Carlo Ancelotti denied that there are any doubts about his future as Real Madrid coach after their 4-0 thrashing by Manchester City in Wednesday's Champions League semifinal second leg.

Bernardo Silva scored twice in the first half to put City ahead at the Etihad Stadium, before Eder Militao's own goal and substitute Julian Alvarez's added-time strike made it 5-1 to City on aggregate.

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Madrid's semifinal elimination means they've missed out on both the Champions League and LaLiga this season, after Barcelona were crowned Spanish champions on Sunday.

However Ancelotti -- whose contract runs until June 2024 -- said the failure to land either trophy shouldn't raise questions over whether he'll still be in charge next season.

"Nobody doubts," Ancelotti said in his post-match news conference, "because the president [Florentino Perez] was quite clear two weeks ago. So nobody doubts."

The Italian coach was referring to remarks that Perez made after Madrid won the Copa del Rey, beating Osasuna 2-1 in the final on May 6, saying "I don't want to hear more about [Ancelotti's future]. He has a contract and we're happy."

Two of Ancelotti's star players, Luka Modric and Vinicius Junior, were also adamant that there was little doubt who would be coaching Madrid next season.

"The boss deserves to carry on, I don't have any doubts," Modric said. "Since he arrived for his second spell he's won every trophy. Last year was an incredible season. This season we did very well in LaLiga until the World Cup, fighting for everything, and then we had some defeats that we didn't want or expect."

Vinicius added: "Of course [Ancelotti] has to carry on. It's a difficult day, but we have to learn lessons from this match so it doesn't happen again next season."

Ancelotti won a LaLiga and Champions League double on his return to Real Madrid for a second spell in 2021-22 -- as well as the Spanish Supercopa -- and has added the Copa del Rey, UEFA Super Cup and Club World Cup this season.

The 4-0 loss to City is Madrid's heaviest Champions League defeat since 2009, when they were beaten by Liverpool by the same scoreline in the round of 16.

"Making an assessment today, in this moment, doesn't make sense," Ancelotti said, when asked to explain the performance. "It's a defeat that hurts, it hurts a lot. But sometimes it can happen in football.

"You get to the Champions League semifinals against a strong opponent, they play better than you and deserve to get to the final. We have to think about next season, the next Champions League, to learn and be better."

"The opponent was better from beginning to end," defender Dani Carvajal said. "We lacked a bit of... I wouldn't say attitude. But we sat back too soon. And when we took a step forward, we had our best minutes."

Pep Guardiola said his Manchester City players can "visualise" the treble after thrashing Real Madrid to reach the Champions League final.

City won 4-0 at the Etihad Stadium to win the tie 5-1 on aggregate and are now just three wins away from winning the Premier League title, FA Cup and Champions League in the same season.

Guardiola has repeatedly distanced himself from talk of a treble -- achieved only once before in English football by Manchester United in 1999 -- but after crushing Madrid, the City boss admitted his squad have started to think about the prospect of writing themselves into the history books.

"Let me win the first two," said Guardiola when asked about City's chance of winning the treble. "In the Premier League we are close. We know we need one more game and I would say we play against our neighbours [Manchester United] and against an Italian team [Internazionale] in the finals. The season is really, really good, now we have to lift it. We are close and of course we are going to try.

"We are there, we can think about it, we can visualise it. We are three games away. One each of the competitions, we can do it."

City's thrilling victory over Madrid came after their dramatic exit at the hands of the Spanish giants at the same stage of last year's Champions League. Madrid scored twice in stoppage time in the second leg last May to book a place in the final at City's expense, and Guardiola admitted the pain of that night in the Bernabeu 12 months ago had played a part in the performance.

"I had the feeling these last days that we had a mix of calm and tension to play this type of game," Guardiola said. "After 10 or 15 minutes, I had the feeling that all the pain that we had during one year from what happened last season was there today.

"It was so hard and tough last season. In that moment, we had to swallow poison, and football and sport always gives you another chance. When the draw was Madrid, I said 'Yeah I want it.' I wanted it because I think today everything was there."

Manchester City's Jack Grealish, who tormented Madrid from the wing at the Etihad Stadium, said he always dreamed of playing in the Champions League.

"It's unbelievable. I don't think a lot of teams would do that to Real Madrid," Grealish said. "I don't know what it is, but it feels unstoppable."

Defender Kyle Walker, who matched Real's speedy forward Vinicius Junior for pace and kept him quiet all evening, said it had been a tough game.

"I thought the lads dug in well, they controlled the ball really well, especially in the first half," Walker said. "We got over the line and that's the main thing.

"You've got to have a little bit of arrogance, like the attackers do. I always say go toe-to-toe with them, I use my pace."

MANCHESTER, England -- Manchester City are the best team in Europe, which automatically makes them the best in the world, and whatever happens in the Champions League final against Inter Milan on June 10 won't change that. Just ask Real Madrid, the reigning European champions, who were torn apart in a 4-0 dismantling in the semifinal second-leg at the Etihad Stadium.

But nobody wants to be remembered as the best team never to win the European Cup, so Inter had better brace themselves for the toughest game of their lives against City in Istanbul next month. Man City under manager Pep Guardiola are hurtling towards sporting immortality.

With City still appealing 115 charges for breaching Premier League rules between 2009 and 2018, history may yet view this team's achievements through a different lens, but right now their football is the only barometer by which they can be measured. And having dethroned Real with a brutal display of dominance and ruthless efficiency in Manchester after a 1-1 in Madrid last week, Manchester City proved themselves to be the new kings of Europe.

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It was a rout, matching Real Madrid's biggest-ever Champions League defeat, which came at Anfield against Liverpool in 2008-09. Every single City player dominated his Real opponent and if they were chasing revenge for last season's dramatic semifinal defeat against manager Carlo Ancelotti's side, they secured it.

It was like watching the heavyweight champion of the world swatting aside a no-hoper challenger. But Real Madrid aren't no hopers -- they are Real Madrid. This was a night when Kevin De Bruyne, John Stones, Kyle Walker, Ruben Dias, Rodri, Jack Grealish and Bernardo Silva, the two-goal hero in the first-half, produced 10 out of 10 displays to leave world-class opponents reeling.

No team can live with City right now. They have won 19 of their last 23 games and haven't lost any of them. Three wins in three competitions is all they now need to secure the so-called treble.

Inter Milan might yet produce one of the biggest upsets of all-time by beating Man City at the Ataturk Stadium in Istanbul next month, but nobody could argue that it would make manager Simone Inzaghi's team better than Guardiola's. The Nerazzurri would simply have the minor detail of a huge silver trophy as reward for winning one single game.

Perhaps that's a little too simplistic, but Guardiola has already done what he was tasked to do by Manchester City's Abu Dhabi-based owners when he was appointed as manager in 2016. The former Barcelona and Bayern Munich coach was hired to make City the best team in Europe and the world. He can tick that box as mission accomplished, but nobody at the Etihad will truly believe it or feel it until the European Cup sits in the club's trophy cabinet.

City lost to Chelsea in their only previous Champions League final appearance in Porto in 2021, but this time around there seems to be an unstoppable momentum with Guardiola's team.

"A final against an Italian team is not the best gift, honestly," Guardiola said. "They [Inter] are competitive. This victory will get a lot of compliments, but we have time to prepare mentally. When you reach the final of the Champions League you have to celebrate. Unfortunately, we won't have time because Sunday we can win the Premier League. Tomorrow will be with our families then prepare for Sunday."

Forget talk of the treble for now. There is plenty of time to dissect City's prospects of winning the Premier League, FA Cup and Champions League between now and next month's final.

The Premier League is virtually in the bag, with Guardiola's players needing just three points from three games to win the title for a third successive season, while Manchester United -- the only English club to previously achieve the treble in 1999 -- stand between Man City and glory in the FA Cup final on June 3. If Manchester City reach Istanbul a week later needing to beat three-time European champions Inter to win their first Champions League, there will be an inevitability about their success.

So how good are Man City? Well, they will win a fifth Premier League title in six seasons within the next 10 days and are strong favourites to beat Man United in the FA Cup Final at Wembley. The Champions League has evaded their grasp, but this performance against Real was perhaps the most one-sided display by a team at this level since Guardiola's Barcelona destroyed United in the 2011 Champions League final.

That 2011 final, by the way, was when Guardiola's legendary Barca team was at its peak, with Lionel Messi, Xavi and Andres Iniesta putting United on what manager Sir Alex Ferguson called a "passing carousel." Barca were so good that United couldn't get the ball -- and Real Madrid on Wednesday had a similar experience, with Man City dominating possession by enjoying 60% of it.

When Real Madrid winger Vinicius Junior attempted to race past Kyle Walker in the first half, it looked a no-contest with the Brazil international the favourite to win the foot-race. But Walker somehow turned the tide in his favour and beat Vinicius with his and strength. The Real star looked bereft, turning to Ancelotti as if to say, "What could I do?"

That was a theme that ran through the Real Madrid team. They were all helpless to repel the waves of Man City attacks and endless possession, as full-back Dani Carvajal said: "We played a rival who were better than us in this match -- they pretty well overwhelmed us."

Goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois was perhaps the only Real player who came off the pitch having stood up to City, with the former Chelsea No. 1 producing a series of important saves, particularly from Erling Haaland, as Real attempted to weather the storm.

But this was City's night, emphatically so, and it is going to be their season. It is merely a question of how many trophies they win.

Pep Guardiola said his Manchester City players can "visualise" the treble after thrashing Real Madrid to reach the Champions League final.

City won 4-0 at the Etihad Stadium to win the tie 5-1 on aggregate and are now just three wins away from winning the Premier League title, FA Cup and Champions League in the same season.

Guardiola has repeatedly distanced himself from talk of a treble -- achieved only once before in English football by Manchester United in 1999 -- but after crushing Madrid, the City boss admitted his squad have started to think about the prospect of writing themselves into the history books.

"Let me win the first two," said Guardiola when asked about City's chance of winning the treble. "In the Premier League we are close. We know we need one more game and I would say we play against our neighbours [Manchester United] and against an Italian team [Internazionale] in the finals. The season is really, really good, now we have to lift it. We are close and of course we are going to try.

"We are there, we can think about it, we can visualise it. We are three games away. One each of the competitions, we can do it."

City's thrilling victory over Madrid came after their dramatic exit at the hands of the Spanish giants at the same stage of last year's Champions League. Madrid scored twice in stoppage time in the second leg last May to book a place in the final at City's expense, and Guardiola admitted the pain of that night in the Bernabeu 12 months ago had played a part in the performance.

"I had the feeling these last days that we had a mix of calm and tension to play this type of game," Guardiola said. "After 10 or 15 minutes, I had the feeling that all the pain that we had during one year from what happened last season was there today.

"It was so hard and tough last season. In that moment, we had to swallow poison, and football and sport always gives you another chance. When the draw was Madrid, I said 'Yeah I want it.' I wanted it because I think today everything was there."

Manchester City's Jack Grealish, who tormented Madrid from the wing at the Etihad Stadium, said he always dreamed of playing in the Champions League.

"It's unbelievable. I don't think a lot of teams would do that to Real Madrid," Grealish said. "I don't know what it is, but it feels unstoppable."

Defender Kyle Walker, who matched Real's speedy forward Vinicius Junior for pace and kept him quiet all evening, said it had been a tough game.

"I thought the lads dug in well, they controlled the ball really well, especially in the first half," Walker said. "We got over the line and that's the main thing.

"You've got to have a little bit of arrogance, like the attackers do. I always say go toe-to-toe with them, I use my pace."

The Milwaukee Bucks conducted an interview for the franchise's head-coaching opening with University of Houston coach Kelvin Sampson, sources told ESPN.

Sampson, the first known high-profile college coach to meet with Milwaukee about the vacancy, spent six seasons in the NBA as an assistant coach -- including three with the Bucks -- before returning to college basketball in 2014 and constructing a national championship contender at Houston.

Sampson is 232-74 (.758) in his nine seasons at Houston, including four consecutive berths in the Sweet 16 and a trip to the Final Four in 2021. His Cougars were ranked No. 1 in the nation for much of the 2022-23 season.

Sampson is 657-301 (.686) in his college career across stops at Houston, Indiana, Oklahoma and Washington State. Sampson's teams are typically well-regarded for their tenacious defensive play and efficient offensive production. Houston is moving to the Big 12 from the American Athletic Conference next season.

Sampson has history and a relationship with Bucks general manager Jon Horst, who was a member of the front office when Sampson worked on Scott Skiles' coaching staff between 2008 and 2011.

The Bucks are searching for a replacement for Mike Budenholzer, who was dismissed after five seasons as the franchise's coach. So far, Milwaukee has conducted a vast search that includes several assistants such as Milwaukee's Charles Lee, Golden State's Kenny Atkinson, Portland's Scott Brooks, Toronto's Adrian Griffin, Miami's Chris Quinn, Phoenix's Kevin Young and former Charlotte Hornets coach James Borrego, sources told ESPN.

Sampson's six seasons in the NBA included three with the Houston Rockets (2011-14).

LOS ANGELES -- Minnesota Twins center fielder Nick Gordon is heading to the injured list after he fractured his right shin during Wednesday's game against the Los Angeles Dodgers.

The injury occurred when Gordon fouled a pitch by Dylan Covey off the leg during the fifth inning. Gordon grimaced in pain and was looked at by trainers for five minutes before he decided to remain in the game. He struck out swinging on the next pitch and then was pulled.

Manager Rocco Baldelli said after the Twins' 7-3 loss that Gordon would "be out for a bit, sadly."

Gordon is batting .185 but had started to find his stride after having a .143 average at the end of April. He was 6-for-19 with two RBIs in his previous seven games going into Wednesday. He was hitless in two at-bats in the series finale.

Willi Castro and Michael Taylor saw time in center after Gordon left.

Gordon's injury wasn't the only one that happened to the Twins during the series finale between division leaders. Second baseman Jorge Polanco left in the seventh inning because of a mild strain of his left hamstring.

Right fielder Joey Gallo also fouled a pitch off his right leg with two outs in the ninth inning, but an X-ray showed only a contusion.

Baldelli said both players are day-to-day, but Polanco's hamstring is the bigger concern.

OAKLAND, Calif. -- Arizona Diamondbacks pitchers aspire to be like Randy Johnson.

Zac Gallen unintentionally got real close to emulating the Hall of Famer.

While warming up in the outfield before Arizona's game at Oakland on Wednesday, Gallen threw a curveball that hit a bird in midflight, apparently killing the animal.

The throw was captured by cameras for Diamondbacks broadcaster Bally Sports Arizona.

Johnson infamously killed a bird during a spring training game in 2001. While throwing a pitch against the San Francisco Giants, a bird crossed in front of home plate and was destroyed by the baseball.

New York Yankees pitcher Domingo German has been suspended 10 games and fined by Major League Baseball for violating the rules regarding foreign substances, it was announced Wednesday.

German will not appeal and will begin serving the suspension starting with Wednesday's game. He cannot be replaced on the roster and the Yankees will be forced to play with 25 men instead of 26.

The right-hander was ejected in the fourth inning of Tuesday's game against the Toronto Blue Jays for having his hand coated with something tackier than rosin, umpire James Hoye said.

"The instant I looked at his hand, it was extremely shiny and extremely sticky," Hoye told a pool reporter Tuesday night. "It's the stickiest hand I've ever felt. My fingers had a hard time coming off his palm."

German denied Hoye's accusation, saying he didn't have anything on his hand other than rosin.

"It was definitely just the rosin bag," German said through an interpreter. "It was sweat and the rosin bag. I don't need any extra help to grab the baseball."

Hoye's crew examined German during an April 15 start against Minnesota but allowed him to stay in that game after Hoye had asked German to wash rosin off his hand and some had remained on the pitcher's pinkie finger.

The suspension and fine was announced Wednesday by MLB senior vice president Michael Hill. Barring rainouts, German will be eligible to return May 28 against San Diego.

"He went over the line that umpires deemed and now we've got to live with the consequences of that," Yankees manager Aaron Boone said Wednesday in Toronto. "No one player needs to carry this load. We'll share it all and we'll do it together."

Yankees right-hander Luis Severino, who hasn't pitched this season due to a right lat strain, is expected to be activated off the injured list Sunday to take German's spot in the rotation against the Cincinnati Reds.

A two-time All-Star, the 29-year-old Severino has not pitched for the Yankees this season because of a right lat strain. He allowed two runs and six hits over 3 1/3 innings Tuesday in a rehab start with Double-A Somerset.

Also on Wednesday, the Yankees put reliever Ian Hamilton on the 15-day injured list because of a strained right groin. New York recalled left-hander Nick Ramirez from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre.

In other news, left-hander Carlos Rodón threw from 90 feet without pain Wednesday. He has not pitched this season because of a sore left forearm and an ailing back.

German's ejection was the fourth since Major League Baseball started its crackdown on prohibited grip aids two years ago and the second this season.

New York Mets pitcher Max Scherzer was suspended for sticky stuff on April 20, and Seattle's Hector Santiago and Arizona's Caleb Smith were suspended in 2021.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.