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City leads this one on aggregate from the first leg 3-2 after a stunning comeback with 10 men, but you will not have read that in the media and as a result City will lose the services of two players suspended by the yellow card rule, one by a controversial VAR penalty award and they wonder why City fans still boo the so called anthem, I wonder why they play that, does someone get royalties?
City come into this fixture under the shadow of the freshly opened UEFA investigation following the allegations that the club violated financial fair play rules made in the German magazine Der Spiegel and based on stolen documents. This will do little to endear many fans of the club to UEFA so one can expect the booing of the UEFA 'anthem' to be particularly loud on Tuesday evening.
Anyway City needs to score a couple of goals to get into the next round and an open draw, with no guesses who we will get if our friends from the Premier also manage to see off their opponents. Despite having scored three away goals this fixture remains on a knife edge with many City fans still scarred by the defeat to Monaco over the two legs in 2017. Leading 5-3 from the first leg City contrived to lose on the away goals rule and with the rags defying the statistical odds last Tuesday Schalke will surely fancy their chances. Expect them to shoot whenever in range of the penalty area and appeal for any sort of contact with a players body.
Many City fans will probably remain nervous unless we are 5-0 up with 3 minutes of added time approaching.
City Team News
Suspended: Fernandinho, Otamendi
Misses next game if booked: Agüero
Form (last 5 all comps):
Officials
Referee. Clément Turpin (FRA)
Assistant referees Nicolas Danos (FRA), Cyril Gringore (FRA)
Fourth official Ruddy Buquet (FRA)
Video Assistant Referee Nicolas Rainville (FRA)
Assistant Video Assistant Referee François Letexier (FRA)
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LIBERTY STADIUM
Emirates FA Cup
Sat, 16 Mar5:20 PM (GMT)
City leads this one on aggregate from the first leg 3-2 after a stunning comeback with 10 men, but you will not have read that in the media and as a result City will lose the services of two players suspended by the yellow card rule, one by a controversial VAR penalty award and they wonder why City fans still boo the so called anthem, I wonder why they play that, does someone get royalties?
City come into this fixture under the shadow of the freshly opened UEFA investigation following the allegations that the club violated financial fair play rules made in the German magazine Der Spiegel and based on stolen documents. This will do little to endear many fans of the club to UEFA so one can expect the booing of the UEFA 'anthem' to be particularly loud on Tuesday evening.
Anyway City needs to score a couple of goals to get into the next round and an open draw, with no guesses who we will get if our friends from the Premier also manage to see off their opponents. Despite having scored three away goals this fixture remains on a knife edge with many City fans still scarred by the defeat to Monaco over the two legs in 2017. Leading 5-3 from the first leg City contrived to lose on the away goals rule and with the rags defying the statistical odds last Tuesday Schalke will surely fancy their chances. Expect them to shoot whenever in range of the penalty area and appeal for any sort of contact with a players body.
Many City fans will probably remain nervous unless we are 5-0 up with 3 minutes of added time approaching.
City Team News
Out - Bravo, De Bruyne, Fernandinho
Doubtful - Stones, Kompany, Mendy, Mangala
Suspended: Fernandinho, Otamendi
Misses next game if booked: Agüero
Form (last 5 all comps):
Man City -WWDWW
Schalke - LDLLL
Officials
Referee. Clément Turpin (FRA)
Assistant referees Nicolas Danos (FRA), Cyril Gringore (FRA)
Fourth official Ruddy Buquet (FRA)
Video Assistant Referee Nicolas Rainville (FRA)
Assistant Video Assistant Referee François Letexier (FRA)
next
LIBERTY STADIUM
Emirates FA Cup
Sat, 16 Mar5:20 PM (GMT)
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