REAL: WE WERE OVERWHELMED BY CITY

CITY 'overwhelmed' Real Madrid in Wednesday's Champions League semi-final second leg, Spanish defender Dani Carvajal says.

- JOE BRAY

City and Madrid had shared a high-quality 1-1 draw at the Bernabeu last week, setting up a one-game shootout at the Etihad on Wednesday.

City came out of the blocks quicker and produced a sensational display - especially in the first half to beat Champions League experts Real 4-0 on the night to set up a final in Istanbul with Inter Milan. Real looked devoid of ideas all evening, even when they had more of the ball in the second half - and defender Carvajal admitted that his side just couldn't cope with City's attacking intensity.

After City inflicted Real's joint heaviest away defeat in the Champions League era, Carvajal said: "We played a rival who were better than us in this match - they pretty well overwhelmed us.