Cristiano Ronaldo felt something and so he didn’t play.
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Either way, Real have cause to be confident but so does City and it should lead to an intriguing and hopefully exciting second leg at the Bernabeu.
Kompany insists the pressure will be on Real from their fans to go forward and that can leave to gaps appearing at the back for City to capitalise on the counter-attack, as they did in their earlier Euro away games this season.
While French striker Karim Benzema was cleared to take part in the game, the 28 year old had little impact in the first half against Manchester City, after which, he was taken off by Zidane.
FC’s Alison Bender gets the fans’ take on the first-leg draw between Manchester City and Real Madrid at the Etihad Stadium.
– Away from home, Real Madrid have not lost any of their last nine league games (W6 D3), scoring an average of 2.33 goals per game.
“We have such a good record at home in the Champions League so we’re looking forward to it. I’m sure the way we turned it round against Wolfsburg [winning the return 3-0] did make a sound wave across Europe and that’s always good for us”. It was a tough game but I am happy with the result. We tried from the beginning to win – we pressed high – but we were not very creative.
The City captain said: “There about a million more disappointing results and 0-0, if it was an away game for me, I would not feel comfortable”.
“I’m a bit disappointed because in the second half we deserved to win”. It’s hard to play against a strong team who want possession and we did what we could.
Guillem Balague has reacted on Twitter to Manchester City’s draw with Real Madrid.It was supposed to be the meeting of two European super powers – in the end it was one of the most turgid and uninspiring Champions League semifinal contests in recent memory.
Hart was typically bullish, buoyed by two late saves that saw him thwart Casemiro and then, brilliantly, Pepe from point-blank range.
Both teams have fitness concerns ahead of the second leg, but Zidane was upbeat about both Ronaldo, who missed out with a thigh strain, and Karim Benzema, who went off at half-time due to a knee problem.
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“We’ve set it up for a good, old-fashioned rumble at the Bernabeu”, said the England global. The club says Benzema’s recovery “will continue to be assessed, ” but he is likely to miss Saturday’s game at Real Sociedad in the Spanish league.
