Without exaggeration, the best match of this year’s Champions League was played in Madrid, as Real Madrid drew with defending champions Manchester City in a six-goal, twisty match. The visiting team took the lead in the second minute, then Real Madrid turned it around in two minutes, but could not keep their advantage until the end of the match, so much so that they almost lost at the end – but Federico Valverde’s bomb goal came.
For us, this draw is as if we lost, because we fought for victory
– said the Uruguayan player of Real Madrid. The head coach of the record champion Spain, Carlo Ancelotti, assessed what he saw as a fair result. According to the Italian specialist, it was a great match, a capital celebration of football, this is what happens when the best players in the world compare their skills.
When we had the opportunity to increase the tempo, we controlled the game, but conceded two goals from the top corner. I consider the result to be fair, my only regret is that after 2-1 we didn’t make better use of the opportunities offered
– Ancelotti was referring to the fact that Real Madrid missed several shots in the second half of the first half, so in a more fortunate case they could have gone to the half-time break with a multi-goal lead. But it didn’t happen that way.
The head coach of Manchester City, Pep Guardiola, pointed out in connection with the match that his players played nervously in the first half, because of this they gave away more balls, but in such a stadium, against such a rival, this happens.
In the second half, we showed great possession. In addition, we scored two wonderful goals. Their rebound goals? I don’t believe in luck or bad luck in football
– concluded the Spanish specialist, who said that Phil Foden, who was replaced due to injury, received a minor kick, the situation does not seem serious.
Arsenal players have mixed emotions
Arsenal players had mixed feelings about their team’s 2-2 draw with visiting Bayern Munich on Tuesday.
“The atmosphere in the dressing room is mixed, because we started well, we could have scored two or three goals in the first quarter of an hour, but then we saw the quality of players our opponent has”, said Leandro Trossard after the match, referring to the fact that Munich’s Serge Gnabry and They were able to turn it around with Harry Kane’s strike.
According to the striker who scored the equalizing goal for the home team, the Munich team performed particularly well in the counter-attacks, which caused problems for Arsenal.
In the end, we were obviously happy with the equalizer, but that way we will have to fight for promotion away from home. I expect a tough match in Munich as well, we know what we have to work on until the second leg
– the Belgian player looked ahead to next Wednesday’s second match. Arsenal last reached the semi-finals of the most prestigious European cup series in the 2008/2009 season.
Head coach Mikel Arteta believed that in the BL they cannot give the opponent as many chances as they gave the Germans.
This is the biggest lesson, that if you put your opponent in this situation, he will punish you
– declared the Spanish coach, whose team is also fighting for the English league title. On the other side, the captain of the English national team, Harry Kane, spoke about his team taking a step in the right direction on Tuesday.
Harry Kane
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“Today everyone saw an extremely dedicated team that showed unity and fought,” said Kane, whose penalty gave Bayern the lead.
According to the striker, who has already scored 39 goals this season, it is strange to train knowing that head coach Tomas Tuchel – whose second coach is Zsolt Lőw – is leaving at the end of the season, but at the same time, the specialist is doing everything in training. For the first time since Bayern’s triumph in 2020, they can get past the quarterfinals in the BL.
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