Wednesday, April 13, 2022

7 min: Ahead of this game, the presumption among UK pundits was that Atletico Madrid would sit back and defend much like they did at the Etihad, hoping to catch City on the break. They were gravely mistaken - Diego Simeone’s side has roared out of the traps early doors.

5 min: City attack on the break – that wasn’t in the script – but Riyad Mahrez runs into traffic on the edge of the Atletico penalty area. Moments previously, Kyle Walker had to head the ball back towards Ederson to put a stop to a Thomas Lemar-inspired Atletico attack.