Kylian Mbappe scored a stunning hat-trick to lead Real Madrid to a 3-1 win over Manchester City at the Santiago Bernabeu on Wednesday night to seal a place in the Champions League round of 16......CONTINUE READING THE ARTICLE FROM THE SOURCE>>>>>
The defending champions completed the job in style with a comprehensive performance following a 3-2 win at the Etihad Stadium last week.
Pep Guardiola dropped Erling Haaland to the bench, opting to go with the front two of Omar Marmoush, and Savio.
The visitors had no answer to Kylian Mbappe’s threat as he opened the scoring in the fourth minute to stun Guardiola’s men.
The French forward took advantage of poor defending from Man City defenders to produce a superb finish past Ederson.
He added the second goal in the 33rd minute from a Rodrygo pass before cutting inside, sending Gvardiol to the ground and then firing into the bottom corner.
Man City struggled to cope with Real Madrid’s attacking quality while they could not muster anything of note in their own attacking play.
Mbappe produced another top quality finish in the 61st minute, cutting inside to his left foot before unleashing an unstoppable strike into the bottom corner which left Ederson with no chance.
Nico Gonzalez reduced the deficit for Man City with a tap in from Marmoush’s free kick which hit the bar to make it 3-1.
Real Madrid held on to record a 6-3 aggregate win.
It was one of the most complete individual performances in the Champions League, and Real Madrid fans will be delighted that Mbappe has finally arrived after an underwhelming start to life in Spain.
Real Madrid will now take on rivals Atletico Madrid in the round of 16.
PSG recorded a 7-0 win over Brest to book a place in the round of 16 in style after a comfortable 3-0 win in the first leg to make it 10-0 in aggregate.
Dortmund played out a goalless draw against Sporting Lisbon to qualify for the second round with a 3-0 aggregate win.