Antonio Rudiger, a defender for Real Madrid, asserted that Manchester City 'were not scary' in their Tuesday Champions League semifinal first leg.
After the break, Kevin De Bruyne equalized Vinicius Junior's first-half goal with a strike of comparable quality, but replays indicate the goal shouldn't have counted because the ball left the field earlier in the play.
Before Vinicius broke the scoreless tie, Man City controlled the majority of the first half. Meanwhile, Pep Guardiola's team faced challenges in the second half before scoring their own miraculous goal.
Erling Haaland had been assigned to Rudiger, who used his well-known wind-up techniques to keep the Norwegian striker quiet for the majority of the evening.
Rudiger claimed in a post-game interview with beIN Sports that Real Madrid not only did enough to win the game but also performed an exceptional job of neutralizing Man City's key threats.
It's not an issue; the match is still on, and we can travel to Manchester with confidence, Rudiger said. "They got the goal quite late so we feel like we could have had more," Rudiger said.
When all was said and done, they posed no threat. We anticipated this would happen, but despite their wealth of possessions, they posed no threat. The aim is for De Bruyne to produce quality.
Rudiger was then questioned about his level of confidence going into the second leg at the Etihad Stadium on Wednesday.
He only responded, "We are Real Madrid, and we are always confident."
Given that new photos indicate the hosts should have been awarded a throw-in during the previous phase of play, Kevin De Bruyne was fortunate that his incredible equalizer for Manchester City in their 1-1 draw at Real Madrid stood.
Vinicius Junior's spectacular goal gave Los Blancos the lead in the first leg of their Champions League semifinal after they withstood an early City storm.
Antonio Rudiger criticized Manchester City's performance against Real Madrid by saying, "City not dangerous
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