The boss of the premier league giants whipped the current laliga crowned champions at the ethihad stadium in the champions league semi final before sailing to bernabeu and still took an early lead against the host.
The visitors celebration to their half way victory didn't last as the host responded immediately through Benzema assist to Rodriguez who converted it immediately to put them back into the competition before completing his hartrick later to seal the competition.
The premier league champions boss has never had an easy relationship with the Real Madrid fanbase due to his Barcelona connections and comments about the club were not forgotten
Rodrygo Goes netted twice in the final minute of the match for the Spanish giants as Pep Guardiola’s side capitulated in the closing stages to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory. Karim Benzema’s penalty in extra-time sealed the progress for the Spanish giants after City had led 5-3 on aggregate going into the final minute of regulation time.
It was an encounter that left Madrid boss Carlo Ancelotti – so often calm, cool and collected – clearly emotional on the sidelines as his side continued their remarkable run in the competition. Having defeated Paris Saint-Germain and Chelsea earlier in the knockout stages, his team have had to reach the final with arguably the toughest possible path.
Pep Guardiola's Champions League 'curse' as prized trophy again eludes Man City boss
Real Madrid won their 35th La Liga title and the celebrations went long into the evening in the Spanish capital as the players and management of Los Blancos savoured the triumph with their fanbase before attentions immediately turned to this game and their pursuit of a fifth Champions League crown in nine seasons.
The laliga heavyweight champions have been victories in laliga last two of the laliga titles and are now aiming to win their fifth Champions League title since 2014 – a remarkable run – and their 14 th title in the competition’s history. Madrid have, by a distance, been the most successful team on the European stage in the past decade.
Yet back in 2019, City boss Guardiola – who of course is a playing and coaching legend at Madrid’s El Clasico rivals Barcelona – did not mention Los Blancos when naming his best sides of the past decade. The Catalan chose three European teams as being the best on the continent, but overlooked the side from the Spanish capital – who had won four Champions League titles in the previous five years at the time.
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