Real Madrid put up a fight against Manchester City, but a second straight home loss edges manager Xabi Alonso closer to a possible exit. On the night his job was on the line, Alonso saw his team briefly rise only to fall again. He heard the fans’ whistles, met his mentor at the final whistle, and after a second defeat in four days, walked down the Bernabéu tunnel without a backward glance. Real Madrid led first and then chased another comeback, but as Rodrygo, who scored his first goal in 33 games, put it, “it was not enough.”
The pressing question now is if this is enough to save the coach, whom Rodrygo showed support for by running to embrace him at the edge. Last Sunday night, some club officials were intent on sacking Alonso, who had only two wins in seven games. The decision was postponed, but this match was seen as a final test, and with the winless run now at eight, Alonso’s future remains uncertain. There’s no assurance he will be dismissed, nor that he will stay.
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