"For the first time we were better throughout the game"

Real Madrid's Brazilian striker Rodrygo Goes said that the 3-1 win over Manchester City “could be the best night of the season” and noted that, “for the first time” in the last four Champions League meetings between the two were “better throughout the tie”.

“It may be the best night of the season because of the match against a very difficult opponent.... For the first time we have been better throughout the tie, we played both games very well and we deserved to go through,” he said on ‘Movistar +’.

“It's never easy, but we understood the match very well and the moments where to be lower and where to press. We played an almost perfect game,” he added. Rodrygo praised teammate Kylian Mbappe, scorer of a hat-trick against Manchester City.

“We are very happy for him and what he is doing. He is getting better every day. He came to a team that was already very good, European champion, and we have added one more 'crack'. Now we have to continue like this, we have a great team”, he pondered.

In addition, the Brazilian considered that “you can't choose” the opponent for the round of 16 between neighbours Atletico Madrid and the German Bayer Leverkusen. Finally, the player from Osasco (Sao Paulo) highlighted the good chemistry between Real Madrid's attacking players.

“We are playing very well, we understand each other better every day and with the quality we have and the sacrifice, if we put it on the field, everything will always go well”, he concluded.