Real Madrid beat Manchester City to reach Champions League Final. The game ended Read Madrid 3 – 1 Manchester City. This is something everyone did not expect but it happened and Manchester city is out of Champions League. Read Madrid goals came from Rodrygo (90′ minutes, 90’+1 minutes), Benzema (95′ minutes pen) and the only goal for cManchesterity came from Mahrez (73′ minutes).
UEFA Champions League Fianl 28, May 2022 21:00 South African Time
Venue : Stade De France
Teams : Liverpool vs Manchester City
“They should already be writing Karim Benzema‘s name on the next Ballon d’Or,” Ferdinand said on BT Sport.
“This is the business end and he keeps scoring,” Ferdinand said of Benzema.
“He’s taken Real Madrid top of the league [in LaLiga Santander]. They are flying and he is the talisman.
“When Cristiano Ronaldo was there, he had the humility to sit in the background because he knew what the team needed, but now he’s come out of the shadows.
“They should already be writing Karim Benzema‘s name on the next Ballon d’Or,” Ferdinand said on BT Sport.
Real Madrid’s talisman
“He’s 34 and he’s the best No.9 in the world. He’s on another level.
“He has goals, assists, link-up play, he can slow the game down…”
Win probability 90 Minutes : Liverpool 50% Draw 25% Madrid win 25%
Mohamed Salah wanted to play Madrid on the final
Salah explained after the game in Villarreal: “I want to play Madrid, I have to be honest. City is a really tough team, we played against them a few times this season. I think personally, I would prefer Madrid. We lost in the final to them so I want to play against them and hopefully win it.”
champions league top scorers 2022 list
| Rank | Player | Team | Goals (PKs) | Assists | Matches | Mins |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Karim Benzema | Real Madrid | 15 (3) | 1 | 11 | 1016 |
| 2. | Robert Lewandowski | Bayern Munich | 13 (3) | 3 | 10 | 876 |
| 3. | Sebastien Haller | Ajax | 11 (1) | 1 | 8 | 668 |
| 4. | Mohamed Salah | Liverpool | 8 (1) | 2 | 12 | 918 |
| 5. | Riyad Mahrez | Man City | 7 (2) | 2 | 12 | 986 |
| Christopher Nkunku | RB Leipzig | 7 | 0 | 6 | 531 | |
| 7. | Leroy Sane | Bayern Munich | 6 | 6 | 10 | 798 |
| Kylian Mbappe | PSG | 6 | 4 | 8 | 673 | |
| Arnaut Danjuma | Villarreal CF | 6 (1) | 2 | 11 | 906 | |
| Cristiano Ronaldo | Man United | 6 | 0 | 7 | 611 | |
| Darwin Nunez | Benfica | 6 (1) | 0 | 10 | 614 | |
| 12. | Rodrygo | Real Madrid | 5 | 2 | 10 | 504 |
| Sadio Mane | Liverpool | 5 | 1 | 12 | 732 | |
| Roberto Firmino | Liverpool | 5 | 0 | 6 | 310 | |
| Lionel Messi | PSG | 5 (2) | 0 | 7 | 630 | |
| 16. | Thomas Muller | Bayern Munich | 4 | 3 | 10 | 778 |
| Timo Werner | Chelsea | 4 | 2 | 5 | 246 | |
| Pedro Goncalves | Sporting CP | 4 (1) | 2 | 5 | 329 | |
| Antoine Griezmann | Atletico Madrid | 4 | 2 | 9 | 518 | |
| Gabriel Jesus | Man City | 4 | 1 | 8 | 352 | |
| Luis Diaz | Liverpool/ Porto | 4 | 1 | 12 | 843 |
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