Champions League

Real have won Europe's top trophy a record 13 times while City remains in search of their first Champions League title after losing in the final to Chelsea last ...

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The Champions League semifinals begin as four teams remain in pursuit of continental glory. The action starts on Tuesday when Real Madrid head to Manchester ...

Match prediction: Manchester City 2, Real Madrid 1. His technical ability and speed should give the Real Madrid center-backs some serious trouble. I'll go with the guy who has to be on for Real to advance. He's had back-to-back hat tricks in the knockout stage and is playing out of his mind. Benzema, 34, is having far and away the best season of his career. The action kicks off on Tuesday when Real Madrid head to Manchester City for the first leg.

Liverpool boss Jürgen Klopp used his pre-Villarreal press conference in the Champions League to address a number of key points, including praising Unai ...

But whichever result we get, we work with it and fight with Villarreal. It means everything to us to make the Champions League final." If you need the next game to be 1000 per cent in, then bring on Villarreal in the Champions League. There are moments where we will suffer tomorrow night and there is no need to be nervous. Klopp was clear that Liverpool will come under pressure at certain times in the tie, but what Villarreal's clash with Bayern Munich proved is that those moments will be sporadic. Klopp is right to say that Liverpool cannot afford to make the mistakes that Juventus and Bayern did, but it is clear that they have the mentality to avoid falling into the same trap. A block on the line is like scoring for me. A big game, but that should be possible if the Reds are at their best. It would be massive but it is for us the same importance." Villarreal and their manager will prove a difficult team to beat over the course of the two legs, but Liverpool are overwhelming favourites, without a doubt. So many coaches and players work their socks off for their whole lives and have no chance to be close to this. We played a really good first half but it was game number 64 or whatever in that season and we had a lot of injury problems. "Unai is a detail-obsessed manager who prepares for all different situations in the game. We have to cherish it and enjoy it.

Liverpool have received news of a massive Champions League boost, as two key Villarreal players will miss the semi-final first leg at Anfield through ...

The case could be made that Pino may not have started the game anyway, given that he didn’t play in either of the Bayern games, with Giovanni Lo Celso preferred. Another blow for the Villarreal is the news that Pino also missed out on the training session. Pino has been making a name for himself this season playing on the right-side of Emery’s 4-4-2.

The stars are out at the Etihad, where the Premier League leader and La Liga leader go head-to-head with a place in the Champions League final the endgame.

Then, City held on for a scrappy 1–0 aggregate win over Atlético Madrid in the quarterfinal. However, Real Madrid eliminated City in the 2016 semifinals on a tight 1–0 aggregate en route to its first of three straight Champions League titles. Then, in the quarterfinals, Real eliminated defending champion Chelsea in extra time after blowing a 3–1 aggregate lead.

The Blues have reached only their third Champions League semi-final, with the likes of Paris Saint-Germain, Sporting CP, and Atletico Madrid already beaten ...

As expected, Pep Guardiola explained in yesterday's pre-match press conference that Kyle Walker and John Stones had not trained with the rest of the City squad and were major doubts for the clash. Manchester City Diego Simeone's La Liga champions were beaten in the quarter-finals, with Kevin De Bruyne's lone goal at the Etihad enough for City to earn progression.

Minute-by-minute report: Join Scott Murray for updates as the two European heavyweights go toe-to-toe at the Etihad.

Kick-off at the City of Manchester Stadium is at 8pm BST. It’s on! It’s the last time they met, so surely those are the most pertinent numbers of all. Then a taking of the knee ... and City get the ball rolling. It’s quite the sight, the sound, the atmosphere. They were humped 5-1 at Hamburg in 1980; lost 4-1 to Borussia Dortmund in 2013; and then there’s the famous 5-0 spanking handed out by Milan in 1989. Pep Guardiola emerges from the tunnel and shares a moment with Carlo Ancelotti. The mutual respect obvious as they embrace.

Manchester City will take on Real Madrid in their Champions League semi-final first leg on Tuesday, 26 April.

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Brandt Sutton locked in his Champions League picks and best bets for Manchester City vs. Real Madrid on Tuesday, April 26.

- Manchester City vs. Visit SportsLine now to see the best bets for Manchester City vs. Manchester City has scored 13 goals in its five home matches during Champions League play and has posted a clean sheet in each of its last four overall contests in the tournament. The 25-year-old Brazilian is one of six players on Manchester City who's recorded double-digit goal total this season. Manchester City cruised to a 5-1 victory against Watford on Saturday, with Gabriel Jesus recording four goals and an assist. Here are the betting lines and trends for Real Madrid vs.

Carlo Ancelotti believes Real Madrid's record of 13 European Cup wins is a “positive burden” for his players as they face Manchester City in the Champions ...

Normally, if Real Madrid get to the final, there is more of a possibility to win it.” “I think the history that Real Madrid has in this competition counts for a lot, more for us than opponents,” Ancelotti said. Real last won the competition in 2018, sealing a third consecutive triumph, while Ancelotti was the head coach who guided the club to their 10th success in 2014.

Liverpool take on Villarreal in the first leg of their Champions League semi-final at Anfield this week and the referee has been confirmed.

The first leg takes place at Anfield on Wednesday night, before Liverpool travel to Spain for the second leg next week. Liverpool fans may remember Marciniak taking charge of two Reds matches already this season, with each of them ending in victories. Marciniak oversaw the 3-2 win over AC Milan in the group stage at Anfield in September, as well as the 2-0 away victory against Inter Milan in the last-16 first leg at the San Siro.

The quarterfinal round saw reigning champions Chelsea, Bayern Munich, Atlético Madrid and Benfica eliminated from the competition, as the field was cut down ...

Manchester City’s own Raheem Sterling secured a total of three goals in the Champions League. Manchester City are the favorite to win against Real Madrid in the semifinals, and also make it to the finals. He scores an average of 1.11 goals every 90 minutes with 32 total goals so far this season, 13 of those being in the UEFA Champions League. Chelsea did come back to claim victory in the second leg at 3-2, but it wasn’t enough for them to advance. Manchester City’s 1-0 victory occurred in the first leg while their second matchup with Atlético Madrid resulted in a tie of 0-0. The second leg of the quarterfinals ended in a tie, 3-3, so Benfica said their goodbyes.

The Champions League semifinals are upon us, the action starts Tuesday on CBS and Paramount+. Manchester City host Real Madrid on Tuesday before Liverpool ...

A defense that may have only Craig Dawson as a fit center back will be tested but this is a team that has stood firm at both ends of the pitch in Europe. With the London Stadium at their backs they could well do enough to take control of the tie this week and book their passage back to Seville, where their knockout stage journey began. But, there is something to be said for the remorseless momentum that has gripped this club, where everything is being funneled into their pursuit of continental silverware. if their manager is ready to abandon the possession play he has gravitated to of late. Certainly that's no great surprise in the case of the Champions League where Liverpool and Manchester City have been strides ahead of the field for some time now. But, it was in that first half of the second leg that Villarreal seemed to conclude that they would win this tie, their belief not repressed even by Robert Lewandowski's goal. Here's one that has been sizzling away in the background for a while, not ready to be unleashed on the world until Barcelona crashed out of the Europa League. Now is the time to boldly declare this bit of Premier League exceptionalism. Flip the script of recent Villarreal games and if Klopp needs to tighten things up, he tends to have a top tier midfielder with fresh legs on the bench. Almost certainly not is the answer, an unfortunate one for those of a Villarreal persuasion or indeed those who just want to see a bit of spice in the latter stages of the Champions League. Then again one could have written the exact same thing throughout this competition. Across their Champions League games so far Villarreal have given up 4.85 expected goals and two actual goals in the first half as opposed to 9.73 and nine in the second. As the Belgian has hit top gear in recent weeks he has had something of another Manchester City great to his game. At full pelt Walker should be able to tame the Brazilian. If City do not have their best covering defender at that sort of level, then it might be Vinicius rather than Benzema who does the damage. Real Madrid have not gotten this far because they have been the clearly better team across the entirety of two legs in the previous rounds.

Carlo Ancelotti admitted Real Madrid midfielder Casemiro is a doubt ahead of tonight's Champions League semi-final first leg and played down suggestions his ...

'If you are not compact you will suffer,' he said. 'Success is reaching the final where we have a good chance of winning it.' Asked if he felt confident about being able to name his strongest side he said: '[Ferland] Mendy is fine.

Raheem Sterling claims Manchester City are 'focussed' on the Champions League because it is the one trophy the club have yet to win.

I always help the team, if I can get records even better," the winger said. As ever, Sterling was humble in his response, pointing out that he just takes games one at a time. He continued, "It's a special competition, every young player wants to be here.

Carlo Ancelotti says that both David Alaba and Casemiro could miss Real Madrid's Champions League semi-final against Manchester City as the Spanish giants ...

Real Madrid normally has a higher percentage of options to win the final." He added: "I think there is no different pressure. "Training will tell us more.

Pep Guardiola says he is proud of Manchester City's achievements in Europe this season, regardless of whether we are able to reach a second successive ...

But if we don't reach the final, I would not say it is not good.” Everyone wants to play well. Football is a tough business.

They have since come through a group featuring Italian champions Inter Milan and seen off the much-fancied Paris St Germain and last year's winners Chelsea to ...

The debate I have to decide on is three strikers or two.” “But for Real Madrid it is not normally a success to reach the semi-finals. It’s a positive responsibility to have that.” “We are happy to be here and competing. We are going to compete and fight 100 per cent. There are two teams in semi-finals that nobody thought could get here – Real Madrid and Villarreal.

Manchester City can take a major step towards a second Champions League final appearance in a row when they welcome Real Madrid to the Etihad Stadium on the ...

"I wait for the training session to see how they feel. With Joao Cancelo suspended for the clash after receiving a yellow card against Atletico Madrid in the second-leg of City's quarter-final tie, it remains to be seen who features at right-back for the Premier League leaders. Manchester City can take a major step towards a second Champions League final appearance in a row when they welcome Real Madrid to the Etihad Stadium on the back of a convincing 5-1 thrashing of Watford in the Premier League on Saturday afternoon.

Manchester City go welcome Real Madrid for di first-leg of dia Champions League semi-final match.

Di EPL no dey dia hands to win, but di Champions League and FA Cup still dey dia hand." "DeM dey smell blood and dem no go go away easily. I expect Manchester City to win wit a slim margin, but dis Real Madrid team na Carlo Ancelotti dey coach dem."

Raheem Sterling has described the Champions League as a 'special' competition ahead of City's semi-final first leg against Real Madrid.

He said: “(Benzema is) a top player. To be playing at such a high level for such a long time is a remarkable thing. “It’s a special competition,” the winger said to the media in his pre-match press conference.

Villarreal are thriving against Europe's elite with sights set on Champions League glory. Can they crack Liverpool next in semifinal bid?

Yet he's the one, in the Yellow Submarine's words, ensuring that 'everyone of us, has all we need' for a Champions League semifinal against the six-time competition winners. He was told on arrival that his negative test hadn't been produced early enough to allow him access to the stadium where his team were on the verge of history. Then we have optimistic expectations but based on a lot of work." Win, lose, draw -- Emery immediately sensed that there was urgency, ambition and grit about the Yellow Submarine project. Villarreal were on a promotion mission that, by 1967, would see them wriggle their way back into the third division, and there's a lovely faded black-and-white photo of a fan banner held up by first-team players on the day which reads: "The Yellow Submarine is Advancing At Full Steam." Emery, a Basque-born footballer of workmanlike ability, is a good witness to what his boss has achieved. I experienced the final by myself because my kids were in Poland, my brother was in Poland; everyone was in Poland. I watched more or less alone because my wife finds it very tense. There's a presumption that because the club have only become world-known over the last sixteen or so years the nickname is a modern creation. Relegation, from which the club bounced back with rubber-ball speed, was the most painful experience for him across this magical quarter-century. But 2006, the last time the Yellow Submarine reached the Champions League semifinal, was the more brutally iconic image. Like his brother and sister-in-law, he is a billionaire. On the day when the Beatles' publicity machine for their Yellow Submarine/Eleanor Rigby release went into overdrive, Villarreal were in Spanish football's fifth tier.

The Egyptian is within touching distance of the Ivorian and Argentine's mark in Europe's elite competition. Mohamed Salah is fast closing in on a notable Didier Drogba and Sergio Aguero Champions League mark as Liverpool prepare to face Villarreal on ...

I have one year left and the fans know what I want." Only in 2017-2018 has he scored more Champions League goals in a single campaign (10 goals and five assists). I think the fans know what I want, but in the contract, it’s not everything about the money at all.

The Champions League is down to four clubs, two from the Premier League and two from La Liga. Manchester City, Liverpool, Real Madrid and Villarreal will battle ...

Then there's West Ham, who cannot reach the Champions League places in England, so their only route to the Champions League is by winning the Europa League (and look how well that path has worked out for Villarreal!). They're facing a Frankfurt team that sits in ninth place in Germany with a goal differential of -2. While they've played well in the Europa League, they're not likely to provide much of a threat to the Hammers in London. Pick: West Ham and RB Leipzig to win (+156) Rangers getting this far in the competition is a credit to them, but they aren't in the same league as Leipzig, and I can't imagine they'll go to Germany and come away with a result. I see the value on a parlay of the likely winners. Villarreal are a great story and an excellent example of what a club can accomplish when the entire organization is in line and follows a vision. Villarreal's problem is that Liverpool are a club very much in the same mold, but with more money and much better players. After all, Liverpool did allow four goals in two matches against Benfica and have allowed at least one goal in seven of their 10 Champions League matches this season. Like the last round against Chelsea, I want to take the over, but I fear what Carlo Ancelloti did in the Round of 16 against PSG. He sent Real Madrid out there and had them playing like Sean Dyche's Burnley squad. The good news is Villarreal are strong enough in attack that I believe they can get at least one goal of their own more often than not. In other words, a pragmatic approach against City might not work out nearly as well as Ancelloti hopes, so I'm betting on City finding the back of the net at least twice. I can't guarantee anything, but I have a pretty good idea of what to expect. The Champions League semifinals begin this week, and while Manchester City and Liverpool are the heavy favorites to move on and give us an all-England final, Real Madrid has been written off a few times in this tournament already, and it's still here.

BT Sport is looking back at the best players to have played in the competition during its 30-year history, and have asked their most high-profile pundits to ...

who have BT pundits chosen in Champions League 'Immortals' XI? Former Spain midfield duo Xavi and Iniesta - both four-time winners at Barcelona - were largely chosen in midfield, with Cole the only one to omit the current boss of the Catalan giants in favour of four-time winner with Real Madrid Luka Modric. Meanwhile, former Chelsea and Liverpool star Joe Cole was the only one of the pundits to pick ex-Real Madrid and Spain shotstopper Iker Casillas, who has the second-most appearances of any player ever in the competition and who won it three different times.

Los Blancos are runaway winners in La Liga, but their expected goal differential is second-best in Spain and suggests that Real Madrid is a bit fortunate to ...

Madrid’s best path to success in this fixture is to sit back and allow City the lion’s share of possession. Los Blancos are runaway winners in La Liga, but their expected goal differential is second-best in Spain and suggests that Real Madrid is a bit fortunate to have such a big cushion over Atletico Madrid and Barcelona. Manchester City and Real Madrid begin their two-leg Champions League semifinal on Tuesday afternoon.

The excellence achieved in the era of Klopp and Guardiola in England's north-west has seen Liverpool and City persistently rewrite the record books.

Watch UEFA Champions League 2021-22 (Semi Final Leg 1) - Liverpool vs. Watch UEFA Champions League 2021-22 (Semi Final Leg 1) - Man. City vs. The excellence achieved in the era of Klopp and Guardiola in England's north-west has seen Liverpool and City persistently rewrite the record books. It is unbelievable what he is doing." Real Madrid and Villarreal stand in the way of Manchester City and Liverpool taking their battle for domestic honours to the biggest stage of all next month in the Champions League final. The excellence achieved in the era of Klopp and Guardiola in England's north-west has seen Liverpool and City persistently rewrite the record books.

"We will suffer" city coach Pep Guardiola has warned as he prepares his side against a team he calls "kings of the competition". City, finalists last year, ...

Now we are trying to be ourselves, to compete well, and we have to play two outstanding games to reach the final, and I hope we can do that." Meanwhile, the Merengue are dreaming of a final victory at the Stade de France after the one they won against Valencia in 2000. Asked what Manchester City must do to beat Real Madrid, Guardiola said "to be there in the last stages with the best teams in the world, in Europe, to be here is good.

The critics say this must be the year Manchester City win the Champions League. The predictor says it's the most likely outcome with Liverpool not far ...

Their opponents shouldn’t expect the same. What that seems to be doing is giving their attackers some space on the occasion that they are attacking. Villarreal seem to know what they’re doing at this stage of knockout tournaments. One step at a time, and the Reds are at 85% to be playing at the Stade de France on 28 May. Unai Emery’s side held Bayern to 0.07 xG per shot over 180 minutes, while Julian Nagelsmann’s side settled for plenty of low-quality opportunities: They’ve had six or fewer high turnovers three times in the Champions League this season. They’ve had 10 or more in the remaining seven. Real Madrid have scored a goal from a high turnover in three straight games. Pep Guardiola’s side have allowed 24 shots on target in the entire competition. But the two Spanish teams they’ll face have just eliminated the last two European champions in Chelsea and Bayern Munich. It should be said their group contained an attacking-mad RB Leipzig and Paris Saint-Germain, but the recent form is nonetheless encouraging. Sixteen of them only played six games.

The UEFA Champions League is down to the final four, but who will win the title and be crowned kings of Europe? In the quarter-finals, Chelsea threatened to ...

Despite this, the Reds are through to play Villarreal, and will fancy their chances of reaching the Champions League final this year. The Reds have been in stunning form this season and are the favourites with the Stake.com betting site to lift the trophy yet again. While the sides around them would choose Villarreal as their opponents over the other two in a heartbeat, it is precisely this sort of thinking that has seen both Juventus and Bayern eliminated in Europe. Indeed, if it was not for the sublime hat-trick that Benzema scored in the first leg, Real could be looking in from the outside following their loss to Chelsea. However, with some very talented attacking sides likely to block their path, Madrid have to find a way to ensure they do not leak goals, with their 3-2 loss to Chelsea uncharacteristic for the side. However, they clung in there and were rewarded as Rodrygo and Benzema helped to see the Spanish side through 5-4 on aggregate.

Manchester City did the double over Real Madrid in the 2019/20 Champions League round of 16...

In 2014, Kroos joined Real Madrid from Bayern. He continues to be one of the most important players for Madrid. In between, he had moved to Bayer Leverkusen on loan for a year in the 2009/10 campaign. The first leg, on April 27, is set to be an intriguing match up.

Is Mohamed Salah the best player of all time to represent a Premier League club in the UEFA Champions League? The African superstar is closing in on a ...

Salah, though, deserves to be appreciated in the present. The winger has struck 36 times in the Champions League so far, with 33 of those goals coming for the Reds. This means he needs just four more strikes to become the leading goalscorer of all time for a single English club in the tournament. Is Mohamed Salah the best player of all time to represent a Premier League club in the UEFA Champions League? The African superstar is closing in on a record that suggests he could be.

Samuel Chukwueze has been on the periphery of Villarreal's campaign but could play a significant part in stunning Mohamed Salah and Sadio Mane's Liverpool.

We need to suffer, to stick together, when we have the ball try to attack.” Defeating Juventus was an unexpected result and getting the better of FC Hollywood was a huge statement. Since then, Salah has scored twice and assisted as many, signalling a return to something close to his finest. Chukwueze had only three touches of the ball but that was all he needed to score on his Champions League debut. We want to try it. He was on the pitch for six minutes, yet there was time to put the icing on what was the side from the province of Castellon’s first win in the competition in 10 games.

Manchester City take on Real Madrid at the Etihad in the Champions League tonight.

But we have the desire to play against them and take on this incredible test and we want to improve. This is the motive to do my job.” Reaching the final [last year] is a good lesson for us and for the future it will be good.” “If we have to compete with history, we don’t have any chance. We want to be ourselves.” And ahead of the game, Guardiola said: “We have to be so precise against them.