Antonio Rudiger has insisted Actual Madrid are out for ‘revenge’ of their Champions League quarter-final with Manchester Metropolis.
Los Blancos host the reigning European champions within the first leg of their last-eight matchup on Tuesday night time in a rematch of final season’s semi-final.
Metropolis trounced Madrid on their strategy to Champions League glory in 2023. They earned a 1-1 draw on the Santiago Bernabeu earlier than prevailing 4-0 again on the Etihad Stadium.
Talking forward of their newest assembly, Rudiger revealed final 12 months’s battle nonetheless weighs on the minds of he and his teammates.
“There’s the sensation of final season, in fact. It was one thing, the way you English folks name it, a ‘thrashing’,” Rudiger informed TNT Sports activities. “We’re wanting ahead to this recreation.”
When requested if Madrid need to actual ‘revenge’ and if that may be a motivation, Rudiger replied: “No however I believe that is clear, that is very clear. As a result of final 12 months it was a tricky second.
“In fact, there’s a bit [of motivation], we would like revenge.”
Rudiger will as soon as once more come up towards Erling Haaland, who didn’t rating any of Metropolis’s 5 objectives throughout the 2 legs of final 12 months’s semi-finals.
“It is not solely him, you additionally should preserve the gamers round him very quiet, which isn’t a simple job. It’s important to stop them passing him the ball. Then you’re a step nearer to reaching your goal,” Rudiger mentioned of Haaland.
“That is the factor about this stage, you need to compete towards one of the best. Final 12 months, they have been one of the best in Europe. It is good to compete towards them, they’ve a variety of good gamers.”
The winner of this tie will tackle both Arsenal or Bayern Munich within the semi-finals.
