Like this they remain the semifinals of the Champions League

Manchester City Y Liverpool they asserted the advantage they brought from the first leg (1-0 for the ‘skyblue’ and 1-3 in the case of the ‘reds’), they left in the gutter Atletico Madrid Y Benfica and will accompany real Madrid already a heroic Villarrealexecutioner of Juventus in the round of 16 and Bayern Munich in quarters, to the semifinals of the Champions League 2021-22.

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those of Pep Guardiola They suffered until the end to end up drawing 0-0 at the Wanda Metropolitano and sneaking for the second consecutive season among the four best teams on the old continent, while those from Anfield signed a vibrant draw (3-3) against Benfica and they will return to the ‘semis’ three years after their last presence, when they ended up raising the orejona in Madrid after beating (0-2) the Tottenham in the end.

Maximum equality City-Real Madrid

The Manchester City you will see the faces with him real Madridwho sweated blood to eliminate the current champion Chelsea, in a duel that will be the third European tie between both teams and the return of Santpedor to the Bernabéu. In 2016, it was the whites who went through to the final in Milan after getting rid of the team led at the time by Manuel Pellegriniwhile in 2020 the City from Guardiola surpassed the Real from Zidane both in the first leg and second leg of the round of 16 (1-2 in Madrid and 2-1 in Manchester) to reach the quarterfinals. In the 2012-13 season, both teams met in the group stage, the Whites winning (3-2) at the Bernabéu and drawing (1-1) at the Etihad.

Emery knocked out Klopp in the Basel final

In the other semi-final, the surprising Villarreal will seek the first final in its history against a Liverpool who has never faced in Champions. ‘Groguets’ and ‘reds’ have only met in the semifinals of the 2015-16 Europa League, being those of Jürgen Klopp who ended up playing -and losing- the Basel final against Sevilla from Unai Emerytoday coach of the Yellow Submarine, by winning 3-0 at Anfield and thus turning around the adverse 1-0 scoreline in Vila-real.