SUTTON: Simeone will be praying Manchester City bottle it again...

Atletico Madrid need the perfect night if they are to reach the semi-finals at Manchester City’s expense.

But I’m sure Diego Simeone, like any manager trying to motivate, will be reminding his players that their opponents have bottled it before in the Champions League. 

Against Tottenham. Against Lyon. In the final against Chelsea when Pep Guardiola decided he didn’t need a deep-lying midfielder. 

So Atletico will believe they can be another side to thwart City in their chase for football’s most coveted prize.

Jose Maria Gimenez’s fitness is key, mind. When he and Stefan Savic are in that defence together, Atletico are a different team. 

If Gimenez isn’t up to starting then that’s a blow before a ball is even kicked for Simeone. 

Atletico won’t go toe-to-toe or gung-ho. They’ll try to do it cleverly. Maybe by nicking a 1-0 lead and even holding on for extra time and penalties. 

They’d take that now if you offered them it, I’m sure. It will be an intense 90 minutes, that we’re guaranteed. 

We didn’t get to see a great deal of him in the first leg as Atletico were in ultra-defensive mode, playing a 5-5-0 formation for large parts. 

But Joao Felix is a very talented forward. Confident, too. He did an interview a few months back in which he talked all about his game, how he loves being the second forward, even mentioning that winning the Ballon d’Or is a target.

To do that, you need to play and perform. Felix was out of the starting line-up for a while but was eventually brought back in by Simeone and, lo and behold, results improved.  

Atletico are better when the 22-year-old is in their team. Felix was rested for their trip to Mallorca on Saturday and Luis Suarez was used alongside Antoine Griezmann instead. They ended up