PLAYER RATINGS FROM CHAMPIONS LEAGUE SEMI-FINAL BLOCKBUSTER

REAL MADRID PLAYER RATINGS FROM MAN CITY 4-3 REAL MADRID

-Shiven Roy

-Editor: Mitansh Kagalwala

Photo Via: www.cbssports.com



Real Madrid took on Manchester City at the Etihad in a thrilling clash that ended 4-3 despite the hosts dominating most of the game and having a number of chances to increase their lead. The clash was the epitome of exciting, attacking football.

Here's what we made of Real's performance on the night:

Thibaut Courtois (6/10): The Belgian conceded four goals, but could not really blamed for any of them, except perhaps for the fourth, where Courtois was caught napping by Bernardo Silva’s ferocious strike.

Ferland Mendy (5.5/10): Mendy made quite a few errors at the back and was beaten a number of times by City’s strong attack. He did, however, provide the assist for Benzema’s opener.

David Alaba(5/10): David Alaba was playing injured which probably led to his poor performance in the game. A mistake by him cost Madrid a second goal within 11 minutes. He was substituted off.

Eder Militao (5/10): Militao struggled against City’s fluid attacking trio. The constant attacks left him and the defence confused and his performance was poor.

Dani Carvajal (5/10): The Spaniard didn’t have hold of his flank and was struggling as he was overloaded on his flank without much support.

Toni Kroos(6/10): Toni Kroos did not have a strong defensive performance either. He seemed tired towards the latter half of the game. He could not put up his regular performance in this game.

Luka Modric(7/10): One of Madrid’s better players of the night, Luka Modric took some time to pick up momentum, but once he did, his game looked very progressive and some of his passes were commendable. A decent night for the Croatian.

Fede Valverde (6.5/10): After taking some time to catch rhythm, Valverde had a decent game and showed intent while playing on the wing. He made a few good passes as well.

Rodrygo Goes (5/10): Rodrygo found it hard to adapt during this game. He wasn’t quite effective in the attack but did play deep at times to help in defence.

Vinicius Jr.(7.5/10): Vinicius played with intent and found the back of the net in what was a brilliant goal. The Brazilian showed great pace and skill to trouble Fernandinho down the Madrid’s left flank.

Karim Benzema( 8/10): Although he struggled initially, Benzema scored a great first goal, giving his team hope. The Frenchman then kept calm in the dying minutes to Panenka a penalty to bring the gap down to one and keep Madrid in the game.

 

Substitutes:

Nacho (5/10): Nacho struggled to defend well in this game and found it hard to adapt.

Camavinga (6/10): Camavinga played well, with intent and positive attacking.

Dani Ceballos (6/10): He brought in a pair of fresh legs which helped in the pace of Madrid’s overall game.

Marco Asensio(N/A). 



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