This Tuesday, April 9, the Santiago Bernabeu once again put on its ceremonial clothes for a new Champions League evening. In the quarter-final first leg, the Merengue hosted Manchester City in the clash between the last two winners of the competition. We therefore inevitably expected a bitter fight between two teams who have crossed swords during the last two seasons, in the semi-final, with a victory for each. And the least we can say is that we were not disappointed.

In this exceptional duel, a stroke of genius from Bernardo Silva in the 2nd ^minute put Manchester City in front. But, as is often the case, Real Madrid reversed the situation in two minutes thanks to Camavinga (12th ⁾ and Rodrygo (14th ⁾ . The Madrilenians took the lead at the break in this clash of the titans.

In the second half, it was Manchester City’s turn to make a comeback. Phil Foden clears Lunin’s top corner (66th ⁾ , then Gvardiol (70th ⁾ gives the reigning champions the lead. But Real Madrid is not a team to give up. Federico Valverde, served by Vinicius, offers a superb volley and puts the teams back on level terms (3-3, 79th ⁾ . The two teams part with this score of 3-3. See you on Wednesday April 17 for the return to England.

Arsenal-Bayern, another prolific clash

Arsenal remained on 3 defeats in a row at 5-1 against Bayern. For this quarter-final first leg, the Gunners are quickly in orbit thanks to their nugget Bukayo Saka (12th ⁾ . However, the Munich residents are catching up thanks to Gnabry (12th ⁾ and Harry Kane (32nd ^, sp).

In the second half, Arsenal attacked the Bavarian goal to equalize. And it was done in the 76th ^minute thanks to Leandro Trossard. There will be no other goal in this meeting. This first evening of the quarter-finals will have provided an lesson: all teams can qualify between Real Madrid, Manchester City, Arsenal and Bayern Munich. Looking forward to the second evening of this Wednesday!