Manchester City paired with Real Madrid in Champions League semi-final DRAW

  • Cristiano Ronaldo will return to Manchester to take on United's rivals City
  • Manchester City will host Real in April before travelling to Madrid
  • ThisManchester City will face Real Madrid in the semi-finals of the Champions League.City knocked out Paris Saint-Germain in the quarter-finals thanks to a goal from Belgian midfielder Kevin De Bruyne which secured a 1-0 victory at the Etihad Stadium and sent the Premier League side through 3-2 on aggregate.

  • Man City paired with Real Madrid in Champions League semi-final draw while Atletico Madrid


  • Madrid recovered from a 2-0 first-leg defeat by Wolfsburg to progress to the last four following a hat-trick by former Manchester United forward Cristiano Ronaldo.
  • Ronaldo and fellow former Premier League star Gareth Bale will return to England what is likely to be a sensational two-legged affair.  
    City will be at home in the first leg on April 26 before heading to the Bernabeu a week later.
    The Premier League outfit faced Real in the Champions League 2012-13 group stage.
    In the Bernabeu, Real beat City 3-2 thanks to three goals by Marcelo, Karim Benzema and Cristiano Ronaldo, while Edin Dzeko and Aleksandar Kolarov scored for City.
    The return in Manchester ended 1-1, with Sergio Aguero equalising from the penalty spot after Benzema gave Real a 10th-minute lead. 

  • Manuel Pellegrini was manager at Real Madrid from 2009 to 2010, during which time the likes of Ronaldo was bought from Manchester United for £80m, along with Karim Benzema and Xabi Alonso.
    The Chilean, though, was sacked after just one season, and replaced by Jose Mourinho, following early elimination from the Champions League and also losing out on the domestic championship to Barcelona. 


    MANCHESTER CITY 

    Ground: Etihad Stadium (55,097)
    Manager: Manuel Pellegrini
    Current League Position: 4th, Premier League
    Champions League top scorer: Kevin De Bruyne, Raheem Sterling (3)
    Most Champions League assists: Fernandinho (3)
    Previous best: Last-16 2013-14 and 2014-15.
    Other European Honours: European Cup Winners' Cup 1969-70
    CL results this season: Group stage - Juventus (H) 1-2; Borussia Monchengladbach (A) 2-1; Sevilla (H) 2-1; Sevilla (A) 3-1; Juventus (A) 0-1; Borussia Monchengladbach (H) 4-2; Last-16 - Dinamo Kiev (A) 3-1; Dinamo Kiev (H) 0-0; Quarter-finals - Paris Saint-Germain (A) 2-2; Paris Saint-Germain (H) 1-0.
    Record in CL semi-finals: N/A                        

    REAL MADRID 

    Ground: Santiago Bernabeu (81,044)
    Manager: Zinedine Zidane
    Current League Position: 3rd, La Liga
    Champions League top scorer: Cristiano Ronaldo (16)
    Most Champions League assists: Cristiano Ronaldo (4)
    Previous best: Winners 10 times - 1956 beat Stade Reims 4-3; 1957 beat Fiorentina 2-0; 1958 beat Milan 3-2; 1959 beat Stade Reims 2-0; 1960 beat Eintracht Frankfurt 7-3; 1966 beat Partizan Belgrade 2-1; 1998 beat Juventus 1-0; 2000 beat Valencia 3-0; 2002 beat Bayer Leverkusen 2-1; 2014 beat Atletico Madrid 4-1.
    Other European honours: UEFA Cup 1984-85, 1985-86; UEFA Super Cup 2002, 2014.
    CL results this season: Group stage - Shakhtar Donetsk (H) 4-0; Malmo (A) 2-0; Paris Saint-Germain (A) 0-0; Paris Saint-Germain (H) 1-0; Shakhtar Donetsk (A) 4-3; Malmo (H) 8-0; Last-16 - Roma (A) 2-0; Roma (H) 2-0; Quarter-finals - Wolfsburg (A) 0-2; Wolfsburg (H) 3-0.
    Record in CL semi-finals: W 13 L 13