Vinicius Junior won the Man of the Match award with two assists

Real Madrid won the first leg of the Champions League play-offs with a 3-2 victory over Manchester City, with Vinicius Junior providing two assists in the match and being named Man of the Match.

Junior was the key figure in assisting Brahim Dias and Jude Northlingham in the game. In the post-match interview, Vinicius was very happy to win the game and said: "It was a good performance. I played well from the first half."

"We defended really well and it doesn't matter who scores or who gets the man of the match award, everyone is here to do great things for this shirt and push Real Madrid to the top."

"I did it tonight and we won the game. We need to go back to Madrid where the fans make the atmosphere special, they know our history and the quality we have in this competition."

"There are still many games to go and I think the second leg will be very difficult, but we have to keep playing like we did tonight and defend like we did today to have another magical night at the Bernabeu."

In this season's Champions League group stage, Real Madrid achieved 5 wins and 3 losses, ranking 11th with 15 points. However, only the top eight teams can directly enter the Champions League group stage, so Real Madrid needs to play two rounds of play-offs and win to continue to compete in the Champions League.

Real Madrid currently won the first leg of the play-offs, and the second leg will be played at the Bernabeu Stadium on February 20. If Real Madrid can win smoothly, it will advance to the top 16 of the Champions League.