It took just four minutes for the home side to consolidate their lead when Raul Asencio passed the ball long over the line to Mbappe, who deftly chipped it over goalkeeper Ederson to open the scoring. The goal was largely down to centre-back Ruben Dias, the Portuguese player who had just returned from injury, who could not keep up with Mbappe despite the Real Madrid striker’s charge.

The home side’s early goal saw Man City’s hopes of progressing plummet as the aggregate score was extended to 4-2. The visitors continued to be at a disadvantage when defender John Stones left the pitch in the eighth minute due to injury, forcing coach Pep Guardiola to bring in Nathan Ake, who had just recovered from injury.