Pep Guardiola will not be present for pre-match press conference duties on Friday afternoon, Manchester City have confirmed.City were originally due for a fairly standard media commitment ahead of

Pep Guardiola will set his men up in a 4-3-3 formation and is expected to keep changes to a minimum for this clash. Hence, Erling Haaland will once again lead the charge for Man City up top. Gianluigi Donnarumma will feature in between the sticks for Man City after conceding one goal in his last outing.

Sports Mole takes an in-depth look at how Manchester City could line up for Sunday's Premier League clash with Crystal Palace.

It was Madrid who took the lead in a frantic first half, Rodrygo ending a 32-game personal scoring drought by firing low past Gianluigi Donnarumma. City responded through Nico O’Reilly, who scored from close range following a corner, then won a penalty when Erling Haaland was bundled to the floor by Antonio Rudiger.

City – akin to Rudyard Kipling's If. A tale about resilience and virtue, both qualities that were needed to overturn Europe's serial winners. As the poem goes: 'If you can keep your head, when all about you are losing theirs' and with one win in five La Liga games,

Manchester City completed an incredible comeback away against Real Madrid in the sixth matchday of the UEFA Champions League, League Phase. Here are all of the highlights from another fantastic few nights in European football this midweek.