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Manchester City win SEVEN-goal thriller against Real Madrid in Champions League semi-final... with Karim Benzema's audacious Panenka leaving the tie finely balanced ahead of second leg

In a game of almost perpetual, furious, motion, for one split second Real Madrid stopped. And in that brief moment, Bernardo Silva gave Manchester City the slender advantage they deserved, and that made yet steer their progress to a second Champions League final.

Madrid will throw plenty at them at the Bernabeu no doubt about that. They threw plenty at them here. Every time Manchester City thought they had the game won by a two goal margin, Madrid reined them in. One goal is nothing when a club has Karim Benzema as their striker. Vinicius Junior is a big threat too.