I seem to have reacted to this a different way to many. This for me was far worse than the final last year or going out to Lyon, because in both cases we deserved nothing and showed nothing throughout the match.
We did just about everything right except put the ball in the net all the times we created decent chances — we still put the ball in the net four times, which should be more than enough against a not very impressive Real Madrid side — and then completely threw it away. We utterly managed Madrid in the second half of normal time. Even first half wasn't particularly dangerous. The City that played those six minutes was not the City that I recognised from recent years, but a throwback to a keystone cops City that was closer to the teams of the nineties, frankly. I still can't really get my head round it, how so many experienced heads could have have gone collectively.
This is up there with being beaten by Tottenham, and that dreadful experience of having victory snatched out of your very hands.
There is only one antidote to it: we win the next four matches.
