New footage shows Kevin De Bruyne wondergoal shouldn't have been allowed to stand

Man City's thrilling 1-1 draw with Real Madrid has stirred up controversy after post-match footage with the help of 3D technology showed Kevin De Bruyne's equaliser should have been ruled out.

Kevin De Bruyne’s equalising wondergoal against Real Madrid in the Champions League semi-final should have been ruled out, new footage has revealed.

Manchester City bounced back from last year’s devastating Bernabeu defeat to clinch a 1-1 draw in the Spanish capital on Tuesday night. Pep Guardiola’s side had to endure a period of panic after Vinicius Jr scored a screamer nine minutes before the break.

But City were able to grab a goal and take an all-important aggregate draw back to the Etihad next week, thanks to De Bruyne’s stunning strike from range.

The Belgian powered the ball past Thibaut Courtois and into the bottom left-hand corner of the net. But video footage has now emerged showing the ball went off the pitch in the build-up to the goal.

The clip shows City winger Bernardo Silva stretching to keep the ball in play just seconds before De Bruyne’s goal. Yet beIN SPORTS have since confirmed with 3D technology that it had already gone out.

That means City’s goal should not have been allowed to stand, with VAR failing to intervene.

Real Madrid manager Carlo Ancelotti protested to the officials after the goal, earning himself a booking. The Italian said: "The ball was off the pitch. The technology said it. I don't understand why VAR didn't check it. The referee didn't pay attention to many things tonight."

FIFA’s Chief of Global Football Development, Arsene Wenger, has a theory about what went wrong.

Speaking as a pundit on Qatari sports channel beIN, Wenger said: "The VAR normally should check if the goal is regular or not, in a situation like that - they have to intervene. They did not go far enough back to check.

“Or they did not have the potential to check if the ball was out or not. I think it was the second answer because normally VAR cannot check on the sideline, only on the baseline, or goal-line.”