sport news Real Madrid's penalty shoot-out secrets REVEALED: How hero keeper Andriy Lunin ... trends now
The secrets of Real Madrid's penalty shoot-out win over Manchester City have been revealed as Pep Guardiola's hopes of a double Treble were dashed.
Goalkeeper Andriy Lunin saved spot-kicks from Bernardo Silva and Mateo Kovacic early in the shoot-out before Antonio Rudiger stepped up to put the Spaniards through.
It followed a 1-1 draw after 120 minutes of largely City domination, with Kevin De Bruyne cancelling out Rodrygo's early opener for Real.
Lunin spoke afterwards about how Real identified three City players likely to place their penalties down the middle and that intuition paid off when Silva fired a dreadful kick straight into his gloves.
Kovacic also sent his kick centrally and Lunin was able to get down to his right to repel it.
Real Madrid goalkeeper Andriy Lunin saves from Mateo Kovacic as preparation paid off in their Champions League victory over Manchester City
Lunin had moments earlier made a very straightforward save to deny City's Bernardo Silva
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'We prepared it with the goalkeeping coach and there were three players with whom we had doubts about whether to stay in the middle or not,' Lunin told Marca afterwards.
Another factor was that certain Real players actively declined the chance to take a kick.
Luka Modric was denied by Ederson when he took Real's first kick, but Jude Bellingham, Lucas Vazquez, Nacho and Rudiger made no mistake.
Marca said that Eder Militao turned down the chance to take one because his fellow Brazilian Ederson knows his intentions too well.
Federico Valverde was another who didn't step forward among the designated five takers because he was suffering
