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Jesus, De Bruyne give Man City comeback win at Real Madrid

Gabriel Jesus & Kevin De Bruyne inspire turnaround in Madrid

MadridSpain | AFP | Manchester City came from behind to beat Real Madrid 2-1 in the first leg of their Champions League last 16 tie at the Santiago Bernabeu on Wednesday.

Gabriel Jesus’ header and a Kevin de Bruyne penalty within five second half minutes gave City a lead to take back to the Etihad Stadium on March 17 after Isco had given Real the lead on the hour mark.

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Sergio Ramos’ late red card for bringing down Jesus with the Brazilian clean through on goal compounded defeat for Zinedine Zidane’s Real.

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