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Your support makes all the difference.Manchester City can reach the last-16 of this season’s Champions League with victory over Borussia Monchengladbach tonight. Follow it live here.
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Form guide…
Borussia Monchengladbach: LWDDLL
Manchester City: DLWWDW
Vital information…
Kick-off time: 7.45pm
TV: BT Sport 2
Odds…
Borussia Monchengladbach: 15/4
Manchester City: 13/16
Draw: 63/20
Wednesday's Champions League fixtures
Group A
Arsenal vs Paris Saint-Germain
Ludogorets vs FC Basel
Group B
Besiktas vs Benfica
Napoli vs Dynamo Kiev
Group C
Borussia Monchengladbach vs Manchester City
Celtic vs Barcelona
Group D
FC Rostov vs Bayern Munich
Atletico Madrid vs PSV Eindhoven
Good evening and welcome to the Independent's live coverage of Manchester City's Champions League clash against Borussia Monchengladbach. After recording a memorable victory against Barcelona in their last game in the tournament, Pep Guardiola's men simply need a win tonight to book their spot in the last-16. Stay tuned for team news which will be announced shortly.
This is Manchester City’s first outing in the Champions League since the night they took Barcelona apart at the Etihad Stadium. It was said to be the night that the modern Manchester City arrived as a major European force. As he mulled over that game in the team hotel in Dusseldorf, Guardiola was inclined to play the result down.
“We were so pleased and happy when we beat Barcelona but it was just a game,” said Guardiola. “But, given the history of the club, we cannot be considered favourites. Look at the Spanish teams, they have played more games over so many more years.
Pep Guardiola speaking ahead of tonight's game
“Hopefully, it will be shorter than 10 years but Manchester City spent 40 years not playing in Europe and you need time to get back to that level – and we are talking about Barcelona, Real, Atletico Madrid, Bayern Munich.
“We have been fighting to do that since Abu Dhabi took the club over and we have been investing – like all big clubs do – to reduce the distance between us. But history is history. It speaks for itself and it counts for a lot.
Manchester City starting XI:
City have notably set up with three at the back against Monchengladbach as Pep Guardiola names an attacking starting XI. The Blues make four changes from the side that beat Crystal Palace 2-1 at the weekend with Guardiola opting for three centre-backs.
Aleks Kolarov, John Stones and Nicolas Otamendi form the back three with Ilkay Gundogan and Fernandinho in the holding midfield role.
Raheem Sterling and Jesus Navas will provide the width down the flanks with the formidable creative duo of Kevin De Bruyne and David Silva centrally placed behind Sergio Aguero.
Anyway, back to more pressing matters. Once again Manchester City are without captain Vincent Kompany. The Belgian, who has been plagued by injury and fitness issues over the past year, made his return to the City side for their 2-1 victory over Crystal Palace on Saturday but was substituted following a collision with goalkeeper Claudio Bravo.
Guardiola confirmed that the defender is set to be sidelined for a couple of weeks with a moderate knee injury.
Kompany is attended to by City's medical staff
“He is sad about it, of course,” said Guardiola of Kompany. “I am sad. He is a good chap and it is a long time that he doesn’t play. He is in the best hands and Dr Cugat will make the treatment as soon as possible. I am told it is not a serious knee ligament injury. A serious knee ligament injury would be six months. This is weeks.”
Kompany has already spent 37 weeks of the year out with a variety of injuries and now it seems there's a fresh one to battle.
And what about City's opponents tonight? Danger man Thorgan Hazard (yes, the younger brother of Chelsea's Eden) won't be featuring tonight which will come as a bonus for the visitors. The player "has been excused from the team tonight for private reasons", as confirmed by the club's Twitter account. City will have to keep an eye on Lars Stindl though. The forward has scored six for the club this term and should keep the City backline on their toes.
Lars Stindl celebrates scoring against Celtic
A reminder of tonight's squads:
Borussia Mönchengladbach: Sommer, Elvedi, Christensen, Jantschke, Wendt, Dahoud, Strobl, Traore, Stindl, Johnson, Raffael.
Subs: Sippel, Vestergaard, Schulz, Benes, Hofmann, Hahn, Rutten.
Manchester City: Bravo, Otamendi, Fernandinho, Stones, Kolarov, De Bruyne, Gundogan, Silva, Jesus Navas, Aguero, Sterling.
Subs: Caballero, Sagna, Fernando, Nolito, Sane, Clichy, Iheanacho.
Referee: Cuneyt Cakir (Turkey).
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