Here are your Manchester City evening headlines for Friday, May 12.
Guardiola unhappy with Eurovision decision
Pep Guardiola took a swipe at the scheduling as Eurovision threatens his team's tilt at the Treble.
Manchester City head to Goodison Park on Sunday in a Premier League title race where there is little margin for error, before their big showdown with Real Madrid in the Champions League on Wednesday. The Blues had wanted to play Everton on Saturday but it was deemed impossible given Liverpool is hosting Eurovision on that day and there will not be enough police for a football match.
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Guardiola is choosing to see the positive of having an extra day to prepare for Everton, but the unhappiness at the time between that game and Real Madrid was clear. Even if he did not criticise the Premier League directly, the City boss moaned at a fight he is tired of losing.
Read more from Guardiola here.
Real Madrid have major injury concerns
Carlo Ancelotti has confirmed influential Real Madrid trio Karim Benzema, Rodrygo and David Alaba are major doubts for next week's Champions League semi-final second-leg against Manchester City.
City and Madrid shared a high-quality 1-1 draw at the Bernabeu this week ahead of next week's deciding second leg, but were given a blow when Benzema, Rodrygo and Alaba did not train on Saturday having picked up knocks against City.
And boss Ancelotti confirmed that none of the trio will be risked on Saturday against Getafe in La Liga, although he could provide no guarantees of their availability to face City at the Etihad for Wednesday's second leg.
Read more from Ancelotti here.
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