MANCHESTER CITY welcome Real Madrid to the Etihad for the first leg of their Champions League knockout phase play-off TONIGHT. Pep Guardiola’s side will be looking to take a lead to the

Real Madrid against Manchester City in the Champions League is the accidental blockbuster of the new knockout playoffs round that starts Tuesday.

The dream was a clash at the summit, in Munich on May 31; the hope was that another epic would christen this new-look Champions League. Instead, on Tuesday, City and Madrid brought it to life. Madrid stunned City with a late comeback, and won a frantic, fantastic first leg 3-2 at the Etihad Stadium in Manchester.