Rio Ferdinand blames two Man City defenders for Lyon's Champions League opener

Pregnant Kate Ferdinand and her husband Rio have reportedly spent £40,000 on protection dogs after a number of footballers have been burgled. Rio, 41, and 29 year old Kate are expecting their first child together later this year and have forked out on the new pets to ensure the former The Only Way Is Essex star has as smooth a pregnancy as possible.

straight to your inbox RB Leipzig are close to agreeing a deal to sign Angelino, according to their sporting director. The Manchester City defender spent the second half of last season on loan at Leipzig, impressing in an 18-game spell where he scored once and provided five assists on the way to the Champions League semi-finals.

straight to your inbox Barcelona have joined RB Leipzig in the race for Angelino but Manchester City are holding out for €30m. The 23-year-old returned to the Etihad on a permanent deal last summer when the Blues exercised their £5.3m buyback clause, but was unable to hold down a regular place in the team.

straight to your inboxThe Premier League fixtures have been announced for the 2020/21 season and as usual fans' eyes will be drawn to the biggest fixtures in the calendar. Manchester United supporters always make a beeline towards the matches against their biggest rivals, Liverpool and Manchester City.

straight to your inbox RB Leipzig manager Julian Nagelsmann says Pep Guardiola's formation change was not the reason for Manchester City's Champions League exit. Guardiola's controversial change to 3-5-2 has been pointed to as a major factor in City's under-par performance against Lyon as the Blues fell at the quarter final stage for the third season in a row in Europe.

straight to your inboxYoung Manchester City right-back Pedro Porro has secured a two-year loan move to Portugal with Sporting.The Spanish Under-21 international will spend the next two seasons with the Primeira Liga side who announced the news on their website on Saturday.

straight to your inboxPep Guardiola refused to comment on the VAR decisions that went against Manchester City during their Champions League quarter-final defeat to Lyon.Maxwel Cornet opened the scoring for the French side in the first-half before Kevin De Bruyne finally levelled proceedings after the interval.City should have been ahead but Raheem Sterling missed an open goal from five yards out which sparked a counter-attack from Lyon.Moussa Dembele raced clear and appeared to trip Aymeric

straight to your inbox Kevin De Bruyne warned his Manchester City team-mates they “need to learn” after their Champions League upset against Lyon. Pep Guardiola’s side suffered yet more heartache in Europe as they were beaten 3-1 in their quarter-final clash in Portugal.

straight to your inbox Rio Ferdinand has heaped praise on Kyle Walker for his performance against Real Madrid by shackling Eden Hazard and has challenged him to do the same against Lyon. The Manchester City right-back kept Real Madrid's number seven very quiet during their 2-1 Champions League last-16 tie last week.

straight to your inbox Lyon manager Rudi Garcia joked that star midfielder Houssem Aouar will only be up for sale if they win the Champions League, as the player himself distanced himself from links with Manchester City.Aouar, 21, is no stranger to City, after impressing against the Blues in last season's group stage. Lyon took four points from City, prompting Pep Guardiola to say: "Houssem Aouar is a very good player.

straight to your inbox Sergio Aguero is running out of time to play any part in Manchester City 's Champions League challenge. The Blues are preparing to face Lyon in the quarter-final of the competition at the Jose Alvalade Stadium tomorrow night, and if they win they will be in the semi-final next 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 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 inboxNicolas Otamendi is set to leave Manchester City after five years and return to former club Valencia, according to reports.City have had their troubles at the back this season after failing to replace Vincent Kompany and the injury problems suffered by Aymeric Laporte and John Stones.It played a role in the club losing their Premier League title to Liverpool and Pep Guardiola is looking to drastically improve the back-line, having already made the signing of Nathan Ake and

straight to your inbox The cancellation of the pre-season tour has been problematic for a number of Manchester City youngsters. With senior players often absent through international commitments, the summer schedule is the one time in the year when Pep Guardiola can get a proper look at some prospects at a standard far more testing than the unreliable Premier League 2.

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 inboxMicah Richards said Kalidou Koulibaly's asking price should be £20m lower after Napoli's Champions League exit and compared the defender to Eliaquim Mangala.Manchester City are looking to sign the defender as part of Pep Guardiola's rebuild for next season. Nathan Ake has already been secured from Bournemouth in a £40m deal but the Blues are still chasing a long-term partner for Aymeric Laporte to belatedly replace Vincent Kompany.