Pep Guardiola press conference LIVE Man City team news updates vs Sporting 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.

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There ws no Jack Grealish or Gabriel Jesus in training this morning, but Sam Edozie did make a welcome return.

We didn't get an update on Zack Steffen, who missed the weekend game for unknown reasons.

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Hello, and welcome to coverage of Pep Guardiola's press conference ahead of Sporting vs City in the Champions League.

We'll have every word from the boss coming up from 1.15pm.