Real Madrid have won the away first leg of a European tie on 40 occasions. If Pep Guardiola wants a sense of how hard the task ahead of them is it is perhaps encapsulated in one statistic -- only on two of the previous 39 occasions have Los Merengues been eliminated from European competition.

Real Madrid and Manchester City meet a week after a thrilling encounter in Manchester saw the reigning champs Real fight back late on to secure a 3-2 advantage heading into the second leg of their Champions League knockout phase playoff.