The champions of England fell just short on the brink of reaching their second succe sive Champions League final as the late show from Carlo Ancelotti's newly crowned La Liga winners sealed a historic victory that will Paul Worrilow Jersey see Real Madrid play Liverpool in the final at the Stade de France on May 28.After an entertaining win in the first-leg at the Etihad Stadium last week, Pep Guardiola's side entered the clash with a 4-3 aggregate lead, which they retained heading into the interval after both sides mi sed several chances in the opening 45 minutes.Having been way off their usual, fluid best acro s the pitch in the first-half, City dominated a large chunk of the Reggie White Jersey second 45 minutes and were rewarded for their efforts when Riyad Mahrez had seemingly put the tie to bed with a convincing finish at the near post past Thibaut Courtois with le s than 20 minutes left.However, the Blues - who saw Kyle Walker hauled off injured in the second-half after Kevin De Bruyne was taken off as well - failed to see the tie through and Herman Edwards Jersey were punished for their lack of pragmatism by the 13-time winners of the competition, who scored twice late on to send the tie to extra time.Scroll to ContinueRodrygo came off the bench and left the visitors with no answer by notching two quick-fire goals before Ederson prevented the forward from completing his treble in injury Clayton Thorson Jersey time.Karim Benzema bagged his third goal of the semi-final tie from the spot in the first-half of extra time, with City left to rue their mistakes on either side of the pitch over the two legs in yet another Champions League disappointment. Pep Guardiola said in his post-match interview.Manchester City return to action in the Premier League at the weekend, with the Dallas Goedert Jersey first of their final four games of the campaign against Newcastle at the Etihad Stadium.Follow City Xtra on social media: | | |