Discover out all the pieces it’s essential to know forward of Metropolis’s Champions League encounter with Bayer Leverkusen.
WHEN AND WHERE
We host the German Bundesliga facet on Tuesday 25 November, with kick-off scheduled on the Etihad Stadium for 20:00 (UK).
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Supporters dwelling world wide can learn the way they will tune in through our under, courtesy of liversoccertv.com
OPPOSING MANAGER – KASPER HJULMAND
The Dane stepped into the position in September following the departure of Erik ten Hag and has a powerful CV to his identify.
The previous participant was compelled to retire from taking part in on the tender age of 26 again in 1998. He took the setback in his stride and made a seamless transition into teaching, beginning at Danish outfit Lyngby as a part of their youth teaching workers.
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He progressed effectively and have become the first-team supervisor earlier than shifting to Nordsjælland, main them to their first ever top-flight title in 2011/12, overcoming Danish giants FC Copenhagen.
That success earned him a transfer to Mainz, changing Thomas Tuchel.
Nonetheless, his most spectacular spell got here with the Denmark nationwide facet, main them to the semi-finals of Euro 2020, while additionally overseeing their 2022 World Cup marketing campaign and Euro 2024 journey.
In his 14 matches in command of Leverkusen, he has solely tasted defeat twice throughout all competitions, with each losses coming to Paris Saint-Germain and Bayern Munich.
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DANGER MEN
Striker Patrick Schick is an apparent goalscoring menace with seven objectives throughout all competitions this season, together with the winner in Leverkusen’s final Champions League encounter towards Benfica.
Schick enjoys a bodily battle with defenders and is assured within the air, so the German facet may look in direction of him in set-pieces to make a distinction in each containers.
Wing-back Alejando Grimaldo is one other one to maintain an in depth eye on.
With the added safety of an additional defender behind him, Grimaldo has the license to cost ahead, and that’s confirmed by his seven objectives and three assists this time period.
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PEP GUARDIOLA PREVIEW
and a participant from the primary crew squad will face the media on the pre-match press convention from 12:30 (UK) on Monday 24 November.
You’ll be able to observe it stay on and on the Official Man Metropolis App.
Don’t fear if you’re unable to look at the press convention stay, we’ll have a full written overview and video recap shortly after they’ve concluded.
PREVIOUS MEETING
This will likely be our first-ever encounter with Leverkusen.
Though we do have loads of historical past towards their German counterparts, together with entertaining Champions League fixtures with each Borussia Dortmund and Bayern Munich.
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LAST TIME OUT
Our final Champions League sport noticed us declare an i
Foden scored two very good objectives – each from distance – and Erling Haaland bagged his 18th Metropolis aim of an already unbelievable marketing campaign.
Anton pulled a aim again on 72 minutes – the one blot on an in any other case glowing show by the Blues, who now sit in fourth within the UCL league section desk. Rayan Cherki had the ultimate say, drilling a low shot dwelling in added time to make it 4-1.
Within the Premier League, we have been overwhelmed away to Newcastle United, with Harvey Barnes’ double securing a
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For Leverkusen, they claimed a powerful 1-0 victory away to Benfica within the Champions League, and in league phrases, they secured a 3-1 away win over Wolfsburg on Saturday.
MAN CITY APP COVERAGE
Our official app lets you observe the entire motion from our Champions League conflict in a single place.
Minute-by-minute textual content updates will start in our Matchday Centre two hours earlier than kick-off, whereas our Matchday Stay present will start at round 18:45 (UK).
Izzy Christiansen and Steven McInerney would be the company on the newest Matchday Stay present alongside presenter Cel Spellman, providing their knowledgeable perception earlier than, throughout and after the motion.
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In the course of the sport you can even hearken to stay audio commentary from Alistair Mann and Steve Howey whereas our textual content commentary continues.
Make certain to have push notifications turned on as effectively, so that you might be alerted to key moments within the motion, together with objectives, crimson playing cards and the crew information.
We’ll have a quick-hit 2-minute highlights package deal obtainable at Midnight (UK) on Thursday and 23:00 (World) on Friday, when you can sign-in to look at a free 8-minute edit from 23:00 (World) on Friday, too.
On CITY+ in the meantime, there’ll be our in style full-match replay in addition to our new prolonged highlights providing which options one of the best 20 minutes of motion from the sport. Each are additionally obtainable at Midnight (UK) on Thursday and 23:00 (World) on Friday.
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MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Joao Pinheiro
Assistant referees: Bruno Jesus and Luciano Maia
Video Assistant Referee: Tiago Martins
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Willy Delajod
Fourth official: Joao Goncalves
GLOBAL TV LISTINGS
Supporters dwelling world wide can learn the way they will tune in through our world TV listings by , courtesy of liversoccertv.com.
(Listings right as of 23 November)
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