Real Madrid dethrone Manchester City after Rüdiger holds nerve in shootout

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With 72 minutes on the clock, an increasingly fervent Manchester City support announced who they were and promised to fight until the end. Their team was trailing to Rodrygo’s early goal and it was a time for them to show their champion courage, for a hero to emerge; for them to go all the way to the very last.All of the above did happen. On a night of the finest margins and the highest tension, Kevin De Bruyne popped up with the equaliser in the 76th minute. The City playmaker always seems to score against Real Madrid and his goal here following a surge and cross from the substitute, Jérémy Doku, and a fluffed clearance by Antonio Rüdiger. Continue reading...

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