Atletico Madrid vs Man City: Teams announced as Pep Guardiola makes two changes from Liverpool draw

Manchester City have made two changes to their team for Wednesday’s clash with Atletico Madrid, from the one which started at the weekend against Liverpool.

City head to the Wanda Metroplitano with a 1-0 lead from the first leg of their Champions League quarter-final, with Kevin De Bruyne netting the vital goal.

But for the second leg, Pep Guardiola has opted to reinstate Ilkay Gundogan and Riyad Mahrez to the team, with Raheem Sterling and Gabriel Jesus missing out.

The latter is absence through suspension, while Sterling is on the bench. He’s joined by Jack Grealish, who now has not started any of the last three games in all competitions.

It’s Ederson in nets for City, while the back four consists of Kyle Walker, John Stones, Aymeric Laporte and Joao Cancelo.

In midfield, Rodri, Gundogan and Kevin De Bruyne will operate as a trio, although City list De Bruyne as playing in a centre-forward role.

However, we think Bernardo Silva will take up that position, with Riyad Mahrez and Phil Foden playing out wide.

Elsewhere, Ruben Dias is back on the bench, although Cole Palmer has not recovered in time from injury to be named in the matchday squad.

As for Atletico, they make one change from last week’s first leg, with Thomas Lemar starting in place of Sime Vrsaljko.

The winner of Wednesday’s fixture will face Real Madrid in the semi-finals, after they eliminated Chelsea on Tuesday night.

Should City progress, they’d host Los Blancos on Wednesday 27 April, with the second leg on 4 May at the Santiago Bernabeu.

Teams in full

Atletico Madrid: Oblak; Savic, Felipe, Reinildo; Llorente, Kondogbia, Koke, Lemar, Lodi; Griezmann, Felix.

Substitutes: Lecomte, De Paul, Suarez, Correa, Wass, Cunha, Carrasco, Hermoso, Vrsaljko, Serrano.

Manchester City: Ederson; Walker, Stones, Laporte, Cancelo; Rodri, Gundogan, De Bruyne; Mahrez, Silva, Foden.

Substitutes: Steffen, Carson, Dias, Ake, Sterling, Grealish, Zinchenko, Fernandinho, Delap, Edozie, McAtee, Lavia.