I've watched the game back and I reiterate that City are the better team and should go through to the final.
A few things I noticed at second viewing in terms of individual performances was Mahrez is not combative enough, he loses most of his 50/50 duels and is physically weak on the ball, going down easily at the Bernabeu will not win us many fouls, he needs to up his intensity.
Foden lost too many balls, poor ball retention at times in City's half meant Real went straight on the counter. He lost the ball in a high pressure phase against Camavinga attempting to flick the ball over the Real Midfielders' head and then consequently gave away the free kick that led to the 3rd Madrid goal. He needs to be more composed because he will dominate Carvahal with better decision making.
Dias apart from a few poor headers and being to high up the field for Vinicius's goal had a good performance. Dias is a better defender alongside Stones, the two of them have handled Haaland, Mbappe, Neymar and Messi with relative ease in UCL games Laporte however looked flustered against Benzema.
And onto Laporte who I feel along with Ederson are major weaknesses in this team and both will be targeted at the Bernabeu. Fernandinho made the crucial error but as a defender you always have to deal with the nearest threat. He had two choices, either close down Vinicius and narrow his shooting angle (and also his passing angle back to Benzema) or, give Vinicius a clear shot on goal, he obviously chose the easier decision, time and time again he shirks his defensive responsibilities, he doesnt like to suffer doing the hard defensive things it's a recurring theme with Laporte. Remember 2 seasons ago against Brighton instead of defending diligently he chose to take out Webster and ended up with a serious meniscus injury. UCL Quarters vs Lyon he intentionally ran across Dembele to initiate contact and win a free kick instead of just defending the attacker, the less said about his performance in the Spurs UCL match the better. And I suspect, having watched the replays closely he intentionally left his arm in a prone posistion because he knew Real attackers were on the other side of him, he was relying on the head to hand non penalty rule, when jumping for a header you jump with your elbows slightly flared but close to the body (watch Benzemas' jump) you don't jump with your hands fully extended out, it was a clear Pen, he should have got a good header in first time round.
Ederson as a lot of us have known for some time is a poor shot stopper, teams are now aware of this, the shot doesn't even have to be in the corner, he has cost us in big games, look at the Jota goal recently, the thought of Benzema getting even a 1/4 chance at goal could result in a goal against Ederson.
Honourable mentions to Zinchenko, Bernardo, Rodri and KdB for outstanding performances.
