Two first-half goals from Silva – “one of the best players I have seen in my life” said Guardiola afterwards – put City in control and Manuel Akanji and Julian Alvarez made certain late on to avenge the previous year’s semi-final heartbreak and pave the way for City’s first Champions League triumph just over three weeks later.
His header 90 seconds later forced extra time and a shell-shocked City then conceded the decisive goal to a Karim Benzema penalty five minutes into the additional period.
Kevin de Bruyne and Gabriel Jesus put them in control and, even after Benzema pulled one back, Foden and Silva scored either side of a superb Vinicius Junior effort.
Manchester City were dumped out of the Champions League as Kylian Mbappe scored a sensational hat-trick to give Real Madrid a dominant 3-1 win at the Bernabeu.
Phil Foden and Josko Gvardiol thought they had won it in the last 25 minutes only for Federico Valverde’s stunning volley ensuring they went to the Etihad level and a draw there saw Real Madrid go through on penalties.
