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Every word from Pep Guardiola and Joao Cancelo on Man City team news and Sporting tie in Champions League

Pep Guardiola will offer a team news update on three Manchester City players ahead of the Champions League trip to Sporting.

City will fly to Portugal later for their last-16 first leg in Lisbon, looking to take a big step towards the quarter-finals. Guardiola and a player will face the media this afternoon before they leave Manchester, and the manager could offer an update on three key players.

Jack Grealish missed the Norwich win with a shin injury, with the manager saying on Saturday he was hopeful of a return this week, but the England man was absent from training on Monday morning. Also missing was Gabriel Jesus, who has not featured this month with 'muscular niggles' - he is another who was earmarked for a potential return this week, but was also not spotted in training.

Zack Steffen was the third first-teamer to be absent at Norwich, although the goalkeepers were not seen in training so there was no immediate update on his fitness. Cole Palmer was the fourth player who appeared to be out.

Joao Cancelo is also due to speak to the media today.

Follow every word from Guardiola and Cancelo below:

An honest account from the right-back.

The manager has finished now, so we'll tidy up all those quotes and bring you the top stories.

Advice for first time in last 16?

Maybe I get advice from him. His career is going well, his personality, the way they play. The minute one try to win the game. I'm sure he's excited and hopefully he can be excited after 14 years to travel to the last 16. We show who we are in Portugal and show people who we are and after the result follows. It's two games and we accept the challenge to face them and do a good two games.

Portugal always has incredibly competitive league. We fought against

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