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Manchester City fans were not best pleased with one particular player during their 3-2 defeat against Real Madrid in the Champions League play-off first leg at the Etihad on Tuesday.

City went ahead thanks to a smart finish from Erling Haaland on 19 minutes, which was the only goal of the first half of proceedings in what was a nail-biting match.

 

Kylian Mbappรฉ levelled the scores on the hour mark with an acrobatic volley past Cityโ€™s goalkeeper Ederson.

 

However, the home side went ahead 20 minutes later when Phil Foden was fouled by Dani Ceballos in the penalty area.

 

Haaland, 24, finished the ensuing spot-kick with aplomb to give his side a 2-1 advantage.

 

And it looked likely to be the Premier League sideโ€™s evening before in typical Real Madrid fashion, they hit back through Brahim Diaz on 86 minutes.

 

Pep Guardiola could hardly believe what he was seeing in second-half stoppage time when Jude Bellingham latched onto Vinicius Jrโ€™s lob over the advancing Ederson before the England international tapped home from close range.

 

But, throughout the game, City fans highlighted one player who many believe had a poor game and was partly at fault for Madridโ€™s winning goal.