Riyad Mahrez, Kyle Walker and Ilkay Gundogan have all been named in Manchester City's starting lineup for the second leg of their Champions League quarter-final with Atletico Madrid on Wednesday night.
The Citizens, who take a one-goal advantage to the Wanda Metropolitano, will be looking to progress to the semi-finals for the second successive season with an aggregate victory over their Spanish counterparts.
Walker has missed the last three Champions League matches due to suspension, but the experienced right-back returns to Pep Guardiola's first XI and replaces Nathan Ake, who started the first leg at left-back.
With Ake dropping to the substitutes' bench and Walker beginning at right-back, Joao Cancelo β who along with Kevin De Bruyne is one booking away from a suspension β will start at left-back.
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After six weeks out with a hamstring injury, Ruben Dias has returned to the matchday squad, but the Portuguese defender will begin tonight's game on the bench, with John Stones and Aymeric Laporte to continue at centre-back.
Gundogan will wear the captain's armband in centre-midfield and will be joined in the middle of the pitch by Rodri and Bernardo Silva.
De Bruyne, who scored the only goal in the 1-0 first-leg win last week, is set to operate in the front three along with Mahrez and Phil Foden.
Raheem Sterling, Jack Grealish, Fernandinho and Oleksandr Zinchenko are among the substitutes this evening.
Oliver Thomas
