Real Madrid advanced to the Champions League last 16 with a 3-1 victory — and a 6-3 aggregate win — against Manchester City on Wednesday night. Madrid started the game in excellent fashion, with Kylian Mbappe latching onto a long ball over the top in the fourth minute before lobbing Ederson in the City goal.

Kylian Mbappé's first hat trick at the Santiago Bernabéu lifted Real Madrid past Manchester City and into the Champions League round of 16.

The match is scheduled to start at 3 p.m. EST and will be broadcast exclusively on Paramount+. Fans looking to watch can do so through Paramount+, which offers exclusive live streams and on-demand replays of all UEFA Champions League matches along with a free trial when you sign up.

Real Madrid have won the away first leg of a European tie on 40 occasions. If Pep Guardiola wants a sense of how hard the task ahead of them is it is perhaps encapsulated in one statistic -- only on two of the previous 39 occasions have Los Merengues been eliminated from European competition.

Real Madrid takes on Manchester City in a crucial second leg Champions League playoff match at the Santiago Bernabeu. Carlo Ancelotti had some positive team new

Kylian Mbappé had his best night so far in a Real Madrid shirt on Wednesday as his hat-trick propelled Los Blancos to a 3-1 win – 6-3 on aggregate – over Manchester City and into the Champions League round of 16.

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A comparison of the time taken by Kylian Mbappé and Cristiano Ronaldo to net their respective first European hat-tricks for La Liga giants Real Madrid has on Friday been forthcoming.This of course