Manchester City piled the pressure on Real Madrid boss Xabi Alonso with a 2-1 win on Wednesday in the UEFA Champions League .

Speculation about Alonso's future dominated the build-up to the game, and there was no respite for the former Spain midfielder as City came back from a goal down to win at the Santiago Bernabéu. After Real Madrid saw an early penalty overturned by VAR, Rodrygo opened the scoring in the 28th minute when the Brazilian finished off a well-worked move which began deep in the home side's half.

But City recovered from a slow start to score twice in eight minutes at the end of the first half.

First, Nico O'Reilly tapped in from close range after Thibaut Courtois slipped Josko Gvardiol 's header from a corner. And then referee Clement Turpin was back at

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