Manchester City can reach UEFA Champions League final, says Kevin De Bruyne

Monaco’s three away goals in the first leg – two of which were scored by Falcao who missed tonight’s game – proved most useful for the French league leaders as they qualified on away goals.

“The news is that he’s a bit better”.

City coach Pep Guardiola had sounded nearly like a Monaco season-ticket holder on the eve of the game, speaking with gushing admiration about how he feared Monaco’s attack, and saying it was impossible to stop a team that was so prolific. “We’ll wait until tomorrow to see if he’s fit enough to start”.

“If Falcao is there, he will take it”, Jardim said. To put in perspective their relatively thin history, if Manchester City make it to the quarterfinals it would be only the second time they’ve made it that far in Europe’s premier club competition.

Having won three of their last four games, Liverpool have opened up a five-point gap on fifth placed Arsenal as the race for Champions League qualification hots up. I think we are a better team than them, but in the moment we didn’t play the first half like we wanted to.

“I think that when you play at the highest level, you’re always playing in big matches whether it’s in the Premier League, the cups, the Champions League or at global level”.

Sky Sports pundit Paul Merson is backing Manchester City to defeat Liverpool in a five-goal thriller at the Etihad Stadium on Sunday. Will it have the teams continue scoring feast, and in the French part of the opposition?

Player to watch: Monaco young star Kylian Mbappe. “I think there will be a lot of space and also a lot of goals”.

No manager has recorded more victories (six) over the Spaniard in all competitions than Jurgen Klopp, who expects the Reds to continue their unbeaten form against the current top six.

The Manchester City boss said in a press conference earlier today: “I met Sheikh Mansour in Abu Dhabi recently”. It is a hard one for us to take.

PEP GUARDIOLA is to oversee a massive shake-up of his Manchester City squad – with up to 18 players’ futures at the Eithad hanging by a thread. He said: “Believe me, I’m not here to think: “I’ve reached the semi-finals seven times in a row and if that happens again it’s good and if not it’s a real pity”.