Right, we have a lot to fit into the next hour before the start of Manchester city's training session, which will be streamed live at the top of this page.

Let's start with that huge cup upset north of the border. Rangers fans, maybe take a moment to make a brew...

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Thanks for sticking with us for the Manchester City news conference.

Pep Guardiola was speaking this afternoon before tomorrow's Champions League play-off first-leg match against Real Madrid.

Here are the top lines from his news conference:

• Guardiola admitted that his side did not deserve to qualify automatically for the last 16.
• He said there are no hard feelings with Real Madrid after they didn't attend the Ballon d'Or awards.
• The City boss declined to say whether he thinks his side are underdogs going into the game and believes "both sides have had problems with injuries this season".
• Guardiola called Real Madrid's forward players "exceptional" and claimed they are "impossible to control".
• Finally, he said he doesn't believe he is going to be "thrown out on the street", when asked if he fears for his job.

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A final word from Ruben Dias on who will mark Vinicius Jnr now Kyle Walker has gone: "We don't know who is going to play.

"The manager will decide but we do have options to do it. We're not thinking about one player alone, those individual duels will be important, but it will be the collective actions, how we play as a collective.

"We have all we need to be able to look after him."

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Here is a list of those defensive injuries for Real Madrid:

• Daniel Carvajal (out for the season)
• Eder Militao (out for the season)
• Antonio Rudiger (expected back on 21 February)
• David Alaba (no return date)
• Lucas Vazquez (no return date)

Information from Transfermarkt

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Manchester City centre-back Ruben Dias on Real Madrid's defensive absentees: "The first mistake we could make is to think that this gives us an advantage. We can't think about them being weak because we know how dangerous they can be."

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More from Ruben Dias on whether Manchester City are out for revenge against Real Madrid: "When we won the Treble, the year prior was very important for us because that feeling we had in that moment in the Bernabeu [in 2021-22 semi-final loss].

"More and more, the understanding of how good we have to be to win. You might think that 4-0 we had was easy, but that was a mix of so many things where we had to be on our game.

"That's what we need to do, as we did last year. It was frustrating because we ended up dominating the game but, even so, we weren't able to find the goal that would have made the difference.

"We know who we're facing, we know it's a team that plays differently to us and are not going to make it easy for us.

"All of us need to do what we do better than ever, fight more than ever, because that's how you win."

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Manchester City centre-back Ruben Dias on his fitness: "It's been frustrating, especially after my first injury when I came back then there was a 'death sequence'.

"Everyone was injured so I had to play every game, every three days, then in the last one where I had a week between games that would have allowed me to breathe in a bit, I got injured against United.

"It's frustrating to be missing out, especially in a period like this where you want to be there, show your face and help out your family on the pitch.

"You help in whatever way you can and one way is to recover as well and as fast as you can. It's also a moment where you need to be wise.

"It's a stage of the season where the train is going and you need to catch the train while it's going so you have to take wise decisions with the staff because. Right now, the schedules are ruthless."

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We have a few more lines from Ruben Dias' news conference to bring you, but just to mark your card on what we still have coming up.

We will return to round up the weekend's FA Cup talking points, including the absence of VAR and whether it improved or detracted from the football.

Queens Park fans will also be able to re-live their monumental Scottish Cup shock at Rangers before we build up to the remaining fixtures of the FA Cup fourth round.

Then we will return to the Champions League for a live stream of Manchester City's training session from 15:00 GMT.

So please stick with us.

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A final word from Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola, on whether he fears for his job: "I don't know if a doctor will be asked about his position. I know in some stadiums they say that 'you're getting sacked in the morning' but I don't have that feeling.

"Obviously I am here, I am still here because of what we have won in previous seasons, if not I probably wouldn't be here but that's the relationship that we have.

"If things don't work we'll shake hands and move on, but I don't think I'm going to be thrown out on the street."

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Manchester City centre-back Ruben Dias on missing Kyle Walker: "He was a big personality, especially at times like this, he was always one to show up and show his face and be there for the team.

"He was a player we all relied on. He's not here now, so it's time for another one to step up."

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Ruben Dias on Manchester City team-mate Erling Haaland: "Personally, I don't sense any Erling versus Kylian [Mbappe] vibes in the game.

"It's City against Madrid, that's what it is and obviously there are loads of big names on both sides.

"Erling, like all of us, wants to be in this competition and win it. I'm sure he'll be hungry to be there and perform."

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More from Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola: "Many cases during the nine years here that moments in the last minutes we could go through, always we come back. This season we struggle a lot.

"Of course, it would be good to continue for the club, for the prestige to be in this competition.

"I like to feel that week by week, month by month, we are there. I would feel 'yeah the team is consistent, we can do it' now it's like 'I don't know'. I know the game plan tomorrow, I know the game we want to play, I still have doubt for the selection because I still have injuries and people come back."

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Manchester City centre-back Ruben Dias on facing Kylian Mbappe: "We played against him many times before and even then, it was not just him who was the threat.

"It was Neymar as well at one point, then [Lionel] Messi. So we've had our encounters with teams that have that flexibility in terms of who can make the difference.

"When you get to this level of the Champions League, that's what you get from Madrid or everyone else.

"We know they have the special ability to be more flexible maybe than most other teams, which is why we have to be really good and more solid at the back.

"The more solid we can be, the more comfortable we will be in the game."

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Manchester City centre-back Ruben Dias on Real Madrid snubbing Ballon d'Or award presentation: "To be honest with you, I didn't spend one second thinking about whether it was disrespectful or not.

"I was happy for Rodri. I was there, I celebrated with him that night and I was very happy for him, as I believe everyone at the club was."

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More from Pep Guardiola on whether winning could be a confidence boost: "Of course it would be important, we would be in the competition, play in the next round. Of course it would be a good boost if everybody comes back and we are fit."

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Manchester City centre-back Ruben Dias on the intensity of games against Real Madrid: "If you look at the Premier League, it's difficult to match that intensity.

"Obviously it's one of the toughest opponents you can come across in the Champions League but the game is different and perhaps more versatile than any other.

"We definitely know very well what we're up against. This game can either be the most intense or not, depends on how it ends up going.

"But definitely one of the toughest games we can have."

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Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola on playing the home leg first against Real Madrid: "We play the second game away because we were not good in the group stage. We finished 22-24 - you cannot ask any favour. We didn't deserve it, we didn't do enough points to start in the eight first, not even close to that position. Do it better and maybe you have another draw."

Real Madrid finished 11th in the Champions League table, City were 22nd. Sides that finished 9th to 16th are seeded in the knockout play-offs, so play at home in the second leg.