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Man City vs. Atletico Madrid updates. 20 minutes to kickoff: There's rarely such consternation over a Simeone line-up, even allowing for Cholo's fairly recent switch from his trusty compact 4 ...

50 minutes to kickoff: As is often the case with a Guardiola XI, who plays where is the big question. 1 hour 40 mins to kickoff: It's that time of year again where all eyes will be on whether Pep Guardiola has a tactical brainwave for a major Champions League game. Some of the scrutiny around Guardiola's tactical calls is a little imbalanced. Paramount+ will also stream the match. 1 hour to kickoff: So, are those "stupid tactics" to quote the man himself? The teams are going through their warm-ups amid a steady stream of Manchester drizzle. 5 minutes to kickoff: The atmosphere in here is ramping up nicely as kick-off approaches. The teamsheets are under half an hour away... As Guardiola would say - and this was kind of his very sarcastic point yesterday - we'll only really know once we see how it all shakes out. You know exactly what you’re going to get from Atletico and Simeone’s players are rigorously familiar with what their coach requires. 2nd minute - City have lined up with Cancelo at right-back, Ake and left-back and Stones and Laporte at centre-back. It was 3-2 midway through the first half, which sounds great but my fingers might fall off if anything like that goes down again.

Follow all the action as Pep Guardiola's side host Diego Simeone's LaLiga champions in the last eight.

City topped their group in the earlier round, while Atletico were runners-up in theirs. At the weekend they warmed up for the tie with a routine victory over Burnley, while the Spanish side hammered Alaves to make it six straight wins in all competitions. Both Guardiola and opposite number Diego Simeone have faced heartache in the final of this competition with their current clubs, but City remain the favourites to go the distance this time - even if this will be a huge test for the Cityzens in the last eight.

Minute-by-minute report: Join Rob Smyth for updates as Diego Simeone's side return to Manchester after toppling United.

It’s Manchester City v Atletico Madrid, with the winners to face either Chelsea or Real Madrid in a semi-final which, whatever the permutation, will be loaded with meaning.The first leg of the quarter-final is at the Etihad tonight, with the second at the Wanda Metropolitano next Wednesday. City are strong favourites, for reasons that would be intelligence-insulting to explain, and all things being equal they will go through. But all things weren’t equal when Atletico put Guardiola’s Bayern out in the 2015-16 semi-final, or when they eliminated a rampant Liverpool two years ago, or when Pep was too funky by far against Spurs/Lyon/Chelsea.If Atletico can get out of Manchester with at worst a one-goal deficit, they will fancy their chances next week. They’ve won seven of their last eight games, and the eighth - a draw at home to Manchester United in the last 16 - ultimately led to victory. We want to impose our game but they are a good team - champions of Spain, and they have always had good results in Europe. They’re a tough opponent.“John [Stones] will play with Aymer in the centre and Nathan [will play at left-back]. We have players on the bench who can change the game - Gabi, Phil, Jack. But I decided to start with these guys today.”Manchester City’s Phil Foden (left) and Jack Grealish head out for the warm up. “Speaking of Football Weekly,” says Matt Burtz. “I’ve been a faithful listener for many years now, and I’ve always wondered if we’ll ever get to hear your dulcet tones as a panelist. But it’s the Withering Depths of Simeone’s sh!thousing Atletico that I’m looking forward to enjoying tonight.” It won’t be the same without Hector Herrera.

Can Pep Guardiola curb his overthinking to advance in his quest for an ever elusive Man City Champions League tile.

Manchester City: While City has close to a clean bill of health, Kyle Walker is suspended for the tie while Ruben Dias is still injured. This tournament has been a team effort for Atletico Madrid as they've struggled to score while being their typical stingy defensive selves, scoring and conceding nine goals in the competition thus far. In contrast to a Diego Simeone side that you typically know what you get, Guardiola needs to ensure that his team doesn't tactically self-sabotage as home favorites.

John Stones is recalled, along with Bernardo and Riyad Mahrez who all sat out the victory at Turf Moor. Making way are Jack Grealish, Phil Foden and the ...

Fernandinho made his 100th appearance in the UEFA Champions League, group stage to final, on Matchday 8; he was the 44th player to reach a century of games in the competition. Scott Carson's substitute appearance in the round of 16 second leg against Sporting was just his second in the UEFA Champions League and came almost 17 years after his first, for Liverpool against Juventus in the quarter-final first leg on 5 April 2005. It will be nail-biting, thrilling and maybe even difficult to watch (depending on how your nerves are) – but what a privilege it is to be fighting out with the very best to ensure all the hard work that has gone before is rewarded with silverware.

Plenty of Manchester City supporters have taken to social media to react to Pep Guardiola's chosen line-up against Atletico Madrid in the first-leg of his ...

A host of Manchester City fans have taken to social media to react to Pep Guardiola's chosen XI to face Atletico Madrid in the first-leg on Tuesday night. The Blues, who secured a 5-0 aggregate victory over Sporting Lisbon in the Round of 16 stage, are set to welcome the Spanish champions to the east side of Manchester after Atletico Madrid knocked Manchester United out to set up a meeting with the Premier League champions. "No Foden, No Party", "Overthinking AGAIN!" - Many Man City Fans React to Pep Guardiola's Team Selection Against Atletico Madrid in the Champions League

Referee Taylor is from Wythenshawe in Manchester while VAR official Tierney hails from Wigan, which falls within the Greater Manchester area.

Liverpool fans have been left outraged after Anthony Taylor (left) and Paul Tierney (right) were appointed referee and VAR respectively for Sunday's title showdown with Man City With the two teams neck and neck at the top of the Premier League table, the Liverpool fanbase aren't best pleased that two men with Manchester connections will be in charge. 'Mancs refereeing Mancs!': Liverpool fans left FURIOUS after Anthony Taylor is put in charge of Sunday's title showdown with Man City with Paul Tierney VAR as Premier League chiefs are slammed as 'incompetent'

Manchester City host Atletico Madrid in the first leg of their Champions League quarter-final. It is only the fourth time Pep Guardiola and Diego Simeone ...

50 minutes to kickoff: As is often the case with a Guardiola XI, who plays where is the big question. He sees the England winger off to concede a corner and again there's no dice for City. But there's a lot of ground to cover and Gundogan arduously makes up the yards. Bernardo picks up the pieces and goes down under a Koke challenge. 24th minute: A rare foray for the visitors as Joao Felix gets away down the left. 50th minute: Again Atletico snuff out a City corner and again they have a man extra for a counter-attack. Simeone celebrates by having a good old chirp at the ref about a De Bruyne foul on Vrsalijko. City make a hash of the corner and Griezmann looks like he's away. De Bruyne slides a cute free-kick beyond a momentarily static Atleti backline but Sterling drags wide of the far post left-footed. But a triple substitution and a hometown hero with a point to prove yielded instant dividends. Correa boots the ball at a prone Grealish right but the touchline. A melee ensues and Guardiola pulls the understandably furious England man away from his attempts at retaliation.

Paul Tierney will serve as video assistant referee this weekend having enraged Jurgen Klopp during Liverpool's Premier League encounter at Tottenham in ...

He comes over and gives me a yellow card but I'd have preferred the right decisions on the pitch." Getting a positive result at the Estadio da Luz could be key as it would allow Klopp to make some changes for next week's second leg, which is sandwiched in-between the league clash with City and the FA Cup semi-final against the same opposition. "When you see the situation back, the VAR is there.

Man City continued to pressure the Atleti defence early in the second half, with Ilkay Gundogan thwarted at the doorstep right after the break and Jan Oblak called into action to parry away De Bruyne's goal-bound free kick minutes later. Pep Guardiola ...

They have scored so many goals at home in the recent past," the Atleti boss said. "We didn't play the way we wanted in the first half, we couldn't break out. "It is not easy to face a team with a lot of experience in this tournament. "We played an incredible top side who are difficult to face but it is a good result," he said, while praising his players for avoiding some of the potential flashpoints in the game. They played with almost five at the back and with five in midfield. If the game is tight they will have to attack a little bit more."

On Tuesday, Atletico Madrid visits Etihad Stadium to take on M anchester City in the first leg of the UEFA Champions League quarterfinals. Kickoff is set for 3 p.m. ET. Below, we preview the Manchester City vs. Atletico Madrid odds and lines, and make ...

As for City, it has the best defense in the EPL, and D Kyle Walker will be back from his suspension. As for Man City, it sits No. 1 in the English Premier League and has been on a dominant tear there. Atletico Madrid +900 (bet $100 to win $900) Madrid is led in scoring by F Ángel Correa and F Luis Suarez, both of which have 11 on the season. Atletico Madrid odds and lines, and make our best Champions League bets, picks and predictions. Atletico Madrid did what many were not expecting it to do - go into Old Trafford and come out with a 1-nil win.

Manchester City host Atletico Madrid in the first leg of their Champions League quarter-final. It is only the fourth time Pep Guardiola and Diego Simeone ...

50 minutes to kickoff: As is often the case with a Guardiola XI, who plays where is the big question. But there's a lot of ground to cover and Gundogan arduously makes up the yards. He sees the England winger off to concede a corner and again there's no dice for City. Bernardo picks up the pieces and goes down under a Koke challenge. 24th minute: A rare foray for the visitors as Joao Felix gets away down the left. 50th minute: Again Atletico snuff out a City corner and again they have a man extra for a counter-attack. City make a hash of the corner and Griezmann looks like he's away. 76th minute: To circle back around to the pre-match overthink narrative, Guardiola is often criticised for - if anything - underthinking his use of the bench. De Bruyne slides a cute free-kick beyond a momentarily static Atleti backline but Sterling drags wide of the far post left-footed. Yet the way Angel Correa and others provoked Grealish during the closing stages, trying to draw City into their chaos spoke of a tie that is still very much alive. They drove Atletico back over the course of the opening 45 minutes but were unable to register a shot on target before the interval. Correa boots the ball at a prone Grealish right but the touchline.

Kevin De Bruyne scored the only goal to give Manchester City a 1-0 win over Atletico Madrid in the first leg of their Champions League quarterfinal on ...

"It was a good finish for him and a really important goal for us. The Reds passed the latest test in their bid for an unprecedented quadruple of trophies, with the semifinals now in sight. "The way we played was good because we didn't give anything away," De Bruyne said. It gives us a two-goal cushion, which makes a difference." "It is very hard," De Bruyne said. "We knew it was going to be pretty tough to create some opportunities," De Bruyne said.

Kevin De Bruyne broke Atletico Madrid's stubborn resistence as the Manchester City midfielder's second-half strike clinched a 1-0 win in Tuesday's Champions ...

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Les Citizens récitent leur partition à la perfection depuis le coup d'envoi de la rencontre. Fidèles à leur style de jeu, les Citizens ont 70% de possession et ont monopolisé le cuir. Les hommes de Pep Guardiola peinent à faire la différence et s'infiltrer dans la surface. Fidèles à leur style de jeu, les Citizens ont 70% de possession et ont monopolisé le cuir. Malgré la supériorité dans le jeu, les hommes de Guardiola n'ont pas mis en danger les Colchoneros. Malgré la supériorité dans le jeu, les hommes de Guardiola n'ont pas mis en danger les Colchoneros.

Les quarts de finale aller de Ligue des champions débutent ce mardi soir. A l'affiche, un alléchant Manchester City – Atlético Madrid.

Et l'Atlético de l'Argentin avait éliminé le Bayern du Catalan (1-0, 1-2). Oui, y avait la règle du but à l'extérieur à l'époque. Il manque Walker et Ruben Dias derrière et on se retrouve notamment avec le Néerlandais Nathan Aké, la réincarnation de son compatriote Ruud Gullit, sur le côté gauche. C'est à côté pour l'Hispano-Agenais de City. Mais les Madrilènes ne touchent pas la gonfle. Mais pour l'instant, les joueurs de Guardiola n'ont strictement aucune inspiration, donc ceux de Simeone maîtrisent la situation avec le mégot aux lèvres. Je vais prendre un remontant et on se retrouve dans quelques minutes. On se retrouve direct au Wanda Metropolitano pour la séance de tirs au but. 48e: LE CONTRE DE GRIEZMANN après une mésentente côté City sur le corner. Je me suis davantage amusé à éplucher les registres de décès d'Isola Rizza (province de Vérone) entre 1910 et 1920 qu'à couvrir la première mi-temps de ce match. Oui, il y a de la vie dans ce match. 73e: C'est le premier but de KDB en Ligue des champions cette saison. Gundogan qui fait deux petites fautes pour ralentir le Français et qui s'en sort tranquillou-bilou. 55e: Et sur ce nouveau coup franc, KDB inquiète Oblak à ras de terre. Manchester City – Atlético Madrid : De Bruyne et Foden ont fait sauter le verrou espagnol…

L'Atlético de Madrid a longtemps tenu. Au final, les Colchoneros ont fini par s'incliner à l'Etihad Stadium face à Manchester City (1-0). Buteur (.

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Porté par le duo Foden-De Bruyne, Manchester City s'impose 1 à 0 face à l'Atlético de Madrid lors du quart de finale aller de la Ligue des champions.

L'arbitre ne dit rien ! C'est largement au-dessus ! La bataille tactique fait rage ! L'entrée en jeu de Foden à l'heure de jeu aura tout changé dans ce match. On a respecté le plan de jeu du coach, on a encore espoir pour le match retour. On a eu des occasions de marquer, on verra comment ça se passe à Madrid. On devait être concentrés aujourd'hui, ce n’est pas une équipe facile.

Pep Guardiola has pledged to attack Atlético Madrid next week as he has targeted a place in the Champions League semi-finals.

We go there not to defend the result but to try and win the game.” We have to go to Madrid now and use the tools at our disposal.” “We will go there to score and try and win again,” Guardiola said.

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I like to watch Manchester play, the patience they have to play." Almost immediately he picked up the ball in a tight space on the edge of the box, drew five Atletico defenders toward him and lifted his head to slip a pass through to De Bruyne. It was one of two outstanding moments of quality in the game, the other coming from Foden again when he danced his way down the byline to create another chance for De Bruyne. It might not be football to drool over, but Atletico have turned defending into an art form, and with two thirds of the game gone, City's best chance was an Aymeric Laporte header from a corner. Guardiola and Simeone wore the same long black coat on the touchline to guard against the Manchester rain, but their footballing styles could not have been more different. Had Foden stayed on the bench, City might not have found a way through Simeone's rigid game plan and would be heading to Spain next week with the tie on a knife edge. "A difficult game against a tough opponent, it's so difficult to find gaps," Guardiola said afterward.

MANCHESTER, England (AP) — Kevin De Bruyne scored the only goal to give Manchester City a 1-0 win over Atletico Madrid in the first leg of their Champions League quarterfinal on Tuesday. After a tight 70 minutes, City finally found its way through ...

“The way we played was good because we didn’t give anything away,” De Bruyne said. “It is very hard," De Bruyne said. Antoine Griezmann wasted one opening with a poor pass and Marcos Llorente chipped tamely at goalkeeper Ederson from another. “We knew it was going to be pretty tough to create some opportunities,” De Bruyne said. It was good that we took one.” After a tight 70 minutes, City finally found its way through Atletico’s tough rearguard helped by Phil Foden's vision.

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Benfica looked dangerous for a spell, but Reds goalkeeper Alisson dealt with their best chance, a shot by Everton, and Luis Diaz sealed the victory with a goal in the 87th minute. Four minutes into the second half, a blunder by Konate allowed Darwin Nuñez to pull back a goal for the hosts and bring the crowd back into the contest. While the Colchoneros would end the game with 29 percent possession and zero shots, they limited City to two shots on target and kept the hosts off the scoreboard until the 70th minute, when Kevin de Bruyne scored with a tremendous assist from late sub Phil Foden.

Former Manchester City star Joleon Lescott has claimed that it is inevitable that his former side will claim a Champions League trophy.

Chelsea weren’t the best team in the Champions League last year, but they still won it. I think they are right there, and are really close. “Look at PSG, and all the money that they have invested.

Two Premier League champions, Manchester City and Liverpool FC, play on Tuesday. Enemies come from Western Europe with Atletico Madrid and Benfica Lisbon and ...

In the standings, the Globe team is one point behind Manchester City in 8 games. This is because Jurgen Klopp’s team must first tackle the task in Lisbon before looking at the Premier League crackers against Manchester City. With the exception of FC Barcelona, there is currently no team with the best performing Reds in the top European leagues. Since the cushion in the first place in the Europa League is nine points, the whole focus can be placed on the Champions League. After disappointing games in the league against FC Visela (1-1) and most recently FC Prague (2-3), Roger Schmidt’s future squad progress will cause a big stir. Atletico Madrid beat Manchester United Manchester United in the 16th round. “After the unfortunate defeat in last season’s Champions League final, we know how it feels to be there. How important is the best game to be played in England next Sunday? The SportsBUZZER provides an overview.

The two English teams on parade in the first set of quarterfinal games in the Champions League won their respective games.

Good journalism costs a lot of money. There is definitely still a lot to play for in the second leg as Atletico will be looking to turn the game on its head especially with the away goals rule now off the window. As widely anticipated, the City and Atletico Madrid tie at the Etihad was a cagey one with chances few and far apart.

Manchester City have a slender lead from the first leg of their Champions League quarter-final after Kevin De Bruyne's 70th minute goal earned them a 1-0 ...

"It is not easy to face a team with a lot of experience in this tournament. They have scored so many goals at home in the recent past," he said. If the game is tight they will have to attack a little bit more," added the Belgian. It is the way they play. They played with almost five at the back and with five in midfield. I recommend anyone that says anything ... that they try playing against that on the training ground.

Foden supplied the match-winning assist 80 seconds after coming off the bench - City's Plan B is a luxury that every other club would envy as a Plan A.

There is no worse side in Europe to fall behind against, whether that’s over one leg or two. If City were complicit in that struggle, it was through failing to move the ball quicker through midfield and repeatedly wasting crosses by hitting the first or second man at barely above head height. - Felix – 6 - Mahrez – 6 It also occasionally gets vaguely unpleasant. For most of Tuesday evening, Pep Guardiola pointed and screamed like a frazzled conductor in charge of four different orchestras as Manchester City struggled to break down a comedically defensive Atletico Madrid, albeit one that did flicker on the counter attack after the break.

Kevin De Bruyne broke Atletico Madrid's stubborn resistence as the Manchester City midfielder's second-half strike clinched a 1-0 win in Tuesday's Champions ...

De Bruyne had a chance to double City's lead but couldn't hit the target to leave the tie in the balance. Angel Correa escaped with a booking after kicking the ball at Grealish, earning a shove from Guardiola in the process. While Guardiola launched a water bottle in a frenzied celebration that underlined what a testing night it had been for his team, the City boss will know the tie is far from over.

Kevin De Bruyne produced yet another big European moment to give Manchester City a narrow lead against the champions of Spain.

An instant impact with a really nice assist moments after coming off the bench. Phil Foden - 7 Whether it's PSG, Liverpool, Real Madrid or Chelsea, you can usually count on this man to get something in the big games. Rodri - 6 Had a bit more to do after the break and dealt with it all comfortably. Ederson - 6

Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola called on his players to control their emotions in their Champions League quarter-final return leg at Atletico Madrid ...

All the players start to press a little bit higher," Guardiola said. "There will be a referee there and we have to play our game. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com

Diego Simeone's Atlético Madrid hunkered down and defended in its Champions League quarterfinal at Manchester City. But a single goal might be enough to ...

It had one, possibly, in the second, though there is a very good chance that it was meant as a cross. It did not muster a shot on goal in the first half. And it almost worked here, too, against Guardiola’s latest masterpiece, a team that remains all but untouchable in the Premier League, a team that most likely ranks as the best in the world. And it is in those moments, too, that doubt is sowed in the mind of the opposition, when even a team as fine as Manchester City starts to second-guess itself, when it begins to wonder if it should be committing quite so many players forward. It is in those moments, those rare forays upfield, when an overworked defense has time to recover, to reorganize, to regroup. He would, privately, be pleased simply to have escaped from the Etihad with his side still in the tie. Or maybe it was that brief, fleeting and possibly accidental moment when the redoubtable Geoffrey Kondogbia burst into City’s half, looked up, and saw nothing in front of him except a couple of light blue jerseys and a broad swath of green. The style is, when it works, difficult to love but easy to admire. The Brazilian’s ennui could not — as it often can, during the course of both the domestic and the European seasons — be traced to Manchester City’s overwhelming superiority over its opposition, to its vast financial power, to its supercharged strength. Perhaps the best indication of how Diego Simeone, Atlético’s coach, intended to approach Tuesday’s UEFA Champions League quarterfinal came in its first second. There was nobody else in his half of the field. He had stared, squinting, into the distance, scanning for some threat on the horizon.

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"There will be a referee there and we have to play our game. All the players start to press a little bit higher," Guardiola said. "We have to control our emotions and do what we have to do," Guardiola told reporters after Tuesday's game.

Kevin De Bruyne has scored the only goal to give Manchester City a 1-0 win over Atletico Madrid in the first leg of their Champions League quarterfinal.

“The way we played was good because we didn’t give anything away,” De Bruyne said. “They played almost five at the back and five in midfield, it is very hard to find the spaces.” “We knew it was going to be pretty tough to create some opportunities,” De Bruyne said. It was good that we took one.” Antoine Griezmann wasted one opening with a poor pass and Marcos Llorente chipped tamely at goalkeeper Ederson from another. After a tight 70 minutes, City finally found its way through Atletico’s tough rearguard helped by Phil Foden’s vision.

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That would mean no room for Nathan Ake, who started both against Burnley and again against Atletico Madrid in the Champions League. It's likely that Jack Grealish retakes his place on the left wing, while Phil Foden comes back in at striker and Raheem Sterling slides over to the right, which is the same configuration used against Burnley last weekend. Gundogan has played fewer minutes over the past few months, as Pep seems to be slowly phasing the German international out. Zinchenko has struggled to find time in the Man City lineup, but could be a rested option on Sunday. Jurgen Klopp's biggest decision comes up front, as Sadio Mane and Mohamed Salah both came off on the hour mark against Benfica, but have displayed tired legs over the past few weeks as the minutes mount for both club and country. For Man City, Oleksandar Zinchenko was benched for the entire match, with Nathan Ake brought in to play left back.

The Premier League have confirmed that referee Anthony Taylor will be in charge as Liverpool and Man City face off in a potential title decider at the ...

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It’s fantastic for the attackers.” “He leads that group of players, and you can see that he really wants to win this tournament.” “He’s that one guy who might not even be playing well but if you make that run, he will still try and make that pass.

Kevin de Bruyne has stated Manchester City's Premier League title clash against Liverpool on Sunday is going to be 'pretty big'.

“Win, draw or lose, then there is still a lot to play for. “As a player, you want to win games and trophies. I think the players will take it as a privilege to play these games.

John Stones has said Manchester City will call on their experience of the 2019 title race to see off Liverpool's challenge this season.

"This week is vital for us in how we prepare and we stay calm about that because we've been in situations like this before," Stones said. "There's obviously that extra buzz about the game personally and what it means but it is just another game. "We went 14 games unbeaten and we know every game is so important to us.

Liverpool, Man City, Chelsea, Real Madrid, Bayern Munich all hope to win the Champions League. Henry, Carragher and Richards have predicted who will.

“Too much is going on between Liverpool and Man City. Too much pressure. Would a Spanish football expert predict anything other than a Man City vs Liverpool final? Balague is also of the opinion that the two Premier League giants will clash in Paris. Balague did think Real Madrid would beat Chelsea, though. Henry certainly won’t be alone in predicting a Man City vs Liverpool final. He also thinks Chelsea will get the better of Real Madrid. Will Bayern Munich do it for the second time in three seasons?

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That would mean no room for Nathan Ake, who started both against Burnley and again against Atletico Madrid in the Champions League. It's likely that Jack Grealish retakes his place on the left wing, while Phil Foden comes back in at striker and Raheem Sterling slides over to the right, which is the same configuration used against Burnley last weekend. Gundogan has played fewer minutes over the past few months, as Pep seems to be slowly phasing the German international out. Zinchenko has struggled to find time in the Man City lineup, but could be a rested option on Sunday. Jurgen Klopp's biggest decision comes up front, as Sadio Mane and Mohamed Salah both came off on the hour mark against Benfica, but have displayed tired legs over the past few weeks as the minutes mount for both club and country. For Man City, Oleksandar Zinchenko was benched for the entire match, with Nathan Ake brought in to play left back.

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“And Jack for controlling the game and giving continuity to the game. Definitely, and that’s exactly what is required over the course of 12 days that will define City’s season. Indeed, to the chagrin of some fans, he occasionally doesn’t use it at all. Three minutes from time, Foden unfurled a delicious pass with the outside of his left foot that resulted in another De Bruyne shot being blocked. Once cracks started to show, a player of Foden’s majestic gifts was able to prise them wide open. In the 80th minute, Foden ghosted past Kondogbia on the right and once again Reinildo couldn’t contain him. Foden is one of the majority who need to have their minutes sensibly managed. “His pace in the first steps is massive. The hosts did not manage a shot on target before half-time. And those promise to be very significant. Stones made 83 of his 110 inside the Atletico half. “In the Champions League, always I overthink.

Don't be mad at Diego Simeone's defensive tactics, nor Pep Guardiola's overthinking. Tuesday night's game was two managers leaning into stereotypes.

And when they adopt diametrically opposed game plans and are (mostly) flawless, this is what you get: a stalemate decided in the blink of an eye. City's are passing, movement and winning the ball back quickly after losing it (something they didn't do often because they rarely lost the ball). Atletico's -- much as they'd like to become a bit more multifaceted -- are ultimately stout defending and organization. That may have been down to the fact that Zinchenko, who was on the bench, had not started a game in nearly a month and, understandably, may be weighed down by the horrors unfolding in his native Ukraine. When this happens, there are three ways to break the stalemate: a defensive error, a refereeing mistake or some unscripted individual brilliance. It was more the choice of leaving Phil Foden on the bench, moving Bernardo Silva up front and sticking Ilkay Gundogan in midfield. Both were really effective at what they do, and what we got was immovable object besting unstoppable force for most of the game. You expect teams to play their strengths, which is exactly what Simeone and Guardiola did. They failed to make a single attempt at goal throughout the game. It's not so much that with Joao Cancelo forced to play on the right due to Kyle Walker's suspension, he opted for Nathan Ake -- more of a center-back throughout his career -- at left-back instead of Zinchenko, City's first choice over the past few seasons. The "overthinking" charge doesn't come out of thin air -- his critics will bring up dropping Yaya Toure against Monaco in 2016-17, deploying Aymeric Laporte at left-back against Liverpool in 2017-18, leaving out Kevin De Bruyne against Spurs in 2018-19, switching to a back three with two holding midfielders against Lyon in 2019-20 and even going without a defensive midfielder in last year's final against Chelsea -- but you also need to view it in context. And yet here's the thing about cliches: Often they contain more than a kernel of truth. Anyone who has watched LaLiga over the past year or so will have seen Simeone try to wean Atleti off his "Cholista" roots in an effort to play more proactive, attacking football.

Former Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has defended Manchester City's decision not to put all of their eggs in one basket last summer and complete the ...

"It is very rationally managed and if they decided that the maximum they were going to put in there was £100million, and they did it, I respect that. Wenger also backed City to the hilt when asked if the club would have secured Kane's signature if they had upped their bid to sign the striker by another £40million or £50million, adding: "For me, personally, I believe that City is a very well-run club. City's decision to invest £100million in Grealish has attracted criticism throughout the season, raising endless opinions that the club should have tried to sign Kane instead.

City will take a narrow but fully deserved 1-0 lead to Madrid next week after a gruelling, hard-Fought first leg at the Etihad.

Watch more. Watch more. Watch more. "But yeah, it was a good result today. Watch more. Read more. Read more. View more. Pep Guardiola paid tribute to the ‘special qualities' of Phil Foden after his introduction from the bench helped inspire City to a deserved 1-0 Champions League quarter-final first leg win over Atletico Madrid. Watch more. "It was a difficult game against tough opponents - they played two banks of 5 for the first 25-30 minutes and it was so difficult to find spaces - but we were patient enough except for the first 10. The visitors tried to engage City in a series of squabbles and numerous rolling around on the floor but the referee was having none of it. But one moment of magic from Phil Foden finally unlocked the Atleti defence for Kevin De Bruyne to slot home the only goal of the game.