Kevin De Bruyne ended Manchester City's recent penalty curse by rolling home the winning goal from 12 yards to earn a superb 2-1 victory against a stubborn Real Madrid in the Champions League Round of 16 at the Santiago Bernabeu.
Isco's composed finish on 59 minutes had put Madrid ahead and for a spell they looked most likely to go on and win, after City had missed a host of chances including two high-tariff opportunities for Riyad Mahrez which went a begging.
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But Jesus was able to out-jump Sergio Ramos to nod into the far corner and then when substitute Raheem Sterling went to the byline and was scythed down by Daniel Carvajal, De Bruyne stuck away the kick in style, with Sergio Ramos' late red - the 26th of his career - for bringing down Jesus when clean through gives Los Blancos a massive uphill to climb in Manchester in three weeks time.
Red card for Sergio Ramos.
Substitute in, Lucas Vázquez.
Substitute in, Luka Jović.
Substitute out, Luka Modrić.
Substitute out, Isco.
Penalty scored by Kevin De Bruyne.
Assist given by Kevin De Bruyne.
Goal by Gabriel Jesus.
Substitute in, Gareth Bale.
Substitute out, Vinícius Júnior.
Substitute in, Raheem Sterling.
Substitute out, Bernardo Silva.
Assist given by Vinícius Júnior.
Goal by Isco.
Yellow card for Luka Modrić.
Yellow card for Federico Valverde.
Substitute in, Fernandinho.
Substitute out, Aymeric Laporte.
Yellow card for Benjamin Mendy.