Real Madrid played its role in a classic of the Champions League while they were beaten 4-3 by Manchester City in the first leg of their semi-final.
The 13 winners had done the hard way in their victories on PSG and Chelsea during the previous towers.
And they were forced to fight again from behind after City stormed an advance of 2-0 at the Etihad stadium.
Kevin de Bruyne led the city in front after 93 seconds, before Gabriel Jesus doubled the advantage of the favorites of the title over 11 minutes.
Karim Benzema came back real in the running before half-time, but City restored his advance of two goals via Phil Foden.
Vinicius Junior then dribbled half the length of the field to mark the second.
Bernardo Silva became the sixth player to climb on the match sheet, before Benzema finished the scoring in the hectic first step in the penalty point.
These two teams will compete in the return match in Madrid next Wednesday.
But before we pay our attention to this game, we evaluated the performances of Real players in Manchester.