Manchester City vs Real Madrid LIVE: Champions League result and reaction as visitors snatch late win

“I think we played a good game. We didn’t deserve to be down in the game. We were really dangerous, we defended well. At the end of the day, the victory is deserved. It’s only the first half of the knockout [tie], though.

“It was character and personality. We had a good block defensively, which is not usual for us. Tonight we were able to do this.

“In this moment, Manchester City don’t have a lot of confidence. But they are still a really good team and played a really good game. We have to stay calm - anything can happen at the Bernabeu.

“Again, a few games after the Arsenal one, I don’t know how to put it into words straight away. It’s so raw and frustrating for everyone. We were right in the game until so late on, and then two situations happen and we end up conceding. It’s frustrating as a defender to come away with that result. Angry and frustrated is what I can say.

“Honestly, I haven’t got the answer. We need to see games out better, that’s for sure. The manager has said to us that we need to take accountability for what we do on the pitch, and I think we do. These bad moments happen in games. We had a great opportunity to go to the Bernabeu 2-1 up, and we go now needing a goal to level when we get there. We need to stay positives and, as the manager says, hold ourselves accountable.

“I think how we started the game, we were right on top. We know the quality that Madrid have got. What happened is avoidable from us as the eleven on the pitch. We’ve got to do better, it’s as simple as that. We have to keep a positive mentality and look forward. We’ve got another 90 minutes to put things right.”

“It was a weird one. We played some of our best football of the season and managed to find ourselves behind in the game. It’s always really tricky to play against Manchester City, but in the end we managed to take one of the many chances.

“It’s not just a technical and tactical battle, it’s a psychological one as well. It was really good that we managed ourselves throughout the game on that front.

“I just kept running, really, on the off chance that Vini might put it wide, which rarely happens. Our performance deserved the win. Two of the four defenders were midfielders. It’s really difficult to adapt to that position, and I think Tchouameni did really well. Credit to all four of them.”

Until those two late goals, it had been an encouraging night for Pep Guardiola, his side looking pretty good and on course for a lead in the tie. Their pressing did drop off, slightly, but those final few minutes felt entirely psychological, this campaign clearly having shaken their security significantly.

Add another chapter to the book of Real Madrid Champions League comebacks. Two late goals at the Etihad snatch a first-leg advantage in this huge play-off encounter - and it’s a familiar tale for Manchester City, too, imploding again in this strange season.

How do they do it? Real Madrid snatch victory from the jaws of defeat?

Another Manchester City capitulation in this wretched season! Rico Lewis is beaten to a bouncing ball by Vinicius Jr, while Ederson kippers himself by charging out of his box. Vinicius lifts it over his Brazil teammate and gives Jude Bellingham something to hare after, with the midfielder showing his turn of speed to tap it home into the empty net.

Kylian Mbappe won’t last the course. He’s off in the final moments.

Three more minutes to come. Is there time for a winner?