PSG vs Manchester City team news: Joe Hart returns from injury, Manuel Pellegrini makes one other change

Bacary Sagna also comes back into the line-up following Saturday's 4-0 win over Bournemouth

Mark Critchley
Wednesday 06 April 2016 19:03 BST
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Manchester City goalkeeper Joe Hart
Manchester City goalkeeper Joe Hart (Getty)

Joe Hart has made a full recovery from his calf injury and starts for Manchester City’s Champions League quarter-final first leg against Paris Saint-Germain.

The England international goalkeeper, who sustained the injury in last month’s derby defeat to Manchester United, returns to replace understudy Willy Caballero in the starting line-up.

Manuel Pellegrini’s makes one other change to the side which beat Bournemouth 4-0 in the Premier League on Saturday, with Bacary Sagna coming in for Pablo Zabaleta.

Laurent Blanc drops Lucas Moura and Hervin Ongenda following the 4-1 Ligue 1 victory over Nice, with high-profile stars Angel di Maria and Edinson Cavani returning.

Zlatan Ibrahimovic, whose contract expires in the summer and has been linked with a number of Premier League clubs, starts up front.

Line-ups

Paris Saint-Germain: Trapp; Aurier, Thiago Silva, David Luiz, Maxwell; Rabiot, Motta, Matuidi; Di María, Ibrahimovic, Cavani

Substitutes: Sirigu, Stambouli, Marquinhos, Lucas, Kurzawa, van der Wirl, Augustin

Manchester City: Hart, Sagna, Otamendi, Mangala, Clichy, Fernando, Fernandinho, Navas, Silva, De Bruyne, Aguero

Substitutes: Caballero, Zabaleta, Demichelis, Kolarov, Delph, Bony, Iheanacho

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