The Serie A champions face a gruelling run of games before their second -
leg clash with Tottenham, taking on Atalanta in both the league and cup before travelling to Lazio just days before their trip to Wembley.
As for Tottenham, Harry Redknapp can call on Peter Crouch after the striker, who scored twice as Spurs recorded a 3 - 2 victory over Stoke City last time out in the league, missed a recent Champions League second -
leg clash with Real Madrid at White Hart Lane through suspension.
In what was meant to be a stepping stone to greatness for the all - conquering Manchester City, the Champions League quarter - final first
leg clash with Liverpool at Anfield turned out to be anything but.
Bayern Munich's Franck Ribery has been ruled out of his side's second
leg clash with Arsenal on Wednesday night after
The Wanderers slumped to its heaviest defeat in its history last Friday when they went down 4 - 1 to the Melbourne Victory, prompting Arnold to suggest Tony Popovic's side were focusing on their ACL first
leg clash with Al Hilal on October 25.
It's nearly time for the all - British Champions League quarter - final second
leg clash with Manchester City looking to overturn a three goal deficit against Liverpool.
Wenger can ill - afford another defeat on Sunday, as the Frenchman is already under fire following a poor run of form which has seen them fall eight points off the pace in the Premier League title race, as well as slipping to a two - goal deficit ahead of their second
leg clash with Barcelona in the Champions League.
Pogba has come under fire in recent weeks for his poor form, having been substituted off in away defeats to Tottenham and Newcastle United, while he was also left on the bench for the first
leg clash with Sevilla in the Champions League.
Fergie has been indulging in the Champions League since its return earlier this month — after also being seen in the stands as Chelsea took on Paris Saint - Germain in their first -
leg clash with the French champions.
Not exact matches
With its 3 - 0 quarterfinal first
leg victory over Juventus, Real Madrid takes a massive advantage into the second
leg of the
clash scheduled to take place on April 11 at the Santiago Bernabeu in Madrid.
In another Metro report the national boss Roy Hodgson explained that the Arsenal striker has a dead
leg from training and that will almost certainly rule him out of England's
clash with Germany today, a match where his pace on the counter attack was probably his best chance of an appearance.
All the latest headlines from the newspapers in Spain as Barcelona take a 1 - 0 lead into their second
leg Copa del Rey
clash with rivals Atletico Madrid.
Real Madrid will take a two - goal advantage into the second
leg of their round - of - 16 Champions League
clash with Roma at the Bernabeu next month.
Barcelona triumphed over Manchester City in the first -
leg of the last 16 Champions League
clash, yet Dani Alves did not leave the pitch
with a smile on his face.
Chelsea host Barcelona at Stamford Bridge in their Champions League
clash on Tuesday night,
with Antonio Conte desperate to take an advantage into the second
leg.
Louis van Gaal and the United squad are in Denmark ahead of the first
leg of their Europa League
clash with FC Midtjylland and in his pre-match comments reported by Sky Sports the United boss revealed that the reason their captain Wayne Rooney was not
with the squad was because he has picked up a knee problem.
Arsenal have a handy two goal advantage as they head into their home tie
with Italian giants AC Milan in the second
leg of their Europa League
clash (KO Thursday 18th March, 20:05).
A Premier League
clash with Arsenal lies in between two Europa League semi-final
legs against Celta Vigo and
with that in mind, the Portuguese coach suggested that he may even field a weaker team against the Gunners.
The Mexican international's forceful tackle on the Manchester United left - back during the two side's Champions League
clash left Shaw
with a double fracture of the
leg and is now certain to miss a huge portion of the season and his participation at next summer's European Championships for England are in serious doubt.
The lay - off of influential playmaking midfielder Luca Modric, who broke his
leg during Tottenham Hotspur's
clash with Birmingham City and is not expected to be fit until late October, is less likely to diminish the club's strong start to the season as Niko Kranjcar — a near like - for - like replacement — edges closer to a permanent move to White Hart Lane following a successful medical.
Mourinho was asked at his press conference whether the fact that tonight's
clash coincides
with the one - year anniversary of Shaw breaking his
leg during a Champions League defeat at PSV Eindhoven played a role in the defender not making the trip.
In addition, Luke Shaw returned to training as he worked
with a United physio for the first time since sustaining a broken
leg last September in the Champions League
clash with PSV.
Allen's «assist» provided Ibe
with the chance to score the game's one and only goal, a goal that gives Liverpoool a hugely important lead heading into the second
leg of their Capital One Cup semi-final
clash with Stoke.
The Red Devils will be hoping to return from Russia
with a positive result in the first
leg of the last - 16
clash, but there are two notable absentees in the 20 - man squad.
Saints triumphed against Liverpool in midweek, winning their semi-final 2 - 0 on aggregate, after 1 - 0 victories in each
leg, but there is little time to savour it, as attention quickly turns to tomorrow's Emirates FA Cup fourth - round
clash with Arsenal.
With Arsenal's winless record in Russia, the Gunners could do with rolling out a home win in this first leg of their quarter - final clash with CSKA Mos
With Arsenal's winless record in Russia, the Gunners could do
with rolling out a home win in this first leg of their quarter - final clash with CSKA Mos
with rolling out a home win in this first
leg of their quarter - final
clash with CSKA Mos
with CSKA Moscow.
By contrast, Ernesto Valverde's side will arrive having lost only once in 35 games in all competitions since being beaten in both
legs of their Spanish Super Cup
clash with Real Madrid in August.
Morgan has missed the last three matches
with a back injury and he will remain on the sidelines at Goodison Park, as well as missing the first
leg of the Foxes» Champions League quarter - final
clash in Madrid next week.
Bayern Munich took a comfortable lead of 2 - 0 after their first
clash with FC Zurich from first
leg play off in the Champions League.
The big match
clash in Carabao Cup Semifinal first
leg battle between Chelsea against Arsenal didn't end as exciting as one might expected
with both teams failing to show up their qualities for 90 minutes.
We'll need to see that again,
with a two
legged clash against Liverpool up next set to bee a much tougher challenge, starting at Anfield.
Leighton Baines struck to give his side a slender first
leg lead in their Europa League third qualifying round
clash with Ruzemberok.
With this
clash sandwiched between league matches and just a week before a crucial EFL Cup semi-final second
leg match, it's obviously going to take a back seat in terms of priorities for the Blues.
Coleman made his comeback last week when he completed 58 minutes of the Toffees» Under - 23s»
clash with Portsmouth — 10 months after suffering a double
leg breaking playing for Republic of Ireland against Wales.
Silva also revealed that although it is hard
with the match so close now, that he and his teammates are focused more on Toulouse away in Ligue 1 on Saturday than the first
leg of the Champions League round of 16
clash away at Real Madrid next week.
Television pictures suggested Ronaldo was also targeted when running
with the ball during the first
leg of the last - 16
clash at Stade Gerland, which ended in a 1 - 1 draw.
It has been confirmed that Libor Kozak broke his
leg after an accidental
clash with Ciaran Clark during a training game today.
Pep Guardiola's Manchester City will on Tuesday night
clash with Liverpool at the Etihad in the second
leg of the Champions League quarter - finals match.
The UEFA Champions League
clash with Sevilla is the second
leg in the round of 16 stage in the competition and after a 0 - 0 draw in Spain three weeks ago, United will be seeking a great result to put them in the draw for the quarter - finals on the elite European competition on Friday.
The second
leg of the round of 16 Europa League tie between Tottenham Hotspur and Borussia Dortmund promises to be an exciting
clash,
with the German side in a commanding position after a 3 - 0 home win in the first
leg last week.
Diego Simeone's side, Atletico Madrid in the first
leg of the Copa del Rey last - 16
clash at Vicente Calderon
with goals of Raul Garcia and Jose Gimenez inflicted Los Blancos» third defeat in a row.
the first
leg of Huddersfield's playoff semifinal
clash with Sheffield Wednesday ends in a goalless stalemate
-- The pair
clashed on no fewer than five separate occasions last season, in three different competitions,
with United winning four − including both
legs of a Champions League semi-final − to Chelsea's one, whose only success was in the corresponding league fixture at Stamford Bridge (2 - 1).
Arsenal have recently beaten AC Milan
with a margin of 2 - 0 in the first
leg of round of 16
clash of Europa League.
The stand out tie is of course the all Premier League affair
with Liverpool v Manchester City
clashing in the Champions League
with the first
leg at Anfield on Tuesday 3rd April.
Juventus looking to carry momentum into Tuesday's titanic
clash with Real Madrid in the first
leg of the Champions League quarterfinals.
Check out the complete fixture list for the first
leg of the UEFA Champions League last - 16 ties, including Paris Saint - Germain's
clash with Spanish giants FC Barcelona at the Parc des Princes on Tuesday night:
Hull do not possess Chelsea's power, but the sight of Oxlade - Chamberlain and Francis Coquelin being overwhelmed at times by Antonio Conte's side will surely force Wenger to look elsewhere, especially
with next Wednesday's Champions League last - 16, first -
leg clash at Bayern Munich in mind.
Rooney suffered a
leg injury after colliding
with Phil Jones on Monday, while Martial had also missed United» FA Cup
clash against Chelsea
with an injury.
With the 2 - 0 triumph of Barcelona in yesterday's heated El Clasico encounter, it seems all but certain that Pepe Guardiola's men will make next month's Champions League final, most likely to face fellow semi-finalists Man United as they themselves were 2 - 0 victors away at Schalke in their first -
leg clash on Tuesday.