After Manchester City’s 1-1 draw with Real Madrid in the Spanish capital last week, Kyle Walker and Vinicius Junior had a nice sporting moment at the end of the game. Walker revealed that he asked the Brazilian not to make a meme of him in future, saying “I went to hug him because he tried to rainbow flick me, so it was kind of more like ‘please don’t try that again, I don’t want to be a meme or anything!’ I think boxers fight and have a good battle and then shake hands after and that is the respect I do have for him.”
City boss Pep Guardiola admitted his team will have to be better in the home leg than they were in the away fixture, when a brilliant Kevin De Bruyne strike earned them a draw. Guardiola said of his plans for the match, “Nothing special. I’m not overthinking, don’t worry guys, nothing different to what we’ve done, just more fluid and play a bit better. The emotion is there and has to be high, but just this won’t beat a team like Madrid. We have to adjust something, do it a little better to create chances for our strikers and people up front to get more balls, transitions, the quality they have in all departments.”