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Real Madrid and Manchester City played out a pulsating 3-3 draw at the Bernabeu in the first leg of their Champions League quarter-final on Tuesday night.

Bernardo Silva's cheeky free kick within two minutes put the reigning champions ahead, but Real hit back straight away with Eduardo Camavinga's shot deflecting in off Ruben Dias.

Almost instantly, Carlo Ancelotti's side were 2-1 up through Rodrygo, before Phil Foden's stunner in the second half brought City level.

Josko Gvardiol scored arguably an even better goal to put City back in front, but Federico Valverde evened things up again with a crisp volley to ensure these teams couldn't be separated heading into the second leg in Manchester next week.

Mail Sport's JACK GAUGHAN was at the Bernabeu and looks at some things you might have missed from Tuesday's match. 

Local police enlisted the help of thousands of additional officers around the Bernabeu last night after a pro-Islamic State media channel published threats of violence at Champions League fixtures.

The terror alert level in Spain was classified as high risk - four out of five – and more than 2,000 police and civil guard officers were being deployed.

UEFA had discussed the terror threats with both Real Madrid and Manchester City as part of the usual brief ahead of European matches. Checks like lifting manhole covers were deemed necessary in the hours before kick-off.

‘These announcements are usually propaganda actions to provoke fear,’ acting mayor of Madrid Inmaculada Sanz said.

‘Both the security forces and the intelligence services are studying any possible threat, but there is nothing that makes us foresee a situation of special risk.’