Man City Champions League last-16 opponents confirmed

straight to your inboxChelsea won't drop Timo Werner against Manchester City, Frank Lampard has suggested.Werner has struggled to replicate his prolific goalscoring form from his time at RB Leipzig since his move to the Premier League, with some calls for the German to be taken out of the firing line. However, Chelsea boss Frank Lampard says Werner's qualities lend themselves to facing a team like City, who will provide a more open game than most visitors to Stamford Bridge.

straight to your inboxBorussia Dortmund are looking to raid Manchester City's academy for another promising youngster in Jayden Braaf, according to reports.Dortmund have made a habit in recent years of signing some of the world's most talented teenagers and helping them develop in world-class players, which began when they signed Jadon Sancho from City in 2017.The German giants have already looked to repeat the trick when they signed 16-year-old Jamie Bynoe-Gittens on a free from the Blues this

straight to your inboxIlkay Gundogan played down injury concerns after picking up a knock in Manchester City's Boxing Day victory over Newcastle United.Gundogan scored the opening goal as Pep Guardiola's men beat Newcastle 2-0 at the Etihad Stadium in their first game after Christmas.

Fair City fans can enjoy an extended episode on Christmas Day as there’s a 40-minute episode of Carrigstown drama in store.

Christmas time can amplify negative emotions and feelings just as much as positive ones and that’s exactly where Anto is at on Wednesday’s episode of Fair City.

straight to your inboxLeroy Sane has been told to improve his defensive play if he wants more minutes at Bayern Munich. The former Manchester City player joined Bayern in the summer following a drawn-out pursuit from the German champions that was ended in the summer 2019 transfer window due to his long-term knee injury but completed a year later.

direct to your inboxManchester United and Manchester City fans will be able to watch games on Amazon Prime through Sky Q after a deal was struck between the two companies.The firms reached an agreement for a carriage deal in the UK, Ireland, Germany, Italy and Austria, meaning that Prime's football coverage will be available to some Sky customers for the first time.The Amazon Prime Video service is available as an add-on to Sky's existing streaming service NOW TV, as well as to customers with

4/1 to win Europe's biggest prize with thepools.com putting them just behind the holder's and favourites Bayern Munich.

direct to your inbox Manchester United have confirmed their starting XI for this afternoon's derby meeting with Manchester City.Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has made two changes from the side which lost to RB Leipzig in midweek as the United manager reverts to a team he can truly trust for the crucial league encounter.

direct to your inboxBruno Fernandes believes Manchester United must defeat Manchester City to help supporters forget about their mid-week defeat to RB Leipzig and subsequent exit from the Champions League.United needed a point against the Bundesliga side to secure their place in the last 16 of the competition but crashed out despite a late comeback in Germany.

direct to your inboxManchester United's Champions League exit makes the derby more dangerous for Manchester City, according to Kevin De Bruyne.A much-changed Blues XI cruised to an unimportant European victory over Marseille 24 hours after Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's side had sensationally been relegated to the Europa League following a dramatic game with RB Leipzig.

straight to your inbox every day for free Edinson Cavani did not arrive with the Manchester United squad at The Lowry Hotel ahead of Saturday's 183rd derby with City. Cavani, 33, came off injured at half-time in last week's 3-1 win over West Ham and did not travel to Germany for United's Champions League defeat to RB Leipzig.

straight to your inbox every day for freeWerder Bremen head of football and scouting Clemens Fritz has urged for patience with Tahith Chong.The Dutch winger moved on loan to the Bundesliga club from Manchester United in the summer but he has struggled to make much of an impact so far - despite scoring on his debut in the German Cup in September.Whilst Chong has made nine league appearances, six of those are from the bench, and he also conceded a penalty against Stuttgart last weekend in what was

BERLIN -- A surrealist painting worth more than a quarter million euros (dollars) that was forgotten by a businessman at Duesseldorf's airport has been recovered from a nearby recycling dumpster, police said Thursday.The businessman, whose identity was not given, accidentally left behind the painting by French surrealist Yves Tanguy at a check-in counter as he boarded a flight from Duesseldorf to Tel Aviv on Nov.