Manchester City will be delighted with Schalke, while Manchester United face an ominous prospect in PSG
Try as he might, Txiki Begiristain found it hard to hide his delight. Although City’s director of football said all the right things about Schalke representing a difficult hurdle to his side’s prospects of progressing to the last eight in the competition they covet most, a meeting with the team who are currently 13th in the Bundesliga is unlikely to raise much concern in the corridors of power at the Etihad Stadium. Dominico Tedesco’s side finished five points behind Porto in a weak group and have lost eight times in the league this season, although Pep Guardiola will not underestimate their threat even if he did not lose to them in six meetings as Bayern Munich manager. The former Tottenham midfielder Nabil Bentaleb and Switzerland striker Breel Embolo are potential danger men as Leroy Sané returns to his former club for the first time since joining City in 2016.
Written by Ed Aarons
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/football/2018/dec/17/champions-league-tie-by-tie-analysis-last-16 under the title “Champions League: tie-by-tie analysis of the last-16 games”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
