Manchester City and Liverpool will look to maintain their 1-0 and 3-1 leads over Atletico Madrid and Benfica respectively in the UEFA Champions League quarter-finals.
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UEFA Champions League:
Atletico Madrid vs Manchester City (0-1)
City are looking to reach the semi-finals for the second consecutive season and have a narrow lead after the first leg in which Atlético adopted an ultra-cautious strategy. City manager Pep Guardiola knows the comeback match will be different. Guardiola said that they are going to be more intense at the other end of the field and we have to adapt to their way of playing. For City, the game comes between two meetings with their biggest current rival, Liverpool, a Premier League game on Sunday that ended 2-2 and an FA Cup semi-final match at Wembley Stadium on Saturday. As a result, it is a juggling task for Guardiola in which to pick players, although right-back Kyle Walker is available again after a three-match European ban. Atletico need to end a six-game winless streak at home in the Champions League to get a chance to reach the semi-finals for the first time since 2017. It is likely to be without defender Jose Mara Jiménez and midfielder Hector due to a muscle injury. Herrera is also expected to be ruled out of the match with an injury. Yannick Carrasco’s return after suspension The Wanda Metropolitano Stadium will not be at full capacity after UEFA accused the club of discriminatory behavior and the 5,000-seat section of the stadium after the first leg in Manchester was filmed giving a Nazi salute to an Atlético fan. ordered to close.
Liverpool vs Benfica (3-1)
With his team leading by two goals, Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp expects Benfica to come out in full force in the second leg at Anfield. I know what I will do, Klopp said. I would go for it. … I will try to put pressure on us and score early. Benfica respected us at first, but during the game, I’m pretty sure they felt they were close here and there. This could play right into the hands of the six-time champion, however, as Klopp has one of the most destructive front lines in Europe, particularly in counterattacking and taking advantage of the defensive back space. Luis Diaz, who was rested for a 2-2 draw with Man City in the Premier League, is set to return to the attack after scoring a late third goal against the club while playing for Porto in Portugal. He had a great rival. Benfica midfielder Rafa Silva is expected to play on Tuesday despite being ruled out of the team’s training session. The Portuguese side are expected to continue counting the goals of Darwin Nez, who has played six matches, including one of four in the first leg against Liverpool in Lisbon. He scored a hat-trick in Benfica’s 3-1 home win against Belenense in the Portuguese league on Saturday. Two-time European champions Benfica have not made it to the European Cup semi-finals since 1990.
(with inputs from AP)
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