A brace from Erling Haaland had left City on the verge of victory at the Etihad Stadium a week ago, but Brahim Diaz equalised against his former club and Jude Bellingham then struck deep into stoppage-time to win it 3-2 for the visitors.
City bounced back from their first-leg defeat with a dominant win over Newcastle over the weekend, in what was one of their most complete displays of the campaign, and they must now carry that momentum to Madrid.
Pep Guardiola’s side have it all to do after they dramatically collapsed to defeat a week ago, leaving Real with a 3-2 aggregate lead as they return to home soil.
Manchester City must come from behind if they are to stun Real Madrid and avoid a play-off defeat in the Champions League.
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