Man City press conference LIVE Pep Guardiola and Josko Gvardiol speak ahead of Champions League tie

Hello and welcome along to our live coverage of Pep Guardiola's Manchester City press conference ahead of the Champions League clash with Bayer Leverkusen.

City return to continental action with the chance to take a big step towards securing a top eight spot and a direct passage into the last-16. The Blues have 10 points from four games and sit fourth in the table at the halfway stage of the League Phase.

A win over the Bundesliga outfit on Tuesday night would further cement their place towards the top of the standings and provide the perfect response to the weekend Premier League loss at Newcastle United.

Guardiola will provide the early team news and, as is customary at European press conferences, will be joined by a a City player with Josko Gvardiol also due to speak.

We will have all the updates and analysis right here in our blog so stay with us.

Claudio Echeverri will be back in Manchester tomorrow night with his Bayer Leverkusen teammates.

The City prospect is on loan with the German club but it has been a frustrating time for the teenager in the Bundesliga.

He has made just three starts and srtuggled for minutes, with City monitoring the situation amid the prospect of a move elsewhere in the second half of the campaign.

But the Argentinian playmaker CAN play against City under the terms of his loan. Read more here

City don't have much time to lick their wounds from a controversial and tetchy night on Tyneside, with Pep Guardiola's side thrust straight back into action at the start of this week.

Guardiola and his players were arguing with the officials and their Newcastle counterparts on the pitch just 72 hours before Tuesday's Champions League clash with Bayer Leverkusen at the Etihad. They were left