Real Madrid vs Man City LIVE early team news and Champions League updates

Here we go again. The Champions League is back and so is Manchester City's ongoing battle with Real Madrid.

Real are no strangers to City and this will be the second time the two teams have faced each other this season. City with the victors back in December as goals from Nico O'Reilly and Erling Haaland saw Pep Guardiola's side come from a goal down to win 2-1 at the Bernabeu.

In terms of the team news tonight, Erling Haaland should return after he was included in City's travelling squad. The hosts could be without Kylian Mbappe as he continues to recover from injury.

Victory over Real Madrid over two legs could be the catalyst for a sensational run-in for City. This really is a titanic match-up.

Follow live build-up, updates and reaction in the blog below:

Donnarumma will return ahead of Trafford while Guehi should make his Champions League debut alongside Dias. Nunes did feature at St James' Park but should retain his spot having made the right-back position his own. Ait-Nouri is also likely to return despite Nathan Ake's solid performance at Newcastle.

Having avoided a ban on Monday, Rodri will start in midfield. In front of him is where difficult decisions need to be made. Semenyo has been in brilliant form and should also make his Champions League debut.

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Tonight's game will be will be shown live in the UK via Prime Video UK, TNT Sports 1, discovery+ and discovery+ app.

If you don't have access to any of those channels, stick with us for minute-by-minute updates of this huge encounter.

Hello and welcome to our live coverage of City's clash with Real Madrid.

Kick off is at 8pm tonight and we'll have all the build-up, updates and reaction from the Bernabeu. We saw some very one-sided games in the