Erling Haaland scored his thirty fourth purpose for membership and nation this season as Manchester Metropolis got here from behind to take a first-half lead in opposition to Real Madrid on the Bernabeu.
Haaland blasted house a forty third minute penalty for Pep Guardiola’s facet after Nico O’Reilly had equalised following Rodrygo’s opener.
Los Blancos’ Brazilian ahead had ended a 32-game purpose drought – a membership document – to provide under-pressure Xabi Alonso’s males the benefit after 28 minutes.
After a flowing transfer from the hosts, Jude Bellingham discovered Rodrygo on the sting of the field and the 24-year-old, whose future within the Spanish capital has lengthy been the topic of a lot debate, beat O’Reilly together with his first contact earlier than firing previous Gianluigi Donnarumma.
Alonso’s crew had been hoping to enhance on a latest run of simply two wins from seven matches in all competitions. Nevertheless, they had been pegged again minutes after going forward when O’Reilly prodded in from point-blank vary after Thibaut Courtois might solely parry Josko Gvardiol’s header from a nook.
Then, shortly earlier than the break, Haaland was wrestled to the bottom by Antonio Rudiger, leaving the referee with little choice however to award the spok-kick after a fast VAR evaluation.
The Norwegian picked himself as much as ship Courtois the unsuitable method and full the Metropolis comeback.
A victory for Metropolis would see them transfer into the highest 4 of the 36-team desk, whereas Actual could possibly be at risk of dropping out of the eight computerized qualification spots.
