Manchester City were beaten 3-0 by Real Madrid on Wednesday.

City face a steep uphill task to reach the quarter-finals after Federico Valverde’s stunning first-half hat-trick propelled Real to a 3-0 win.

City return to the Bernabeu for the second time this season to face Real Madrid in the first leg of their last-16 tie on Wednesday.

The Norway striker did not travel for City’s FA Cup fifth-round victory at Newcastle on Saturday but is training hard.

The Gunners hold a seven-point lead at the top of the table.

The Spaniard picked up his sixth booking of the season in Manchester City’s 3-1 FA Cup win at Newcastle.

City suffered a damaging blow in the title race as they were held to a 2-2 draw by Nottingham Forest in midweek.

Newcastle-Manchester City part five takes place at St James’ Park on Saturday.

Play was temporarily halted by referee Peter Bankes in the 11th minute at Elland Road.

Semenyo struck his sixth goal in 11 appearances for City since joining from Bournemouth in January.

City are five points behind the Premier League leaders with a game in hand.

City kept up the pressure at the top of the Premier League by holding on to beat Newcastle 2-1 on Saturday.

Nico O’Reilly struck twice as City cut Arsenal’s lead at the top of the Premier League to two points.

The Manchester United co-owner has said sorry to those he offended with his remarks about the UK being ‘colonised by immigrants’.

The Manchester United co-owner has said sorry to those he offended with his remarks about the UK being ‘colonised by immigrants’.

The Norway international is going through an unusually quiet spell in front of goal.

The ineligible Guehi had to watch from the sidelines as Manchester City beat Newcastle to reach Wembley.

Pep Guardiola’s side won 3-1 at the Etihad Stadium on Wednesday to complete a 5-1 semi-final aggregate victory.

‘Good luck to the six teams who are in front of us for net spend for the last five years,’ Guardiola said.

Spurs’ first goal was contentious after striker Solanke appeared to kick through the back of Marc Guehi’s leg.

City have not provided details of Guardiola’s absence, but on Thursday he spoke at a charity event in Barcelona in support of Palestinian children.

The 16-year-old has reached a pre-agreement with the Gunners which will turn into a professional contract when he turns 17 on December 31.

It comes after Guardiola gave a speech in support of Palestinian children at a charity concert in his home city of Barcelona on Thursday.

The former Manchester United midfielder has won his first two games in charge since succeeding Ruben Amorim at Old Trafford.

City needed results elsewhere to go in their favour to be sure of finishing in the top eight.

Guardiola accused Farai Hallam, who was taking charge of his first Premier League game, of attempting to make the story about himself against Wolves.

City ended a run of poor results with the victory.

The striker has been struggling for goals lately.

Gunners boss Mikel Arteta, when asked about Guardiola’s comments, said: “We are doing a lot of things right but we are far from perfect.”

The players have decided to reimburse the cost of tickets for the 374 fans who made the trip to the Arctic Circle.

The Premier League team were well beaten by Bodo/Glimt in the Champions League on Tuesday.

The England midfielder was substituted at half-time of City’s 2-0 derby loss to Manchester United at Old Trafford on Saturday.

The Crystal Palace captain is expected to undergo a medical on Sunday.

The Norwegian has only scored one goal – a penalty – in his last six matches.

Antoine Semenyo scored again as City beat Newcastle 2-0 but he was denied a second after Erling Haaland was controversially ruled offside.

Trafford started the first three Premier League games of the season but then lost his place after City swooped for Gianluigi Donnarumma.

John Stones, Ruben Dias, Josko Gvardiol, Mateo Kovacic, Savinho and Oscar Bobb are out injured.

McFarlane took charge of the Blues at Manchester City following the departure of Enzo Maresca on New Year’s Day.

Guardiola’s current deal at the Etihad Stadium runs until the summer of 2027.

Their returns are timely with City short of a number of players.

The Italy goalkeeper is already just one caution away from a ban after collecting the fourth yellow card of his short City career against Leeds.

Erling Haaland’s first-half brace had put City on course for a second consecutive win to start this season’s Champions League campaign.

Jaidon Anthony had cancelled out an early opener off Esteve.