Man City vs Atletico Madrid LIVE: Champions League result, final score and reaction as De Bruyne nets winner

Pep Guardiola’s final comments ahead of tonight’s clash (while wearing a Stone Island jumper).

He told BT Sport: “We must be ourselves. We have to be at our best, individually and as a team, and after that, football is football. We plan to try and impose our game all of the time.

“But of course Atletico have qualities, they are champions of Spain and always have good results in Europe and have been a tough opponent for a decade in the knockout stages.”

So then, less than 10 minutes until kick-off at the Etihad! Here is a reminder of the two teams’ starting line-ups.

Man City XI: Ederson; Cancelo, Stones, Laporte, Ake; Rodrigo, Gundogan (C), Bernardo, Mahrez, De Bruyne; Sterling.

Atletico Madrid XI: Oblak; Vrsaljko, Savić, Felipe, Reinildo, Lodi; M. Llorente, Kondogbia, Koke; Griezmann, João Félix.

Diego Simeone on how he plans to attack the challenge that is Manchester City.

“We’re going to play where we think we can hurt them,” he said. “We’re going to use our characteristics, the way we’ve been playing for years, and continue to compete.

“But City are a lovely team to watch. What I like most about teams that play well like them is the strength and effort they put in to winning the ball back while continuing to play in an attacking way.

“They have some great players - Sterling, De Bruyne - but what wakes me up is that they run, they pressurise, they are always active. They never leave a lost ball. This work ethic is additional to the talent. All managers want that.”

Atletico Madrid are in good form. They might be out of the La Liga title race, but they have won each of their last six games in all competitions.

Simeone has not tasted defeat since the middle of February.

Pep Guardiola has won two of his previous three meetings against Diego Simeone. Will he make it three in four tonight? Or can the Argentine level things up?

Kick-off is just over 20 minutes away.

A reminder that in this year’s Champions League the away goals rule does not apply. So less of a fear for Man City fans this evening, but also a little less drama for us neutrals.

I’m not a fan of them getting rid of the rule. Feel like I may be with the majority?

Miguel appears to be suggesting it could well be Ake at left-back and Cancelo at right-back. Delaney knows best, so there goes my theory of a Stones-Ake-Laporte-Cancelo (R-L) defence.

I apologise.

England internationals Phil Foden and Jack Grealish have to settle for places on the bench at the start of this huge Champions League clash.

Very few clubs could do that and have very few people notice.

Pep Guardiola refused to engage in any kind of mind games when asked about whether Diego Simeone plays an ugly style of football.

The Spaniard responded: “I’m not going to talk one second about this stupid debate.

“Everyone tries to win the game. If they win they are right, if we win we are right. It’s for the players, the difference will be there.”

Atletico Madrid have not progressed beyond the quarter-finals since they made it to the last four in the 2016/17 season.

On that occasion, they were beaten by Real Madrid, who went on to claim their second of three Champions Leagues in a row.