Real Madrid and Manchester City played out a thriller at the Bernabeu on Tuesday night, with their Champions League quarter-final first leg ending in a gripping 3-3 draw.
This is the third time in as many seasons the sides have been drawn together in the knockout stages and, for the third year in a row, the tie did not disappoint.
City took the lead after just two minutes from a bizarre Bernardo Silva free-kick before quickfire strikes from Eduardo Camavinga and Rodrygo suddenly put Real 2-1 up.
Similarly quickfire second-half stunners from Phil Foden and Josko Gvardiol put City 3-2 up, before the pick of the bunch from Federico Valverde levelled things up ten minutes from time.
It was a frantic game between two of the best sides in Europe and, with the winners set to face either Bayern Munich or Arsenal in the last four, there is a sense that the ultimate winner of this year's tournament will come from their side of the draw.
On CBS Sports' coverage of the game, the punditry team made their predictions for the remainder of the competition - and one joke from Jamie Carragher aimed in Manchester City's direction went down like a lead balloon with former City man Micah Richards.
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Jamie Carragher lands cheeky dig at Manchester City's financial charges
Pep Guardiola's Manchester City team are undoubtedly one of the finest squads that European football has seen this century and it is hard to see past them securing a second successive European crown this year - if not a second successive Treble.
The defending European champions, however, do have an enormous cloud hanging over them in the form of 115 charges of financial misdoings between 2009 and 2018.
A Premier League investigation has charged City with 115 breaches of the league's financial regulations over the nine years, during which the club won three titles - and further accusations suggest that the club has been uncooperative with the investigation.
The date for the hearing has allegedly been set, though it is unknown to the public. For many football fans, the alleged abuse of financial power justifiably sours their appreciation of the ruthless Manchester City machine, and Jamie Carragher couldn't resist drawing attention to the charges when choosing his Champions League winner on Tuesday night.
OMG @Carra23 really went there ☠️ pic.twitter.com/PuQfreMnAQ
— CBS Sports Golazo ⚽️ (@CBSSportsGolazo) April 9, 2024
As Carragher made his way through the bracket, he called City the "best team in Europe," an appraisal which earned an audible cheer from former City man Micah Richards. However, Carragher soon silenced his fellow pundit with his next line on the Blues:
Out of these two, I'm going to go for PSG in the final to play Manchester City, and the winner is...the team with 115 charges - Manchester City!
It is rare for a TV pundit to call out the situation ongoing at Manchester City, though Carragher has been among the most consistent in doing so. Micah Richards repeated and muted "wow" in reaction sums up the reluctance of many associated with City to accept the ongoing question marks hanging over the club.
Regardless of the financial situation at Manchester City, all but one of the CBS team picking the Citizens as their ultimate victors in this year's Champions League (predictably, Thierry Henry picked his former club Arsenal to triumph).
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