L’Equipe Marca Sport Spanish Newspaper Player Ratings Manchester City vs Real Madrid 4-0 UCL Second Leg May 2023

Here is a look at the player ratings from the big Spanish and European newspapers (L’Equipe, Diario Sport, Marca, ABC) for Man City v Real Madrid following the second leg of their Champions League semi-final on May 17, 2023.

L’Equipe player ratings City 4-0 Real Madrid Champions League

Thibault Courtois’ magnificent saves to deny Erling Haaland gets him a 7/10, but the rest of the Real Madrid players get 3 or 4/10 in French paper L’Equipe’s player ratings.

On the City side, the highest player ratings (8/10) went to the troika of Walker, Gundogan and Bernardo Silva. Haaland gets the lowest rating among City’s players with a 5/10.

Man City Real Madrid 4-0 L'equipe Player Ratings 2023

Marca player ratings Man City 4 Real Madrid 0 CL

Only Courtois, Alaba and Kroos among the Real Madrid starters got a player rating from Spanish paper Marca- the rest weren’t deemed worthy of a rating!

Man City vs Real Madrid Champions League Player Ratings Marca 2023

Read more

xG Man City 4-0 Real Madrid 17 May Champions League 2023 Haaland chances | Expected Goals Stats MCI vs RMA

Click here for xG statistics for Man City Inter Champions League Final June 2023

Here is a look at the xG (expected goals) stats from Man City v Real Madrid (Attendance 52,313 in the second leg of their UCL semifinal on 17 May, 2023). A stunning win for City, and one that powered them into the final at the expense of defending champions Real.

Real Madrid had only one shot in the entire first half, and that was a Kroos long ranger (xG 0.03). They improved a bit after the interval, but as you can see, this was a very comfortable win on xG for Pep Guardiola’s City.

xG Man City 2.57-0.54 Real Madrid shots map (Actual score MCI 4-0 RMA)

1-0 Bernardo Silva first goal vs Real Madrid xG 0.09
2-0 Bernardo Silva second goal vs Real Madrid xG 0.12
3-0 Akanji goal vs Real Madrid xG 0.07 (earlier given as a Militao own goal)
4-0 Alvarez goal vs Real Madrid xG 0.60

Apart from these goals, Erling Haaland had three very good chances against Real Madrid, but was denied by Courtois.

13th minute Haaland first header chance vs Real Madrid xG 0.50 (denied by Courtois)
21st minute Haaland second header chance vs Real Madrid xG 0.20 (saved by Courtois)
73rd minute Haaland chance vs Real Madrid xG 0.46 (saved by Courtois)

Real Madrid’s only real chance on xG went to Ceballos in the 83rd minute (xG 0.20), but his shot was saved by Ederson.

xG Man City 4-0 Real Madrid 2023 Champions League

Man City vs Real Madrid 4-0 Match Stats for comparison

(MCFC stats on left; RMA stats on right)

Read more

xG Inter vs AC Milan May 16 2023 Champions League Attendance 75,567 | Expected Goals INT 1-0 ACM UCL Semifinal Second Leg

Click here for expected goals stats from Man City v Real Madrid (other UCL SF second leg May 17 2023)

Here is a look at the xG (expected goals) stats from Inter vs AC Milan (Attendance 75,567 at the San Siro on 16 May, 2023 in the Champions League semi final second leg). Inter edged this game 1-0 to win the tie 3-0 on aggregate.

Only five shots in the entire game for Milan, and only one of those shots came in the second half.

xG Inter 0.89-0.38 AC Milan shots map (Actual score INT 1-0 ACM)

1-0 Lautaro Martinez goal vs AC Milan xG 0.09

Milan’s best chance in the game went to Brahim Diaz in the 11th minute (xG 0.17). The other notable chance for them was Rafael Leao in the 38th minute.

xG Inter vs AC Milan Champions League 2023

Internazionale vs AC Milan 2023 UCL Second Leg Match Stats for comparison

(Inter on left; Milan on right)

Read more