City fail to deliver cutting edge as Madrid’s will to power shines through | Barney Ronay
Holders still played like champions of Europe for long periods but a lack of decisive end product proved their undoingPep Guardiola had talked about the need to suffer before this game. OK then. It’s a deal. This was a gripping, gruelling, sky blue migraine of a football match, one that Manchester City really didn’t deserve to lose, but which somehow always felt like it was slipping from their grasp even during a second half when City seemed to be very slowly, carefully, methodically