Manchester City and Real Madrid meeting in the Champions League has become synonymous with the competition. While both always have ambitions of winning the entire thing, these two teams have already met 12 times in Champions League play with five of those meetings coming in the knockout stage.

Real Madrid spent most of their clash with Atletico Madrid pressing high, in part due to the low defensive line set by Diego Simeone. Rarely has Carlo Ancelotti dropped his team deeper though,

The first leg is at the Etihad Stadium with the second at the Bernabeu next Wednesday, giving La Liga leaders Madrid the edge in a titanic battle worthy of the final in Munich on the last Saturday in May.

Real Madrid against Manchester City in the Champions League is the accidental blockbuster of the new knockout playoffs round that starts Tuesday. The past two title winners surprisingly finished mid-table in the new 36-team standings format that ended in January.

Real Madrid officially announced their final squad for the upcoming Champions League encounter against Manchester City.However, moments later, the club confirmed that Lucas Vazquez, who

Champions League updates, latest team news, TV, prediction - City take on Champions League holders after scraping into knockout stages

Manchester City and Real Madrid will renew UEFA Champions League rivalries on February 11. The two sides meet for the fourth successive season in the competition as the fledgling rivalry continues to burn bright between Pep Guardiola and Carlo Ancelotti.

Real Madrid's defensive crisis deepens as Lucas Vázquez joins an already lengthy injury list ahead of their Champions League Round of 16 clash against Manchester City, leaving Carlo Ancelotti scrambling for solutions against Pep Guardiola's attacking force.