Pep Guardiola says Ederson's injury 'doesn't look good' as Manchester City prepare for their final four games of the Premier League season.
14.04.2024 - 11:37 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
"The monster wasn't Haaland," read the headline.
Real Madrid had just been bullied in the competition they have been the bullies in for years. The Champions League is their identity, but they looked like they had never played at that level when Manchester City outclassed them at the Etihad Stadium.
As Real trudged back to Spain, they will have seen the above headline in Marca on their return. Read further, and they would have seen their defeat described as a 'capitulation' and 'shock of historic proportions'. And one of the main factors cited was the electric atmosphere at the Etihad.
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Further down, the article said: "The Etihad doesn't have the best reputation in terms of atmosphere, but the City fans were in fine voice on Wednesday, celebrating their team putting on a footballing lesson. The passion from the stands could be felt and this may have helped shut down any hope of a Madrid comeback. The atmosphere was possibly the harshest Real Madrid encountered in many years. A complete trap.”
That's right. The Emptihad provided an atmosphere Real haven't felt in any Madrid derby, any El Clasico, or any Champions League away trip before that. 4-0 to the empty seats.
Federico Valverde, part of the humiliated Real side, later reflected that the Etihad was the most difficult stadium he has played at. Maybe that's why this week's draw at the Bernabeu felt like a defeat in his eyes. Real's build-up for this season's quarter-final reunion centred significantly around improving the in-squad attitude that was on show at the
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