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straight to your inboxManchester City are through to the quarter-finals of the Champions League after seeing off Borussia Monchengladbach.Pep Guardiola's men led 2-0 from the first leg of their last 16 tie and beat their German opponents by the same scoreline in Tuesday night's second leg - with goals from Kevin De Bruyne and Ilkay Gundogan - to complete a 4-0 aggregate victory.Due to travel restrictions as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, both matches were played at the Puskas Arena in

straight to your inboxRio Ferdinand jokingly accused Gary Lineker of "showing off" during his latest post-match interview with Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola. Lineker was speaking to Guardiola from the BT Sport studio following City's victory over Borussia Monchengladbach in the last 16 of the Champions League.

straight to your inboxManchester City had Gary Lineker purring about their performance against Borussia Monchengladbach in the Champions League.Pep Guardiola 's men played the second leg of their last 16 tie on Tuesday evening, leading 2-0 from the first leg. Both games were played at the Puskas Arena in Budapest due to travel restrictions as a result of the coronavirus pandemic.City built on their advantage with excellent first-half goals from Kevin De Bruyne and Ilkay Gundogan.

straight to your inboxJohn Stones hit back at the suggestion that Pep Guardiola's seven changes had an impact on Manchester City's performance at Fulham, despite a 3-0 win.Guardiola shuffled his pack, dropping Fernandinho, Kyle Walker, Aleks Zinchenko, Ilkay Gundogan, Kevin De Bruyne, Phil Foden and Riyad Mahrez.

straight to your inboxIlkay Gundogan has been named Premier League Player of the Month for February, becoming the first Manchester City player to ever win back-to-back awards.Gundogan had already won the January award, and he continued his fine form into February as City continued their winning run to a record-breaking 21 victories in succession. Central to that form was Gundogan's scoring form from midfield, especially in the absence of Kevin De Bruyne.

straight to your inboxPhil Foden insists he never thought about going down when challenged by Alex McCarthy as Manchester City were denied a clear penalty in the win over Southampton.City had gone ahead against the run of play thanks to Kevin De Bruyne, who converted a rebound from Foden's saved shot.

straight to your inbox every day for freeHere are your Manchester United evening headlines for Tuesday, March 2.Real Madrid are open to selling Raphael Varane as the towering centre-back enters the final 18 months of his contract.Varane has been central to Madrid's success over the past decade, but the French World Cup winner has rejected any new deals offered and MEN Sport understands that Madrid are not confident that they will sign him to a new deal.As such, the Spanish giants are open to

straight to your inbox every day for freeRoy Keane believes Manchester United may be "scared" from losing 6-1 to Tottenham after drawing 0-0 with Chelsea and are no longer trying to win the Premier League title.It was the sixth-consecutive Premier League match that Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's side had failed to score against the 'big six' this season.United produced another conservative display at Stamford Bridge with neither side able to break each other down, resulting in another 0-0, as was the

straight to your inbox Pep Guardiola is tipping Sergio Aguero to still have a major impact on Manchester City ’s season. And the Blues boss also claims that off-key Kevin De Bruyne, like Aguero, still has to find his fluency, but will be back to his best given time.

straight to your inboxRuben Dias believes the team spirit in the Manchester City squad gives everyone the belief that they can score goals from all over the pitch.Dias has transformed City's defence since joining from Benfica in the summer, and it was his goal that opened the scoring in a tense first half against West Ham, converting Kevin De Bruyne's brilliant cross.On his first goal in a Blue shirt, Dias told City TV: "I'm very happy, more happy with the win but obviously very happy with my

straight to your inboxPep Guardiola has recalled Sergio Aguero and Kevin De Bruyne to his Manchester City starting line up in search of a 20th straight win.West Ham will try to stop City's incredible run, with the Hammers on a decent run of their own. The Blues have had a quick turnaround from Wednesday's Champions League win over Borussia Monchengladbach, and Guardiola has stayed true to his pre-match assertion that he would make a number of changes.

straight to your inbox every day for freeThere is always risk attached to sending a player out on loan from Manchester United.In truth, it usually goes wrong more often than it works. Nick Powell, Will Keane, Adnan Januzaj, Federico Macheda; history is littered with United youngsters who were loaned out to enhance their development, and never kicked a ball for the famous red shirt again.Even this season United ushered back four of their six loanees in January, decreeing that their loans had not

straight to your inbox every day for freeShola Shoretire has described his European debut as an incredible honour, after he made Manchester United history.United had done all the hard work in the first leg of their Europa League last-32 tie against Real Sociedad, winning 4-0 in the 'away' leg on neutral territory. That allowed Ole Gunnar Solskjaer to rotate his squad for the home leg, and United were held to a goalless draw at Old Trafford.

straight to your inbox every day for freeManchester United have named another new youngster in their squad for Thursday's Europa League second leg match with Real Sociedad in the form of midfielder Ethan Galbraith.United go into the game with the La Liga side with their spot in the Last-16 all but guaranteed after a 4-0 mauling in Turin last week, with a Bruno Fernandes brace and goals from Marcus Rashford and Daniel James securing the win.

straight to your inboxOwen Hargreaves has claimed Gabriel Jesus is "the best reserve centre-forward in the world" and likened the Manchester City striker to Roberto Firmino.The Brazilian striker has often played second-fiddle to Sergio Aguero since arriving at the Etihad Stadium. However, despite Aguero's injuries, Jesus has still found himself regularly rotated, with Pep Guardiola often playing Kevin de Bruyne, Raheem Sterling or Bernardo Silva as a "false nine".