Manchester City beat Real Madrid 1-0 at the Etihad Stadium on Sunday. Pep Guardiola brought back the attacking 3-2- 2-3 system to subdue a Haaland-obsessed opponent.
Madrid packed the entire game into a six-man defence, with Valverde and Kroos sandwiched between centre-backs and wingers. Guardiola advanced the central Stones to form half with Rodri, next both the interiors De Bruyne and Gündogan, composing what in his day was called the magic square.