Man City vs Sporting Lisbon – Champions League: Live score and updates
Manchester City vs Sporting Lisbon LIVE: Pep Guardiola’s side look to cement their status as Champions League favourites by building on FIVE-goal first-leg lead over Portuguese champions
- Manchester City host Sporting Lisbon in the Champions League on Wednesday
- City are all-but through after thrashing Sporting 5-0 in the reverse leg
- Latest Champions League news, including breaking updates and results
Manchester City have one foot, and then some, firmly into the Champions League quarter-finals when they host Sporting Lisbon on Wednesday night.
City lead 5-0 going into the last-16 second leg after demolishing their Portuguese opponents last month.
Follow Sportsmail’s LUKE AUGUSTUS for live Champions League coverage of Manchester City vs Sporting Lisbon, including build-up, team news and updates.
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Manchester City have handed a Champions League debut to teenage defender CJ Egan-Riley as they hosted Sporting Lisbon in the second leg of their last-16 tie.
The 19-year-old has been given an opportunity by manager Pep Guardiola in a back four missing Kyle Walker, Joao Cancelo, Ruben Dias and Nathan Ake through a combination of suspension, injury and illness.
In all Guardiola, whose side held a huge 5-0 aggregate lead after victory in Portugal last month, made six changes from the side that beat Manchester United at the weekend.
Oleksandr Zinchenko, Fernandinho, Ilkay Gundogan, Gabriel Jesus and Raheem Sterling returned with Kevin De Bruyne – one booking away from a ban – among the substitutes.
Forget events that are in happening in Madrid this evening and let’s focus on the English representation, shall we?
While Real Madrid vs Paris Saint-Germain may be the glamour tie, Manchester City will be looking to produce a professional performance tonight against Sporting Lisbon. City lead going into the second leg 5-0 thanks to their demolish job in Portugal three weeks ago.
Team news to come.
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