On April 26, 2016, Manchester City and Real Madrid played out a tepid 0-0 draw in the first leg of a Champions League semi-final at the Etihad Stadium.
Back at the same ground, in the same round of the same competition six years later, they produced a spectacle that had the contrast cranked up to the maximum.
It was the joint-highest scoring semi-final in the competition s history, and it was a story that twisted and turned from the first minute until the last.
But the opening chapter reached its conclusion with City holding a 4-3 advantage after an enthralling 90 minutes.
A start for the history books
City pressed Madrid high from the off and it was shortly after regaining possession in the final third that Kevin De Bruyne made a phenomenal…