Real Madrid beat Man City after extra time to reach Champions League final - GulfToday

Real Madrid beat Man City after extra time to reach Champions League final

  • 05 May 2022

Rodrygo celebrates scoring his team's first goal at the Santiago Bernabeu stadium in Madrid. AFP

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Real Madrid beat Man City after extra time to reach Champions League final in thrilling match on Wednesday evening.

Real Madrid will play Liverpool in the Champions League final.

Brazilian Rodrygo becomes the first player to score twice in the 90th minute of a Champions League knockout match.

Karim Benzema has equalled Cristiano Ronaldo's record for most goals scored in a single Champions League knockout phase  

Forward Rodrygo scored two late goals to send Wednesday's Champions League semi-final second leg against Manchester City at the Santiago Bernabeu to extra time.

City led 4-3 from the first leg and appeared to be heading to a second successive final when Riyad Mahrez struck on 73 minutes, but Rodrygo netted twice in as many minutes to level the tie at 5-5 on aggregate.

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