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Manchester City have suffered a blow ahead of Wednesday's Champions League semi-final second leg against Real Madrid -by failing to secure their preferred hotel.

City boss Pep Guardiola is said to be superstitious and likes to return to hotels which he considers to have been lucky for his teams in the past. The Blues stayed at the £1,000-a-night Four Seasons Hotel for their quarter-final triumph over Atletico Madrid last month, with Guardiola wanting to return there for the semi-final against Real.

But City were unable to secure enough rooms for their squad and staff at the Four Seasons, so have had to switch to the nearby Mandarin Oriental Ritz hotel, where rooms still cost around £850-a-night.

Ilkay Gundogan reckons Manchester City face one of their toughest challenges to beat 13-time winners Real Madrid to reach the Champions League final.

City lead 4-3 going into their semi-final second leg at the Bernabeu, after an epic encounter at the Etihad in which Pep Guardiola's side blew a two-goal lead on three occasions. With such a slender lead and with Real having staged epic comebacks in the previous rounds to beat Paris St Germain and Chelsea, midfielder Gundogan reckons City have it all to do tomorrow.

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