The two-legged Champions League knockout phase play-offs get under way this week with Manchester City and Celtic among the 16 teams looking to reach the last 16.

Real Madrid against Manchester City in the Champions League is the accidental blockbuster of the new knockout playoffs round that starts Tuesday.

Manchester City and Real Madrid meeting in the Champions League has become synonymous with the competition. While both always have ambitions of winning the entire thing, these two teams have already met 12 times in Champions League play with five of those meetings coming in the knockout stage.

With Manchester City and Real Madrid set to face each other in the Champions League once again - this time in a play-off to reach the knockout stage - we have picked out some of their key stats from the the League Phase.

The last two winners of the Champions League now face an early do-or-die battle. Manchester City and Real Madrid meet in Tuesday’s first-leg clash at the Etihad, both desperate to salvage underwhelming campaigns.

Champions League updates, latest team news, TV, prediction - City take on Champions League holders after scraping into knockout stages

Here are five things to look out for as City take on the European Champions: The triple pivot seen against Chelsea a possibility In the last big game City managed to win against Chelsea, we saw them dominate with Ilkay Gundogan,

Manchester City and Celtic are both in action in their UEFA Champions League Playoff First Legs against Real Madrid and Bayern Munich. Here's our full preview for this week's top-level European action!

Real Madrid have suffered another injury blow ahead of their Champions League play-off first leg against Manchester City on Tuesday. Real ensured they remained top of La Liga with a hard-fought 1-1 draw against arch-rivals Atletico Madrid on Saturday.