On Saturday Manchester City will make the short trip across the Pennines to face Leeds United, as the Premier League title race enters its final stages.
13.04.2022 - 17:47 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
Manchester City travel to Diego Simeone's Atletico Madrid tonight in their second- eg of the Champions League quarter-final with a 1-0 cushion after Kevin de Bruyne's goal gave them a first leg advantage. Meanwhile Liverpool face Benfica at the same time with a 3-1 lead.
Pep Guardiola and his side are still on course for a historic treble, after drawing with Liverpool this past weekend maintaining top spot in the Premier League. Atleti come into the second leg off the back of a disappointing loss to Mallorca vand will need to overcome a goal advantage to City.
They will hope to go one better in the Champions League this season, after falling to Chelsea in the final last year courtesy of Kai Havertz's winner. Liverpool host Benfica at Anfield, coming into to the tie with a 3-1 lead after goals from Ibrahima Konate, Sadio Mane and Luis Diaz last week whilst Darwin Nunez pulled one back for the Portuguese side.
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Jurgen Klopp's side are, of course, still on for the quadruple, having won the Carabao Cup in February. But City will attempt to halt the Reds when they come up against them in the FA Cup final next weekend after their draw at the Etihad in the Premier League.
Here is how you can watch both matches tonight:
With both fixtures being played at the same time (8pm) this evening, Man City vs Atletico Madrid will be shown on BT Sport 2 HD and Ultimate, with Benfica vs Liverpool being shown on BT Sport 3 HD.
Coverage from City's game will begin at 7pm and run until 10:30pm while coverage of Liverpool's match begins slightly later at 7:15pm, running until the same time.
Subscribers can also live stream the action via the BT Sport app,
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