An incredibly dynamic City awaits... Semenyo, Doku, and Savinho is certainly a surprise from Guardiola, who appears to be favouring dynamism and instilling primal fear against Real Madrid's defensive unit.

Federico Valverde's brilliant first-half hat-trick secured Real Madrid a stunning 3-0 victory over Manchester City, who have a mountain to climb to reach the Champions League quarter-finals.

Valverde opened the scoring in the 20th minute for Madrid, before adding to his tally seven minutes later.

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Pep Guardiola admitted Manchester City’s hopes of progressing to the Champions League quarter-finals are distant after a 3-0 defeat in their last‑16 first leg at Real Madrid.

Federico Valverde stepped up and claimed a superb 22-minute first-half hat-trick – thereby scoring in that time as many goals as he has done in his previous 75 Champions League games.