Real Madrid 1-2 Manchester City: 5 Hits and Flops as Citizens snatch win | UEFA Champions League 2019-20

#3 Flop: Casemiro

Casemiro was wasteful in possession, made mistakes aplenty and provided insufficient defensive support

Casemiro has long been lauded as Real's midfield protector, an ever-present defensive figure who surpassed expectations and is one of the first names on the team sheet.

But on this occasion, he flattered to deceive against a City midfield that were there for the taking. Rodri, just like the Brazilian, is defensive-minded and didn't enjoy his finest game while Ilkay Gundogan has been inconsistent all season to date.

For Jesus' goal, he was caught ball-watching. Initially out of shot, he quickly tried to atone for his slow reactions by harrying Sterling out of possession, but got there too late and instead such lax positioning allowed an unmarked de Bruyne space to roam into the box.

Although de Bruyne's penalty was a direct result of Carvajal's poor challenge, again Casemiro should have done better to protect his fullback. Rodri fed a pass into de Bruyne that could have been cut out with a timely interception but instead, as was often the case here, the 28-year-old watched on and ambled towards the area.

Then to add further insult to injury, it was his poor backpass that presented immediate trouble for Ramos late on and caused the club captain's dismissal - he was frantically trying to cover his teammates' mistake in possesion and hauled Jesus to the ground just outside the box.

He lost possession a whopping 17 times over the 90 minutes, which is simply not good enough for anyone, let alone a ball-winning midfielder who was making mistakes aplenty, with many of them needless - like his miscued backheel which almost presented Mahrez a goal in the second-half.