‘20: Oh my word, City have been pushing so much and been so elegant but it’s Real who have the opener!

A long ball forward by Courtois lands in Valverde’s path; he takes a lovely touch to round O’Reilly and Donnarumma makes a hash of things, running out and slipping, allowing Valverde ages of time to run wide and slot a cool, low strike into the back of the net.

‘16: Semenyo finds a pocket of space but slips in the centre of the box! Very unfortunate. Tottenham came a cropper several times on a slippery pitch elsewhere in Madrid last night.

‘16: Doku beats Alexander-Arnold with a pacy run down the left flank and a neat little stepover but Valverde hustles back to block his attempted cross. City have a corner…

‘13: It’s been a good start by City although Real have had the biggest actual chance so far.

Now O’Reilly sends in a cross for Doku, who has been the danger man so far, but Courtois gets a thumb to it and averts the danger.

So Guardiola is playing wingers. It is a 4-2-3-1 with Semenyo as a 10. Real have no out-and-out striker.

‘9: Doku is next to drill one across Courtois’ goal but Haaland is out of position when he really should poke it home!

End-to-end and Donnarumma gets down low to save from Brahim Diaz!

‘7: City on the counter! It’s the big man Haaland driving down the centre, Semenyo is up there too but Huijsen sends Haaland sprawling.

City nab it back though and it’s an old nemesis in Alexander-Arnold who does very well to float across and defend against the Norwegian.

Courtois saves from Semenyo; City have been probing in these early stages.

‘4: The field opens up for City and it’s Doku who weaves down the right flank; he’s got space to let one fly but dithers and Real get numbers back in time to smother that.

‘2: Guardiola has picked a very attacking line-up and this does look a prime opportunity for City to get one over a team who have dumped them out several times in recent seasons.

Real are having some early possession and win the first free-kick as Tchouameni is brought down in the middle of the park.