Manchester City host Liverpool at Etihad Stadium to reignite one of the fiercest Premier League rivalries of recent times.

Pep Guardiola said Manchester City must now fight to qualify for next season's Champions League after Kylian Mbappé's hat trick for Real Madrid sent the Premier League champions crashing out of the competition before the Round of 16.

Kylian Mbappé scored a hat trick, Erling Haaland stayed on the bench injured and Real Madrid dumped Manchester City out of the Champions League on Wednesday. Mbappé’s stellar trio of goals

It was a tough start for Manchester City in the Champions League playoffs against Real Madrid on Wednesday. Shortly after Kylian Mbappé gave the hosts a 1-0 lead in the fourth

Kylian Mbappé scored a hat trick, Erling Haaland stayed on the bench injured and Real Madrid dumped Manchester City out of the Champions League on Wednesday.

Kylian Mbappé scored a hat trick, Erling Haaland stayed on the bench injured and Real Madrid has dumped Manchester City out of the Champions League

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Kylian Mbappé had his best night so far in a Real Madrid shirt on Wednesday as his hat-trick propelled Los Blancos to a 3-1 win – 6-3 on aggregate – over Manchester City and into the Champions League round of 16.

Kylian Mbappe, take a bow. The French star Wednesday put on a show in the second leg of the Real Madrid-Manchester City Champions League tie, scoring an exquisite hat-trick to advance 6-3 on aggregate.

Now that the knockout phase playoffs have concluded, the draw for the Champions League round of 16 will take place on Friday 21 February at 11:00 GMT. Three Premier clubs are involved: Liverpool, Arsenal and Aston Villa, who are seeded first, third and eighth respectively based on their finishing positions in the league phase of the competition.

Newcastle have named the starting point for transfer negotiations over attacker Alexander Isak, who has attracted interest from Arsenal and Liverpool in recent months.

Shamrock Rovers are seeking to create history by becoming the first League of Ireland club to reach the last 16 of a major European competition.