Valverde?s astonishing Real Madrid hat-trick leaves Manchester City on brink

Federico Valverde was the Real Madrid hero who wrote himself into this storied club?s folklore with a first-half, 22-minute hat-trick that decimated Manchester City and cast Pep Guardiola as a tactical novice.
Each of Valverde?s goals were a diagram of his supreme skill and City?s chump-like defending that leaves their hopes of a quarter-final berth near extinct. If Vin?cius J?nior had netted a second-half penalty Real could all but celebrate progression yet if City score early in Tuesday?s return who knows.
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