By the close of a seismic night at a jubilant Etihad Stadium Pep Guardiola's team were 4-0 victors, 5-1 on aggregate, a step closer to the treble.
That was a contest of transitions, anathema to Guardiola's wish for total control. Yet while he and Silva are aware of Madrid's potency, the Portuguese points to the significance of the performance 11 months ago.
After what happened the season before when we were knocked out by Real we wanted to put things right and that performance was also a bit of an apology to our fans for what happened because we feel we owed them another chance to win the competition.
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