Diaz and Bellingham Strike Slowly in Amazing Return Victory


Jude Bellingham scored in the interruption time, as Real Madrid amazed Manchester City with a 3-2 win in the first leg of the Champions League tie.

Former city academy player Brahim Diaz had already silenced Etihad with a late balancer in the 86th minute before Midfielder Bellingham ran to the passage of Vinicius Jr to secure a dramatic victory.

The city seemed to head to the second leg of next week with the advantage, after Erling Haaland scored his second game from the penalty spot with 10 minutes to play after the cancellation of Kylian Mbappe from the first semester of Norway.

But Diaz, who had just entered, took advantage of Ederson’s clumsy attempt to gather the ball to secure

The city’s contracting talked about the use of the tie to prove that they are still one of the top teams in the world, but started the game with the same defensive unstable that has contaminated their time so far, with real opportunities of early .

Ederson was saved from the offside flag after bringing Vinicius jr down to the box before Kylian Mbappe pulls the Brazilian palms with a shot from a tight corner and then Vinicius did not find his feet in the box.

But the way the city went a few minutes later was a reminder of their class, with Haaland shooting at home after a staining combination that includes Jack Grealish and Josko Gvardiol.

Grealish, given a rare start to impress, found space on the left and broke the ball over the top at Gvardiol, which put it on the Haaland and Strker trail made the rest of a huge boost for hosts.

Phil Foden, who was introduced for the unfortunate Grealish that had begun long before his retirement in half an hour, tried his luck from a long distance, but Thibaut Courtois was equal to this this time.

He really put the pressure on the early halftime with Mbappe refusing from the close distance from Ederson, who sank low to his left to prevent France’s shot after a nice move under the right.

The 26-year-old’s connection to these previous attempts was much better than she finally found the net, as she clumsyly hit Dani Ceballos’s Pass in the distant post, the wrong-footing ederson and finding the net.

A Mazy Foden Run allowed the city to restore their lead from the penalty spot with less than 15 minutes left after Ceballos broke the man of England in the box.

Top came Haaland, who made no mistake as he sent the guard in the wrong way for the 49th Champions League target.

But as soon as the city looked like they had won the advantage before heading to Bernabeu, former young city of Brahim Diaz leaned into the recovery after Ederson failed to concentrate Bellingham’s strike.

And then with almost the last kick of the game, Vinicius put Ederson who had come to fight from his goal, and Bellingham was the fastest to mourn on him and England forward had an easy finish to secure an exciting win.