All but a small handful of Manchester City players and staff had already retired to the dressing room, dazed and doubtless a little confused about what had just unfolded, by the time Bernardo Silva started his slow trudge off the pitch.
In some quarters, Atalanta’s 3-0 win at Anfield was seen as the shock of European football last week but it came as no surprise to Lee Congerton after the past two years at Stadio di Bergamo crafting the current team.
Man City 1-1 Real Madrid (4-4 agg; Madrid win 4-3 on penalties): City knocked out after agonising penalty shootout defeat
Former England goalkeeper Paul Robinson believes Real Madrid progressing from their Champions League quarter final against Manchester City was a "real smash and grab". "Real Madrid just didn't go away," Robinson told BBC Radio 5 Live's Football Daily podcast.