How Man City should line up vs Real Madrid in Champions League

Manchester City will have Joao Cancelo back for their crucial Champions League trip to the Bernabeu to face Real Madrid.

Cancelo was suspended for City's semi-final first leg, where they managed to take a 4-3 lead into this second leg, and the right-back is likely to return after playing at Leeds on Saturday. Kyle Walker, who has been missing since the quarter-final second leg at Atletico Madrid, trained yesterday and could feature, but John Stones was missing and won't travel. Pep Guardiola said that a decision on Walker's involvement would be taken on Wednesday.

If Walker isn't fit, then Aleks Zinchenko could come back in at left-back to replace Nathan Ake, who played at Elland Road. In attack, Guardiola rested Kevin De Bruyne, Bernardo Silva and Riyad Mahrez, so all three could return.

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Read how our writers think City should line up at the Bernabeu and then use the interactive team selector to pick your own starting XI:

Nothing but the strongest City team available will do for this one, and with that in mind the return of Kyle Walker is a major plus, against the pace of Vinicius Junior. Even if Walker is not fit, having Joao Cancelo back, and Oleks Zinchenko's performance last week inspires confidence that the Blues will be better at the back.

The midfield is almost a given - Kevin De Bruyne and Bernardo Silva both got valuable rest at the weekend, while Rodri is a player that Guardiola trusts to play and play, such are his recovery powers. Up front is more interesting, but Phil Foden should return to the left after his stint as the central playmaker at Leeds.

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