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,

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.

Manchester City and Real Madrid meeting in the Champions League has become synonymous with the competition. While both always have ambitions of winning the entire thing, these two teams have already met 12 times in Champions League play with five of those meetings coming in the knockout stage.

Real Madrid against Manchester City in the Champions League is the accidental blockbuster of the new knockout playoffs round that starts Tuesday.

The first leg is at the Etihad Stadium with the second at the Bernabeu next Wednesday, giving La Liga leaders Madrid the edge in a titanic battle worthy of the final in Munich on the last Saturday in May.

Aurelien Tchouameni, a defensive midfielder by trade, partnered academy graduate Raul Asencio, 21, who only made his Madrid debut in November, at centre-back against Atletico. Fellow academy defenders Joan Martinez and Jacobo Ramon are also out with injury, accelerating Asencio’s ascent into the first team this season.

Real Madrid officially announced their final squad for the upcoming Champions League encounter against Manchester City.However, moments later, the club confirmed that Lucas Vazquez, who

Real Madrid's defensive crisis deepens as Lucas Vázquez joins an already lengthy injury list ahead of their Champions League Round of 16 clash against Manchester City, leaving Carlo Ancelotti scrambling for solutions against Pep Guardiola's attacking force.

Real Madrid have been hit with another injury setback ahead of their Champions League first-leg play-off against Manchester City on Tuesday.

Real Madrid have suffered another injury blow ahead of their Champions League play-off first leg against Manchester City on Tuesday. Real ensured they remained top of La Liga with a hard-fought 1-1 draw against arch-rivals Atletico Madrid on Saturday.