Pep Guardiola is hopeful of having Nico Gonzalez available for selection in the UEFA Champions League knockout phase play-off first-leg against Real Madrid. Gonzalez, who arrived from Porto on transfer deadline day, made his Man City debut against Leyton Orient at the weekend.

Manchester City will take on Real Madrid in the UEFA Champions League for the fourth successive season. The defending European champions face Pep Guardiola's team at the Etihad Stadium on February 11 in the first leg of their Round of 16 playoffs.

Manchester City star Savinho said that neither his club nor Real Madrid should be in the Champions League playoffs during an interview conducted ahead of their game.

PSV won’t be fazed. They stunned Liverpool in January (even if it was a heavily rotated Reds squad) and won five of their last nine matches. Meanwhile, Motta’s men have only won three over the same stretch.

Real Madrid will miss plenty of their players ahead of the crucial match. Los Blancos are set to be without half of their defensive players due to injury.

Real Madrid spent most of their clash with Atletico Madrid pressing high, in part due to the low defensive line set by Diego Simeone. Rarely has Carlo Ancelotti dropped his team deeper though,

Erling Haaland has developed a reputation as arguably the deadliest finisher in world football in his time at Manchester City. Haaland's first season in Manchester ended as an incredible success personally and collectively as City swept all before them as part of a historic trophy treble - including their first-ever UEFA Champions League title.

Real Madrid against Manchester City in the Champions League is the accidental blockbuster of the new knockout playoffs round that starts Tuesday. The past two title winners surprisingly finished mid-table in the new 36-team standings format that ended in January.

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Real Madrid’s defensive injury crisis deepened ahead of Tuesday’s Champions League visit to face Manchester City as defender Lucas Vazquez was ruled out with a thigh injury.