City played well and won just as expected, but Madrid had harder time for some reason. I really expected them to have an easier win, but I guess we could just assume that they got tired from the Girona game, couldn't even play Jude (wasn't in the roster) due to injury, so I can see why they might have won barely, its fatigue. At this stage of the season, fatigue is a big deal, many of the players played near 30 to 40 games, not all but the main ones who didn't get injured did get that many games, between league, and ucl, and cup, they are nearly 30 games or maybe more. 24 in the league, 6 at group stages for ucl, that's 30 already, some cup and supercup, so its getting there. This is why most players get injured during the season, its fatigue.