By Tom Procter
Published on 2025-12-09 12:00:00
Manchester City face Real Madrid in their next League Phase match in the Champions League – and after the defeat to Bayer Leverkusen the game takes on added importance.
Pep Guardiola stunned fans with his team selection against Leverkusen a couple of weeks ago, and Manchester City fell to a 2-0 defeat at the Etihad Stadium.
It was the first time City had lost to a German side at home since Guardiola’s Bayern Munich triumphed 3-1 in 2013.
That defeat, combined with results elsewhere saw City slip out of the automatic qualifying places in the League Phase table.
City now sit ninth, and take on Real Madrid on Wednesday.
The Spanish giants have actually been struggling under Xabi Alonso recently with the manager under pressure to save his…
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