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06 April 2021 With the same score as the final they won in 2018, Real Madrid beat Liverpool in the first leg of the quarter-finals of the Champions League.
At the Estadio Alfredo Di Stefano in Valdebebas, an area of the Spanish capital, Zidane's team shows that they are on the rise after a start to the season that is not up to the mark.
Instead, the opaque moment of Klopp's Reds continues, very far from the top in the Premier League.
In the other quarter, victory only in the final for Manchester City beating Borussia Dortmund 2-1.
Guardiola's Citizens, launched towards the title in England, are struggling to overcome the fifth force of the Bundesliga.
The verdicts on Wednesday 14 in the second leg.
The Madrid race.
Real advantage in the 27th minute with Vinicius controlling a precision pitch by Kroos and electrocuting Alisson.
The Reds also react by playing well but in the 36th minute they suffer the doubling of Asensio who reaches a ball deflected by Alexander-Arnold (again on a throw from Kroos) and passes the Liverpool goalkeeper with a lob to deposit the ball over the line.
Recovery.
At 51 'Salah reopens it, recovering a rejected by Modric and overcoming the opposition of Courtois who sends the ball under the crossbar before entering the goal.
The illusion of Klopp's team does not last long, because in the 65th minute Vinicius again, triggered by Modric, beats Alisson with a very angular shot.
Liverpool try to reduce the deficit, but the result does not change.
At the City of Manchester Stadium, at 19 'de Bruyne gave Citizens the lead, taking advantage of a mistake by former Inter player Emre Can: Foden and Mahrez set the stage for the Belgian international's right foot.
At 29 'the referee decrees a penalty for the hosts (contact Rodrigo-Emre Can), but recalled by the Var retraces his steps.
In the beginning of shooting Ederson on exit closes the mirror of the door to Haaland.
City have the opportunity to close the game with de Bruyne (76 ') and Foden (77'), but the aim is wrong in the first case, in the second Hitz thinks about it.
But it is Borussia who draw the equalizer, with Reus in the 84th minute, who capitalizes on an assist from Haaland.
An angry final forcing by the City that in the 90th minute draws the winning goal with Foden on the support of Gundogan.