Erling Braut Haaland 41' · Vinícius Jr. 22' (pen), Vinícius Jr. 90+3'
2025/26 · Champions League · Round of 16 - Leg 1
Real Madrid 3–0 Manchester City
Match summary
Real Madrid beat Manchester City 3–0 at Santiago Bernabéu on 11 March 2026 in Champions League round of 16 - leg 1 in front of 76,066 spectators. Valverde 20', Valverde 27' and Valverde 42' scored for Real Madrid.
It was Real Madrid's 9th win in 19 meetings between the clubs (9 wins, 4 draws, 6 defeats for Real Madrid). Real Madrid have won the last 2 meetings. Real Madrid went into the game with a recent run of W L W L W. Real Madrid finished that season 9th, Manchester City 8th in Champions League.
Line-ups
- Real Madrid · Substitutes
- 20Fran García↑ 45'
- 6Eduardo Camavinga↑ 70'
- 37Manuel Ángel↑ 76'
- 30Franco Mastantuono↑ 76'
- 2Dani Carvajal↑ 83'
- 17Raúl Asencio
- 28Jorge Cestero
- 38César Palacios
- 26Fran González
- 13Andriy Lunin
- 16Gonzalo García
- 27Diego Aguado
- Manchester City · Substitutes
- 4Tijjani Reijnders↑ 45'
- 10Rayan Cherki↑ 69'
- 21Rayan Aït-Nouri↑ 70'
- 7Omar Marmoush↑ 82'
- 68Max Alleyne
- 14Nico González
- 27Matheus Nunes
- 6Nathan Aké
- 5John Stones
- 13Marcus Bettinelli
- 1James Trafford
- 47Phil Foden
Match events
- 20'GoalValverde
- 27'GoalValverde
- 42'GoalValverde
- 57'Yellow cardGianluigi Donnarumma
- 58'Penalty missedVinícius Jr.
- 82'Yellow cardRayan Aït-Nouri
Real Madrid v Manchester City: head-to-head
All 19 meetings- 19Meetings
- 9Real Madrid wins
- 4Draws
- 6Manchester City wins
Previous meetings
Rodrygo 27' · Nico O'Reilly 35', Erling Braut Haaland 43' (pen)
Mbappé 3', Mbappé 32' · Nico González 90'