Goalkeeper's Error, Lionel Messi Mistakes Spark Heart-Pounding Match!

MANCHESTER, ENGLAND - MARCH 17: Vinicius Junior of Real Madrid celebrates victory after the UEFA Champions League 2025/26 Round of 16 Second Leg match between Manchester City FC and Real Madrid CF at City of Manchester Stadium on March 17, 2026 in Manchester, United Kingdom. (Photo by Simon Stacpoole/Offside/Offside via Getty Images) | Offside via Getty Images Real Madrid booked their ticket to the UEFA Champions League quarter-finals by securing a 2-1 win on the night in northern England against Manchester City to wrap up a 5-1 aggregate win. Vinícius Júnior scored both goals, a penalty and a late tap in, either side of an Erling Haaland finish from close range shortly before half-time.

Three answers 1. Would Real Madrid make it 36 times in a row progressing from a 3-0 first leg lead? Heading into this tie, Real Madrid had won the first leg of a two-legged knockout stage tie by three or more goals on 36 occasions in major European competition, and they protected their record of never yet being eliminated.

Álvaro Arbeloa also became the first Real Madrid coach to win all four of his first four knock-out ties in the UEFA Champions League, and Real Madrid’s morale was soaring. Here, Los Blancos didn’t just get the job done and escape intact, but they once again dismantled Pep Guardiola’s team and looked the superior side, albeit aided by the man advantage after Bernardo Silva was sent off for a clear handball in the first half. The tie was settled in Madrid, but this second leg victory, and the level of performance which earned it, is what will truly make Madridistas believe that the trophy could return to the Bernabéu from Budapest.

2. Would Fran García take his chance? With Álvaro Carreras unfit to start, Fran García was set to come in for the only change to the side from the first leg with Ferland Mendy also ruled out.