Pep Guardiola will be looking to break two Champions League records when his Manchester City team travel to the Santiago Bernabeu to face Real Madrid in the second leg of their semi-final on Wednesday.
The 51-year-old guided his side to a thrilling 4-3 victory over Los Blancos in the first leg last week, which saw Kevin De Bruyne, Gabriel Jesus, Phil Foden and Bernardo Silva all get their names on the scoresheet at the Etihad Stadium.
Guardiola, who has now faced Real Madrid 20 times in his managerial career across all competitions, has previously eliminated the 13-time winners twice in the knockout rounds of the Champions League.
The first time saw Guardiola’s Barcelona side win 3-1 on aggregate in the 2010-11 semi-finals, before he guided Man City to a 4-2 aggregate victory in the last 16 in 2019-20.
Should the Citizens progress past Real Madrid to the final, the Catalan boss would become the first manager in Champions League history to eliminate the Spanish giants on three occasions in the competition.
Guardiola has won four Champions League matches against Real Madrid, with only former Bayern Munich boss Ottmar Hitzfeld having won more (seven), and two of his victories against them have been at the Bernabeu.
Another win for the Spaniard on Wednesday would see him become the first manager to win three Champions League away matches at Real Madrid.
City only require a draw against Los Blancos to advance on aggregate to the final.
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