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The eyes of Europe will be on the Etihad Stadium on Tuesday as Manchester City face an uphill battle to reach the semi-finals of the Champions League. It was always going to be a difficult tie against Liverpool, who were the only team to beat Pep Guardiola’s side in the Premier League prior to the draw being made. The Reds delivered a perfect performance in the first-leg to take a 3-0. Their attack was incredible, but their defence was arguably …

Otamendi, Gimenez, Hummels, Laporte, Dragovic. Transfer windows come and transfer windows go. But what refuses to pass is the who’s who of the footballing world’s centre-backs being linked to Manchester United. Three months and a bit still remain for the action to shift from the green under millionaire studs to the green inside billionaire bank accounts. That hasn’t stopped the tabloids from earning their bucks of course, and the aforementioned names have constantly been taken in the same breath as …