A fierce battle is set to ensue at the Santiago Bernabeu as defending champions Manchester City face 14-time winners Real Madrid in the first leg of the Champions League quarter-finals.
Los Blancos have dominated the European landscape for much of the past decade but were slapped with a chastening 4-0 defeat at the Etihad Stadium in last year’s semi-final.
Carlo Ancelotti’s side were made to look thoroughly ordinary as City romped to a first Champions League crown in their history but have looked stronger since.
The arrival of Jude Bellingham has helped matters, of course, and the fact Madrid head into the game after a nine-day break between fixtures cannot be ignored.
Guardiola has hit out at that scheduling as his team contest a gruelling title race with Arsenal and Liverpool and, on Saturday, watched his team turn on the style in the second half to beat Crystal Palace.
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