Manchester Metropolis face the most important recreation of their season on February 19 as Pep Guardiola takes on outdated foes Actual Madrid but once more.
The pair had been drawn collectively for the fourth successive season after dropping down into the newly formatted final 16 playoffs final month.
Metropolis surrendered a 2-1 lead late on within the first leg as Brahim Diaz and Jude Bellingham snatched an unimaginable late 3-2 win in Manchester.
Guardiola might want to flip the tide to face any probability of avoiding an early European exit in midweek and the accidents are starting to mount.
Defender Manuel Akanji has already been dominated out after present process surgical procedure and there may be now a doubt over Erling Haaland.
The Norwegian star lastly netted his first-ever objective towards Los Blancos within the first leg however he went off injured within the remaining minutes of Metropolis’s 4-0 Premier League win over Newcastle United on February 15.
The early indicators didn’t look good over the striker, with Haaland clutching his knee in clear ache, and Guardiola will now await updates.
The Catalan coach provided an unclear evaluation at full time, with Metropolis followers assured it won’t bee a long run absence, however his participation in Madrid is unsure.
“When he was down, everybody was scared. I didn’t communicate to him but, or the physician – however the physician didn’t include dangerous information – so hopefully he’s effective. Possibly it’s not as dangerous because it may very well be,” he mentioned.
If Haaland is dominated out of the sport, Guardiola may throw Omar Marmoush in for his first Champions League begin on the membership, on the again of netting a hat trick towards Newcastle.
Marmoush got here off the bench within the first leg and he’s additionally a beginning candidate if Jack Grealish misses out because of a muscular damage picked up in that recreation.