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MANCHESTER, England (AP) Real Madrid coped well without the injured Cristiano Ronaldo to comfortably hold Manchester City to a 0-0 draw in the first leg of their Champions League semifinal on Tuesday.
A knee injury prevented Ronaldo from featuring and Madrid also played the second half at Etihad Stadium without Karim Benzema, depriving the 10-time European champions of their two most potent forwards.
However, City - making its first semifinal appearance in Europe's elite competition - couldn't capitalize and ended up being thankful to goalkeeper Joe Hart for late saves from Casemiro and Pepe as Madrid finished strongly.
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The second leg in Madrid is played next week, with City boosted by not conceding an away goal.
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