Champions LeagueSimeone: Man City might have better players than Atletico Madrid, but it’s just two games
Champions LeagueGuardiola: I didn’t invent football, I don’t want to have stupid debates. On Tuesday night, Atletico Madrid travel to the Etihad to do battle with Manchester City in the first leg of their Champions League quarter-final.
The two teams have never met before in official competition, although the head coaches and plenty of the players will be familiar with each other.
Both sides will go into this one confident after picking up domestic wins at the weekend following the international break in a warm-up for what could be a season-defining match. Stay with us here on the live blog for all the pre-match build-up and then minute-by-minute updates from Manchester City vs Atletico Madrid.
Manchester City vs Atletico Madrid LIVE SCORE: 0-0This is the very beginning of our Manchester City vs Atletico Madrid live blog, as we bring you all the updates from this Tuesday evening meeting at the Etihad.Champions League or bustRio Ferdinand on BT Sport:
“The likes of Sterling and De Bruyne, when their careers are over, they won’t be happy if they haven’t won the UEFA Champions League, they’ll be disappointed. I didn’t win the FA Cup and it still eats me up to this day.
“Manchester City vs Atletico Madrid – Official Line-ups
Pep Guardiola has named Nathan Ake as a replacement for the suspended Kyle Walker, with Jack Grealish left out. Joao Cancelo is expected to take up a right-back slot. Diego Simeone has gone with a back three as he looks to bag another result in Manchester.
Manchester City XI: Ederson, Cancelo, Stones, Laporte, Ake; Bernardo Silva, Rodrigo, Gundogan, De Bruyne; Mahrez, SterlingAtletico Madrid XI: Oblak, Vrsaljko, Savic, Felipe, Reinildo, Lodi; Llorente, Kondogbia, Koke; Griezmann, Joao Felix
Manchester City vs Atletico Madrid predicted line-ups
Manchester City’s predicted line-up: Ederson; Joao Cancelo, Aymeric Laporte, John Stones, Oleksandr Zinchenko; Bernardo Silva, Rodri, Kevin De Bruyne; Riyad Mahrez, Phil Foden, Raheem Sterling
Atletico Madrid’s predicted line-up: Jan Oblak; Stefan Savic, Mario Hermoso, Reinildo; Marcos Llorente, Rodrigo De Paul, Geoffrey Kondogbia, Koke, Reinan Lodi; Antoine Griezmann, Joao Felix.
When does Manchester City vs Atletico Madrid start?
This Tuesday’s match between Manchester City and Atletico Madrid kicks off at 20:00 BST, the local time in the UK. For those living in the USA, you can tune in at 15:00 ET and 12:00 PT.
