Inside Man City's amazing Champions League training facility in Lisbon

straight to your inbox England and Manchester City captain Steph Houghton has joined fellow Lionesses Anita Asante and Danielle Carter to call on players to show their support for the Black Lives Matter movement when the Women’s Super League season kicks off next weekend. Houghton revealed that teams have been taking a knee in their pre-season friendlies, and added that she expected it to continue in Saturday’s Women’s Community Shield match against Chelsea at Wembley.

straight to your inbox Manchester City will kick off their Premier League title challenge a week late, with an away game at Wolves. The Blues were handed a home fixture with Aston Villa for the opening weekend, but they and neighbours Manchester United have both been given an extra break due to their involvement in the European competitions.

straight to your inboxLyon’s Maxwel Cornet revelled in his role after helping to down Manchester City once again in the Champions League.The Ivorian bent a loose ball round a stranded Ederson to score the opening goal in Lisbon on Saturday as the Ligue 1 side upset the odds to beat Pep Guardiola’s men 3-1, and book their place in the semi-finals.It isn’t the first time Cornet has enjoyed some success against City though – back in 2018, the 23-year-old opened the scoring as Lyon won 2-1 at the

straight to your inboxPep Guardiola said his Manchester City players were well-prepared to play in an unusual formation before crashing out of the Champions League.The Blues began with three central defenders, but never truly looked like themselves until Guardiola switched things by replacing Fernandinho with Riyad Mahrez ten minutes into the second half.That led to the manager being severely criticised for tinkering with City’s set-up.But he said they had been developing it on their Lisbon

straight to your inboxManchester City must add fight to their pre-match preparations if they want to progress in the Champions League quarter final against Lyon on Saturday.That is according to defender Aymeric Laporte, who insists City are prepared after a week of training in Portugal, but that will count for nothing if they are not up for a battle against their French opposition in Lisbon."The team is prepared," Laporte told reporters in the pre-match press conference, where he appeared

straight to your inbox Pep Guardiola insists Manchester City are prepared and have the mental maturity to progress in their Champions League quarter final with Lyon. Having booked their place in the Champions League finale in Lisbon by beating Real Madrid, City flew out on Monday and have been training at the Portuguese national side's training base all week.

straight to your inboxIlkay Gundogan has warned his Manchester City teammates that they are only one mistake away from exiting the Champions League.City face Lyon in Saturday's quarter-final in Lisbon, in the new one-game format for this season's adapted Champions League finale.The Blues booked their place in the last eight by overcoming Real Madrid by 2-1 for the second time, capitalising on two mistakes from Raphael Varane in the visitors' defence.And Gundogan has warned City that the one-game

straight to your inboxBernardo Silva is homing in on the Champions League trophy – but he is refusing to take quarter-final opponents Lyon for granted.The Manchester City midfielder has been given an extra incentive to lift the trophy this year, with the finals tournament being switched to his home town of Lisbon.And City are seen by some as favourites to win the competition, especially after knocking out Real Madrid in the last 16.But Bernardo says there is no way they will be looking beyond

straight to your inboxManchester City are edging closer to the promised land. After seeing off Real Madrid, Pep Guardiola’s men are three wins away from delivering the club’s first European Cup. Next up for City is a quarter-final clash with Lyon at Estadio Jose Alvalade in Lisbon. Les Gones have endured mixed fortunes this season, finishing seventh in Ligue 1 before losing the last Coupe de la Ligue final to Paris Saint-Germain. However, any gloom from their domestic disappointments was lifted

straight to your inboxLyon striker Karl Toko Ekambi feels that Manchester City might overlook them in Saturday night’s Champions League quarter-final clash.With a huge clash with Barcelona or Bayern Munich awaiting the victors, the Blues’ meeting with the French side is not the most eagerly-awaited of the ties in the last-eight tournament being staged in Lisbon.And Cameroon international Ekambi thinks that City might just neglect to pay attention to the “Tom Thumb” side who finished seventh in

straight to your inbox Manchester City have confirmed their 27-man squad for the remaining rounds of the Champions League in Lisbon, but Sergio Aguero has not made the trip.

straight to your inboxRio Ferdinand says the new format of the Champions League should suit Manchester City.Due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, Europe's premier competition will now have single-legged knockout ties in the quarter-finals and semi-finals.City booked their place in the quarter-final with a victory over Real Madrid on Friday evening and they now face Lyon on Saturday in Lisbon.Speaking on BT Sport, Ferdinand said that Pep Guardiola's relative lack of recent success in Europe

straight to your inbox Pep Guardiola watched on as he gave his Manchester City fringe players and academy youngsters one final chance to impress before the squad travel to Lisbon. City overcame Real Madrid on Friday to book their place in the Champions League quarter finals, where they will meet Lyon on Saturday.

straight to your inbox Pep Guardiola dismissed the idea that Manchester City have given themselves the best chance in their history of winning the Champions League. The Blues completed the job against Real Madrid with a 2-1 win at the Etihad on Friday night to qualify for the last-eight tournament which starts in Lisbon on Wednesday.