again got the job done against perhaps the favourite to win the entire tournament.

Rodrygo opened the scoring in the first half with a scrappy finish that came around after Kyle Walker played the Brazilian onside.

Unfortunately for the City defender, eagle-eyed fans were keen to let him know about his mistake.

A quick rewind of the highlight showed a stunning touch from Jude Bellingham in the build-up.

Erling Haaland hit the bar with a looping header in what was pretty much his only involvement in the game.

Bernardo Silva bundled the rebound wide and it started to feel as though it was not going to be City's night.

The City pressure kept coming and coming and coming, but for all their endeavour, Pep Guardiola's side could not find a way through.

That was until Kevin De Bruyne finally connected the dots in the final third, picking up a loose ball in the box and crashing home with 15 minutes left in regular time.

City kept coming but there were to be no further goals before we headed to extra time.

Guardiola made the bold decision to keep Haaland on the bench for extra time, clearly unhappy with the Norwegian's contribution over these two legs.

Luka Modric was the first to miss from the spot.

At the time, it looked like it could be a fatal miss.

But Bernardo Silva was quick to bail Modric out with an incredibly brave penalty that dinked right into the hands of Andriy Lunin, who did not dive and made the Portugal international look a fool.

Lunin was the hero once again as he denied Mateo Kovacic, putting Madrid just one penalty away from victory.

Up stepped Antonio Rudiger. Game over.