{"id":332780,"date":"2025-12-08T17:19:08","date_gmt":"2025-12-08T17:19:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/332780\/"},"modified":"2025-12-08T17:19:08","modified_gmt":"2025-12-08T17:19:08","slug":"real-madrid-face-fresh-concerns-ahead-of-man-city-as-star-set-for-unwanted-repeat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/332780\/","title":{"rendered":"Real Madrid face fresh concerns ahead of Man City as star set for unwanted repeat"},"content":{"rendered":"

Manchester City are turning their attention to Wednesday’s trip to Real Madrid in the Champions League following victory over Sunderland\"AllAll eyes are on Rayan Cherki heading into Manchester City’s trip to Real Madrid(Image: Vince Mignott\/MB Media\/Getty Images)City star names two more title rivals<\/p>\n

Manchester City defender Josko Gvardiol insists the Premier League title fight is not just a two-horse race against current leaders Arsenal. He pointed to Chelsea and Aston Villa as two teams getting closer and posing a serious threat as the season progresses. Read full story here>>><\/a><\/p>\n

Real star’s strange City admission<\/p>\n

Real Madrid winger Rodrygo has elevated the rivalry with City by calling their frequent clashes as a “true Champions League derby.” He described the game as one of their most challenging and intense matches of the year, fueled by their history of back-and-forth contests. Read full story here>>><\/a><\/p>\n

Big problems for Alonso<\/p>\n

Real are facing significant challenges ahead of their Champions League tie with City, following a damaging 2-0 home defeat to Celta Vigo over the weekend. Their troubles are compounded by a mounting injury list, with up to nine players potentially unavailable, including defender Eder Militao. Read full story here>>><\/a><\/p>\n

City dealt new injury concern<\/p>\n

City are dealing with a new injury concern ahead of their Champions League fixture against Real Madrid, with defender John Stones’ availability now in doubt. They also remain without key midfielders Rodri, who is recovering from a hamstring issue, and Mateo Kovacic, who is sidelined for several months with an ankle problem. Read full story here>>><\/a><\/p>\n

Cherki could be forced into City repeat<\/p>\n

City’s Rayan Cherki produced a magnificent ‘rabona’ assist against Sunderland, earning praise for his skill and growing influence in the team. Despite his publicly expressed discomfort with post-match media duties and requests for fewer questions, his continued high-level performances will necessitate more interviews in the future. Read full story here>>><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Manchester City are turning their attention to Wednesday’s trip to Real Madrid in the Champions League following victory…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":332781,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[440],"tags":[49,48,146529,146527,17730,146528,574,95453,561,82,32327],"class_list":["post-332780","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-soccer","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-john-stones","tag-josko-gvardiol","tag-manchester-city-fc","tag-manchester-city-injury-news","tag-premier-league","tag-rayan-cherki","tag-soccer","tag-sports","tag-uefa-champions-league"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/332780","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=332780"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/332780\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/332781"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=332780"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=332780"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=332780"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}