Team News
City’s injury situation is finally clear, with Pep Guardiola confirming that all players will be available.
For Dortmund they will be without Axel Witsel, Dan Zagadou, Marcel Schmelzer, Youssoufa Moukoko. Jadon Sancho will be questionable.
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Manchester City and Borussia Dortmund met in the UEFA Champions League group stage in the 2012-13 season, the only two previous meetings between the sides: a 1-1 draw at the Etihad and a 1-0 Dortmund win at Signal Iduna Park.
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Manchester City have won 10 of their last 11 UEFA Champions League matches against German opposition (D1) and have 12 wins against German teams in total - only Real Madrid (26), Barcelona (20) and Man Utd (13) have more victories against German sides.
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Most UCL goals since the start of the 2017/18 season:
Robert Lewandowski (33)
Cristiano Ronaldo (29)
Lionel Messi (26)
Mohamed Salah (24)
Salah keeping up with the big guns.
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Since losing their opening group stage game on MD1 (1-3 v Lazio), Borussia Dortmund have gone unbeaten in their last seven games in the UEFA Champions League (W5 D2) - they last had a longer streak in the competition between 2012 and 2013, going 11 games without defeat under Jürgen Klopp.
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This will be Erling Haaland’s fifth appearance in the knockout stages of the UEFA Champions League for Borussia Dortmund, while he’s scored six goals in his first four. The record for most goals scored by a player in their first five games in the knockout stages of the competition is six (by Robert Lewandowski), so Haaland would overtake him if he scores in this game.
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Real Madrid vs Liverpool
The marquee fixture of the round will be played between two of the most successful clubs in the competition’s history and in the first leg, Real Madrid will play hosts to Liverpool at the Alfredo Di Stefano Stadium on Tuesday night.
Real Madrid endured a nervy group stage campaign before progressing to the Champions League Round of 16 as Group B winners. In the Last 16 stage, Los Blancos eased past Atalanta with a 4-1 aggregate win to set up a quarter-final date with Liverpool, who beat RB Leipzig 4-0 on aggregate. The Reds had finished atop Group D earlier in the campaign.
Real Madrid come into this game on the back of a 2-0 win over SD Eibar, which has stretched their unbeaten run to 11 games across all competitions. Liverpool, on the other hand, produced arguably their best performance of 2021, as they eased to a 3-0 win over Arsenal this past weekend, which was an ideal preparation for the midweek European fixture by the Premier League champions.
The last time Real Madrid and Liverpool locked horns was in the 2018 Champions League final, which saw Los Blancos run out 3-1 victors, with Gareth Bale scoring a spectacular match-winning brace.
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Real Madrid vs Liverpool Team News
The hosts are without captain Sergio Ramos, with Spain international Nacho Fernandez likely to partner Rafael Varane in the heart of defence. Eden Hazard and Dani Carvajal are both still sidelined, meaning Los Blancos are without three of their first-choice starting eleven.
Liverpool’s injury woes this season have been well documented, and the Reds are still missing Virgil Van Dijk, Joel Matip, Joe Gomez, and Jordan Henderson. Up-front, Jurgen Klopp is likely to have to choose between in-form Diogo Jota and Roberto Firmino.
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This is the first UEFA Champions League meeting between Real Madrid and Liverpool since the 2018 final, which the Spanish side won 3-1. This was the third consecutive UEFA Champions League tournament Real Madrid had won, while Carlo Ancelotti is the only manager who has won the competition as often as Zinedine Zidane (3).
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Liverpool have lost each of their last three games against Real Madrid in the UEFA Champions League and have only suffered four consecutive defeats against an opponent across all European competitions once previously - four versus Benfica between 1984 and 2010.
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Liverpool manager Jürgen Klopp has won each of his last five games at the quarter-final stage of the UEFA Champions League, including all four of his games at this stage while in charge of the Reds (two versus Manchester City in 2017-18 and FC Porto in 2019-20).
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This will be Zinedine Zidane’s 50th game as a manager in the UEFA Champions League. The Real Madrid boss has won 30 of his first 49, while the only manager to have won more through their first 50 games in the competition is Josef Heynckes (32).
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Casemiro for Real in the league and UCL this season:
◉ Most tackles
◉ Most duels won
◉ Most interceptions
Fabinho for Liverpool in the league and UCL this season:
◉ Most tackles
◉ Most clearances
◉ Most interceptions
Two Brazilian brick walls.
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1 - Real Madrid have not played a Champions League game without both Raphael Varane and Sergio Ramos since December 2018 against CSKA Moscow (0-3 defeat). This is the only game played without at least one of the 2 defenders in the UCL since 2016.
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The last time Real Madrid and Liverpool met in the UCL was the 2018 final at the NSC Olimpiyskiy Stadium in Kyiv.
Three years later, Liverpool are looking to get their revenge by knocking Madrid out of the competition.
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BREAKING: Bayern Munich confirm Serge Gnabry has tested positive for COVID-19.
They play PSG in their Champions League quarterfinal on Wednesday.
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Erling Haaland in the UCL this season:
vs. Lazio
vs. Zenit
vs. Club Brugge
vs. Club Brugge
vs. Sevilla
vs. Sevilla
He’ll be looking to join an exclusive club tonight against Man City. 
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Man City XI: Ederson; Walker, Stones, Dias, Cancelo; Rodri, De Bruyne, Gündoğan; Mahrez, Bernardo, Foden.
Dortmund XI: Hitz; Morey, Hummels, Akanji, Guerreiro; Can, Dahoud, Bellingham; Reus, Knauff, Haaland.
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Real Madrid XI: Courtois; Vázquez, Militão, Nacho, Mendy; Casemiro, Modrić, Kroos; Asensio, Vinícius, Benzema.
Liverpool XI: Alisson; Alexander-Arnold, Phillips, Kabak, Robertson; Fabinho, Wijnaldum, Keïta; Salah, Mané, Jota.
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