Man City Star Eyes Revenge Against Real Madrid in Champions League Semi Final

• Manchester City defender Aymeric Laporte is relishing playing Real Madrid again in the UEFA Champions League
• Both clubs are set to meet in the Champions League semi-final for the second consecutive season
• Manchester City are bidding to win the Champions League for the first time in the club’s history

Manchester City defender Aymeric Laporte has still not gotten over the hurt of losing to Real Madrid in last season’s UEFA Champions League semi-final.

The Citizens were shockingly dumped out of Europe’s most prestigious club competition despite having a two-goal advantage towards the 90th minute of the return leg at the Santiago Bernabeu.

According to Madrid Universal, Laporte has now revealed that he will be eyeing to revenge last season’s loss when both teams meet again in this season’s semi-final.

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“In the Champions League, we face another big team in Real Madrid, and we will try to get our revenge from last year.”

Real Madrid will host Manchester City in the first leg of the Champions League semi-final on Wednesday on Tuesday, May 9, with the return leg scheduled for the Etihad Stadium a week later.

Rodrygo scared of Man City threat

Meanwhile, Real Madrid star Rodrygo has admitted that facing Manchester City and striker Erling Haaland in the Champions League semi-final is a scary prospect, Manchester Evening News reports.

Rodrygo believes Haaland might be the difference maker when both teams meet next Wednesday in Spain but hopes the Norwegian forward fails to score against Real Madrid.

Haaland broke the goalscoring record for a single Premier League season as he bagged his 35th strike of the season in Wednesday's win over West Ham and will again be the focal point of Man City’s attack at the Santiago Bernabeu.

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Ancelotti ordered to end losing spell

Earlier, Sports Brief reported Real Madrid’s recent loss is beginning to give the club’s hierarchy a cause for concern, following President Florentino Perez’s reported emergency meeting with Carlo Ancelotti.

Los Blancos lost their seventh La Liga game this season after they were taken to the cleaners by Real Sociedad, during their 2-0 loss at the Reale Seguros Stadium on Tuesday.

Ancelotti has been ordered to stop the ugly trend of losses ahead of Real Madrid’s crucial matches in the Copa del Rey and the UEFA Champions League.