Friends reunited in Madrid 
Hazard: “It’s always good to play against friends. I have a couple of friends over there, but now I’m a Real Madrid player so I just want to win. It doesn’t matter if it is Chelsea against us or another team. It’s always good to see some [old] faces.”
Real Madrid coach Zidane: 
“We wanted to press high one on one, but when you don’t carry it out well, things are tough. Once we scored, we were better and controlled play a lot more. We’re alive and we’re going to the second leg with the idea of winning. In general, we’re happy with tonight”.
Christian Pulisic has been fouled 17 times in Chelsea’s last two UCL matches!
Only 14 players have been fouled more times in the entire competition this season
Paris host Man. City in the UEFA Champions League semi-final first leg tonight at 21:00 CET.
Manchester city under the tutelage of Pep Guardiola will be aiming to triumph over PSG in what is their first semifinal appearance since 2016.
Form: WWWLWW
Latest: Metz 1-3 Paris, 24/04
Where they stand: 2nd in Ligue 1, French Cup quarter-finals
Form: WWLWLW
Latest: Man. City 1-0 Tottenham, 25/04 (League Cup final)
Where they stand: 1st in Premier League, League Cup winners
Marquinhos, Abdou Diallo and Rafinha will all face late fitness tests, while Juan Bernat is definitely ruled out due to injury.
Kevin De Bruyne and Sergio Aguero both returned to the squad for Sunday’s Carabao Cup final victory over Tottenham, leaving the guests with a fully fit squad to choose from.
Mauricio Pochettino, Paris coach: “Both sides have unbelievable players to try to control for 90 minutes. It will be tough – very competitive. City are one of the greatest teams in the world, with the best coach and of course it’s going to be tougher than [against Bayern München], but we’ll see: we don’t know. What’s most important is the 180 minutes to decide who gets to the final we have to be the better side.”
Pep Guardiola, Man. City coach: "[Paris] are used to playing teams who defend 90 minutes and they find a way. That is not the best way to defend against the team who have everything. I know the weapons they have up front, but we’re in the Champions League semi-finals, what can you expect? I will not play 90 minutes thinking how good this player is, just how to beat them. I learned from Johann Cruyff, you have to enjoy the game, enjoy the responsibility. Top players enjoy situations because they enjoy responsibility, that’s why the greatest players win this competition.”
Paris SG are winless in their previous three matches with Manchester City in European competition (D2 L1), only facing Arsenal (4), AC Milan (4) and Juventus (8) on more occasions without ever winning in their history.
Manchester City eliminated Paris SG in their only previous knockout tie meeting in European football, progressing 3-2 on aggregate in the UEFA Champions League quarter-final in 2015-16, with Kevin De Bruyne scoring the winner in the second leg at the Etihad.
Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola is set to take charge of his eighth UEFA Champions League semi-final tie, the joint-most of all managers alongside José Mourinho. Indeed, no Spanish manager has reached the final on more than two occasions, though Guardiola hasn’t seen his side play in the final since 2010-11 (Barcelona 3-1 Manchester United).
Paris SG are looking to reach their second consecutive UEFA Champions League final, following their defeat to Bayern Munich in last year’s showpiece. They would be only the ninth side to do so in back-to-back campaigns, while only Atlético de Madrid and Valencia CF failed to lift the trophy in either of their first two final appearances.
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Kevin De Bruyne in the first half of 2020/21 for Man City:
Apps - 17
Goals - 2
Assists - 11
Kevin De Bruyne in 2021 for Man City:
Apps - 19
Goals - 6
Assists - 6
Fewer assists and more goals for KdB since the turn of the year
Only Erling Haaland (10) has scored more goals than Mbappe in the UCL this season (8)
Mbappe has faced Man City twice previously in his career and scored in each match
PSG XI: Navas; Florenzi, Marquinhos, Kimpembe, Bakker; Gueye, Paredes, Verratti; Di María, Neymar, Mbappé.
Man City XI: Ederson; Walker, Stones, Dias, Cancelo; Rodri, Gündoğan, De Bruyne; Mahrez, Bernardo, Foden.
4’ - Man City 1-0 Spurs
7’ - Man City 1-1 Spurs
9’ - Man City 1-2 Spurs
11’ - Man City 2-2 Spurs
21’ - Man City 3-2 Spurs
59’ - Man City 4-2 Spurs
73’ - Man City 4-3 Spurs
92’ - VAR disallows City goal
ABSOLUTE SCENES! 
8 - Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola is set to take charge of his eighth UEFA Champions League semi-final tie, the joint-most of all managers alongside José Mourinho. Pioneers.
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