Champions League Debrief: Man City rocked by Real Madrid comeback

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🗓️ 12 February 2025

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

Having been 2-1 up with 10 minutes to go, Manchester City are left to rue conceding late goals in a 3-2 at home to Real Madrid in the first leg of their Champions League play-off tie.

Kelly Cates presents reaction to Tuesday night's action, with football correspondent John Murray alongside Chris Waddle at the Etihad Stadium.

Andros Townsend and Spanish football journalist Manuel Sanchez also join the podcast to provide their insight, while football reporter John Bennett looks at the results elsewhere in Europe.

You can also hear the post-match thoughts of Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola and Real Madrid manager Carlo Ancelotti.

Finally, in the evening's other big story, John Acres is at Exeter City, where Premier League side Nottingham Forest survived an FA Cup scare and beat the League One team on penalties after an entertaining 2-2 draw.

TIMECODES: 00:32 - Manchester City 2-3 Real Madrid 06:10 - Pep Guardiola 07:24 - Manuel Sanchez 14:02 - Carlo Ancelotti 23:30 - Other Champions League games 24:43 - Nottingham Forest's FA Cup win over Exeter City on penalties

BBC Sounds / 5 Live commentaries this week:

Wed 12 Feb - 20:00 - Celtic vs Bayern Munich in the UEFA Champions League on 5 Live Sat 15 Feb - 15:00 - Manchester City v Newcastle United in the Premier League Sat 15 Feb - 17:30 - Crystal Palace v Everton in the Premier League Sun 16 Feb - 12:15 - Arsenal v Tottenham Hotspur in the Women's Super League on 5 Sports Extra Sun 16 Feb - 14:00 - Liverpool v Wolves in the Premier League on 5 Live Sun 16 Feb - 16:30 - Tottenham Hotspur v Manchester United in the Premier League on 5 Live Tue 18 Feb - 20:00 - Bayern Munich v Celtic in the UEFA Champions League on 5 Live

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0:32.6	music, radio, podcasts.
0:35.6	On the Football
0:36.8	Daily Podcasts, the Champions League debrief.
0:40.2	With Kelly Kitts.
0:41.5	Listen on BBC Sounds.
0:43.8	Manchester City's Champions League hopes hang in the balance.
0:47.6	It finished 3-2 to Real Madrid in the first leg of their playoff.
0:50.9	Another great game between these two sides at the Ettyhead
0:54.4	for us. Chris Waddle alongside our correspondent John Murray and John City had it within their
1:00.0	grasp twice in this game. Yes, not for the first time in this shock season of underperformance.
1:07.0	Manchester City are staring at an early exit from the Champions League and it is another agonising
1:12.2	story of a late collapse for them. Manchester City led twice on the night. They were two one up
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