Manchester City vs. Real Madrid: Pep Guardiola manages perfect Champions League display
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The club put together a stunningly impressive 90 minutes in eliminating Real Madrid
Through 25 minutes of Wednesday's Champions League semifinal second leg, Manchester City's heat map was nothing more or less than a giant exclamation mark on the fringes of the Real Madrid penalty area. That just about summed it up really.
It didn't matter that Madrid had given the past, present and future champions of England their toughest test of the season so far eight days ago. Vinicius Junior, Karim Benzema and Luka Modric were irrelevant on this night. This was all about City finally reaching the very apex of their trajectory in the Pep Guardiola era, their best performance of the Abu Dhabi era.
How they have got there is a matter of profound concern for English and European football. That century and change of Premier League charges would immediately dull the profundity of nights like this if City are unable to convince investigators of their innocence. Every great success that this club had in the last 15 years has brought with it ever more questions about the warping power of nation-state wealth applied to give Guardiola everything the best coach in the world could wish for.
