Rhino: Agencies – Real Madrid eliminated defending champions Manchester City from the quarterfinals of the Champions League after beating them on Wednesday on penalties (4-3).
The second leg ended in a 1-1 draw, leaving the two teams tied in the aggregate (4-4), which prompted them to resort to penalties in the end, to determine the qualifier to the golden square.
Real Madrid will face Bayern Munich in the semifinals, after the team eliminated Arsenal by beating them (3-2) in the first leg and second leg.
According to the Opta statistics network, Real Madrid was able to eliminate the defending champions from the Champions League for the sixth time in the knockout stages, two times more than any other team in the history of the competition.
Real Madrid have reached the semi-finals for the 17th time in their history, more than any other team in the competition.
Only Bayern Munich, who have reached the quarterfinals 13 times, comes close to the Merengues’ record.