Real Madrid v Manchester City: Champions League last 16, first leg – live
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TNT Sports report that the Bernabeu isn’t sold out tonight. Not even for what the channel had moments before called “the rivalry in the modern Champions League era”. It’s almost as if familiarity breeds contempt.
Kylian Mbappé’s absence leaves a 13-goal-shaped hole in Real Madrid’s team. He’s the competition’s leading scorer by some considerable distance, give or take one 43-minute four-goal scoring burst during the Qarabag-Newcastle tie.
