Manchester City were beaten 3-0 by Real Madrid on Wednesday.

City were stunned by a brilliant first-half hat-trick from Federico Valverde.

City face a steep uphill task to reach the quarter-finals after Federico Valverde’s stunning first-half hat-trick propelled Real to a 3-0 win.

Captain Valverde ripped City apart with a clinical display of finishing.

City return to the Bernabeu for the second time this season to face Real Madrid in the first leg of their last-16 tie on Wednesday.

The Norway striker did not travel for City’s FA Cup fifth-round victory at Newcastle on Saturday but is training hard.

The Gunners hold a seven-point lead at the top of the table.

The Spaniard picked up his sixth booking of the season in Manchester City’s 3-1 FA Cup win at Newcastle.

City suffered a damaging blow in the title race as they were held to a 2-2 draw by Nottingham Forest in midweek.

Newcastle-Manchester City part five takes place at St James’ Park on Saturday.

City fell seven points behind Premier League leaders Arsenal as Nottingham Forest twice came from behind to snatch an unlikely 2-2 draw on Wednesday.

City led twice but dropped points at home to a side battling relegation.

Play was temporarily halted by referee Peter Bankes in the 11th minute at Elland Road.

Semenyo struck his sixth goal in 11 appearances for City since joining from Bournemouth in January.

City are five points behind the Premier League leaders with a game in hand.

Manchester City were paired with Real Madrid, Liverpool against Galatasaray and Chelsea will play holders Paris St Germain.

City kept up the pressure at the top of the Premier League by holding on to beat Newcastle 2-1 on Saturday.

Nico O’Reilly struck twice as City cut Arsenal’s lead at the top of the Premier League to two points.

Nico O’Reilly scored a brace, either side of Lewis Hall’s equaliser for the visitors, to put the pressure on Mikel Arteta’s league leaders.

Manchester City sit five points behind Arsenal with a game in hand, with a meeting between the two sides to take place in April.

Trafford rejected Newcastle to return to his boyhood club in a £27million move from Burnley last summer – but City signed Donnarumma on deadline day.

Marc Guehi scored his first goal for City since joining from Crystal Palace last month.

The Manchester United co-owner has said sorry to those he offended with his remarks about the UK being ‘colonised by immigrants’.

The Manchester United co-owner has said sorry to those he offended with his remarks about the UK being ‘colonised by immigrants’.

Erling Haaland netted his 153rd City goal, moving him level with Colin Bell.

After drawing three blanks the Norway international scored only his second Premier League goal since Christmas.

City head to Liverpool on Sunday needing a victory to arrest a poor run of form and maintain hope of overhauling Premier League leaders Arsenal.

The Norway international is going through an unusually quiet spell in front of goal.

The ineligible Guehi had to watch from the sidelines as Manchester City beat Newcastle to reach Wembley.

Pep Guardiola’s side won 3-1 at the Etihad Stadium on Wednesday to complete a 5-1 semi-final aggregate victory.

‘Good luck to the six teams who are in front of us for net spend for the last five years,’ Guardiola said.

Spurs’ first goal was contentious after striker Solanke appeared to kick through the back of Marc Guehi’s leg.

City have not provided details of Guardiola’s absence, but on Thursday he spoke at a charity event in Barcelona in support of Palestinian children.

It comes after Guardiola gave a speech in support of Palestinian children at a charity concert in his home city of Barcelona on Thursday.

City needed results elsewhere to go in their favour to be sure of finishing in the top eight.

Haaland scored for the first time from open play in 10 appearances against Galatasaray.

Guardiola accused Farai Hallam, who was taking charge of his first Premier League game, of attempting to make the story about himself against Wolves.

City ended a run of poor results with the victory.

The striker has been struggling for goals lately.

Gunners boss Mikel Arteta, when asked about Guardiola’s comments, said: “We are doing a lot of things right but we are far from perfect.”

The players have decided to reimburse the cost of tickets for the 374 fans who made the trip to the Arctic Circle.

The Premier League team were well beaten by Bodo/Glimt in the Champions League on Tuesday.

Rodri was sent off on a dismal night for Pep Guardiola’s team.