How Manchester City’s ‘dark’ night unravelled in Madrid

James Ducker Thu, 12 March 2026 at 8:30 am UTC·4 min read Bernardo Silva claimed Manchester City were in a “very dark” place after their 3-0 humbling by Real Madrid left their Champions League hopes dangling by a thread. The Portugal midfielder said City “completely lost control” after Federico Valverde scored the first of his three goals on a very bad night for Pep Guardiola’s side at Santiago Bernabéu Stadium.Advertisement Advertisement Advertisement “At half-time we were saying, ‘the situation is bad, there were a lot of things that shouldn’t have happened but with one goal you are in the tie’,” Bernardo said. “But at 3-0 it makes it a bit more...