We also know Mikel Arteta and Pep Guardiola are very close, while City are the reigning champs and have just pipped Arsenal to the title in each of the last two Premier League seasons. This rivalry has been bubbling up nicely.

Manchester City winger Chloe Kelly has said she “accepts her future is not at this club” beyond the expiration of her contract in June and said her mental wellbeing has been adversely impacted after being “dictated to whom I can and can’t join”.

MANCHESTER, England — Manchester City avoided Champions League humiliation. Now back to the job of salvaging the Premier League season. Manager Pep Guardiola admitted this week he could not imagine City going on to be crowned champion of Europe for the second time in three years with a playoff against Real Madrid or Bayern Munich awaiting.

His side live to fight another day, but Pep Guardiola is in no doubt that whatever Friday's Champions League draw holds for Manchester City, his side will be underdogs. Winning the competition entirely?

With both Ruben Dias and Nathan Ake still sidelined with injury, and John Stones lacking in the necessary match fitness to last 90 minutes of football at present, the decision was taken to entrust Khusanov with a high-profile clash against Enzo Maresca’s side.

Bayern Munich beat Slovan Bratislava 3-1 in Matchday 8 of the Champions League yesterday, securing a place in the playoffs. The German side finished 12th in the

Paris Saint-Germain completed an impressive turnaround in form to reach the UEFA Champions League playoffs on Wednesday with a 4-1 win away at VfB Stuttgart securing a top-24 berth when all had seemed lost with three games to go.

The Gunners work to stay in the title race in what could be a season-defining match against Manchester City on Sunday, Feb. 2.

It was status quo at the top of the Premier League to some extent with Arsenal and Liverpool both winning last time out, keeping the Reds six points clear with a game in hand over Arsenal. Nottingham Forest lost ground after sustaining a shock 5-0 defeat at Bournemouth with Chelsea's loss at Manchester City drawing the Cherries level on points,

It is an even better time to be a football club. The 20 highest earners brought in a record €11bn ($12bn) in combined revenues in the 2023-24 season, according to Deloitte, a professional-services firm. Top-of-the-table Real Madrid became the first club to rake in €1bn, up by over a quarter from the season before.