The two potential champions of the Premier League and LaLiga had the opportunity to rewrite their story in a super clash of the first leg of the Champions League semi-finals at the Etihad Stadium.

The Los Blancos shared a great degree of history winning the tournament 13 times and standing in for their 30th semi-finals while the Citizens who lost last season’s finals to Chelsea had appeared 11 times in a row and have gone 3 conservative semi-finals.

Recall that Carlos Ancelotti who is on the verge of winning the titles in five different major leagues in Europe has won the tournament 3 times both as a player and as a coach as such the 7th title wouldn’t be bad for a manager who is regarded as mister Champions League. Moreover, Kareem Benzema is in the best form of his career taking two or three moments to punish his opponent, and also a touch of a masterpiece at the midfield with Luka Modric, and his likes are second to none.

However, Pep Guardiola’s pedigree can not be swept under the carpet, the Spaniard has over the years mastered the tournament therefore, his class has been nothing but a top-notch, a little wonder he is regarded as a technician. He had ask his team to keep it simple and play their normal style of football and that was what they brought to the table. Though Kyle Walker and Joao Cancelo were out due to injury and suspension respectively, Ruben Diaz who just returned from injury was able to do the job at the center back.

Here are 3 lessons learned from the match

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