In three home matches of the playoffs of the tournament, the Citizens scored 14 goals without conceding a single one.
On May 17, in the second leg of the 1/2 finals of the Champions League, Manchester City smashed Real Madrid (4: 0) at home, having issued their second exit in three seasons to the final of the most prestigious club tournament in Europe. Sport Arena has collected 10 facts proving the greatness of the Citizens and their mentor Pep Guardiola.
First Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola has been the manager who knocked Real Madrid out of the Champions League three times. With him at the head in the 2010/2011 season, Barcelona dealt with the Creamy, and now the Royal Club has passed Man City twice in the tournament (for the first time in the 2019/2020 season).
First the coach in history who won the treble with two different teams could be Pep Guardiola. He leads Manchester City in the Premier League and reached the finals of the Cup of the country and the Champions League. Previously, the specialist managed to win three of the most important trophies in one season in 2009, being a Barcelona coach.
First in the current Champions League, Real Madrid left the field without scoring goals. Prior to that, only in three of the 11 previous matches Creamy scored less than two goals.
In the fourth once played in the Champions League final as head coach of Pep Guardiola. Previously, the Spanish specialist won the tournament twice with Barcelona (2009 and 2011) and lost once with Manchester City (2021).
Fifth The English club that has reached the Champions League final more than once is Manchester City. The townspeople, we recall, previously played in the final of the tournament in the 2020/2021 season. The most frequently played English team in the Cup/Champions League decider is Liverpool – 10 times, with five appearances in the final for Manchester United, three for Chelsea, two for Nottingham Forest.
14 goals in three home matches of the current stage of the play-offs of the Champions League, Manchester City scored without conceding a single goal in these matches. The townspeople defeated Leipzig at home in the 1/8 finals – 7:0, in the quarterfinals – Bayern (3:0), in the semifinals – Real (4:0).
21 matches with a difference of three or more goals, Manchester City won this season. This is the best indicator in Europe.
26 matches unbeaten by Manchester City at home in the Champions League. The last time the Citizens lost at the Etihad was in September 2018, losing to Lyon. Manchester City have won 24 matches out of 26.
160 matches it took Pep Guardiola to reach 100 victories as a coach. This is a new tournament record. The previous one – 100 wins in 180 matches – belonged to the current Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti.
170 months have not lost to Real Madrid in the Champions League with a score of 0:4 or more. The last time Creamy received four goals in the most prestigious club tournament in Europe was in the away match of the 1/8 finals of the 2008/2009 season, losing at Anfield to Liverpool (0:4). In total, Real Madrid lost only the fifth time in history a Champions League match with a difference of at least four goals. In addition to the defeats to Man City and Liverpool, Creamy were heavily inferior to Milan (0:5), Hamburg (1:5) and Benfica (1:5).
Source: Sportarena
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