UCL: Man City, Real favourites as knockouts begin

Pep Guardiola

Manchester City and Real Madrid will both be in action when the UEFA Champions League knockout stages begin this Tuesday, and it is the last two winners of European football's greatest prize who appear the strongest contenders to go all the way this season.

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Pep Guardiola (below) has been busy playing down City's chances of repeating their remarkable treble triumph of last year, when they retained the English Premier League title and won the FA Cup before claiming their first ever Champions League crown.

"We have 99.99 per cent possibility that we are not going to win the treble because it has never, ever, ever been done," Guardiola said this week when asked about the prospect of retaining all three trophies.

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