Kevin De Bruyne insists last year’s comeback defeat to Real Madrid will have no bearing on this season’s Champions League semi-final bout.
A last-gasp double from Rodrygo before Karim Benzema’s penalty in extra time saw Los Blancos stage an astonishing turnaround to sink the Blues, who also lost the 2021 final to Chelsea.
City meet Madrid in the last four for a second consecutive campaign as both try to reach Istanbul. City’s absence of lethal finishing in the second match last term prompted many to call for a clinical summer acquisition, which came in Erling Haaland.
