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Champions League quarter-finals: Manchester City face Real Madrid, Arsenal play Bayern Munich

The Champions League returns this week with Manchester City once again having to find a way past La Liga leaders Real Madrid.

These two sides have met in the knockout stages in three of the past four seasons, including at the semi-final stage in 2022 and 2023.

The first leg of their quarter-final takes place at the Santiago Bernabeu on Tuesday, 9 April before the second at Etihad Stadium on 17 April.

City won 4-2 on aggregate in the last 16 in 2020, Real triumphed 6-5 on aggregate after extra time in a thrilling semi-final in 2022, but Pep Guardiola got his revenge last year with a crushing 5-1 aggregate success, including a 4-0 second-leg thrashing, before City beat Inter Milan 1-0 in the final.