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Man City captain Bernardo Silva on why the club have struggled to reach the same levels they have in past seasons: "The obvious answer is that this is a transition. If you look when we won the treble, if you look at that team and the team now, maybe only four or five players are left in two and a half years.

"You might have your opinion, the manager might have his opinion, I might have mine. I do believe that having so many different players in such a short term doesn't help.

"Right now these young guys need time to adapt playing with each other, and that plays a major part. No excuses because we should have done much better at parts of this season."

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Chelseahave been fined £10.75m and handed a suspended transfer ban after breaching Premier League rules over financial reporting, third-party investment and youth development.

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Man City captain Bernardo Silva on how the players believe that they can come back against Real Madrid: "It's never easy, especially after just a week. Usually after a big defeat, on the day you feel like everything is very dark, then it gets brighter.

"Even though this week was really bad for us, we know what we are capable of. The problem we lacked is the consistency. If we are on it tomorrow, we know it is possible."

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Man City captain Bernardo Silva on if he would be shocked if Erling Haaland didn't start against Real Madrid: "We wouldn't be shocked with anything, because it is not our job to judge the managers decision, he gets paid a lot of money to make those decisions.

"We have a big squad, anyone is ready to play. Erling is a massive player for us, very important player, and in the big games you need those players. But we have fantastic players everywhere.

"No one is irreplaceable. I would obviously prefer to have Erling because when you have Erling on the pitch you are scoring goals, and we need goals tomorrow.

"We've played without Erling when he was injured, we've dealt with those situations.

"The big players are there for the big moments."

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Manchester City's recent struggles have coincided with Erling Haaland's drop-off in goalscoring form.

In his first 17 Premier League games this season, Haaland scored 19 goals and had a shot conversion of 29%.

But in his last 12 games, he has had 36 shots and only scored three times - a drop to just an 8% shot conversion.

He has just four goals across his past 18 matches in all competitions, a huge dip from his early-season output.

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Bernardo Silva says he would "obviously prefer" for Erling Haaland to start tomorrow's match, despite questions over the Manchester City striker's current form.

"I would obviously prefer to have Erling. When you have Erling on the pitch you are scoring goals and we need goals tomorrow," Silva says.

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Man City captain Bernardo Silva on the Real Madrid game: "This sport has taught us that a lot of things can happen. Even though the result in Madrid was really bad, we will fight until the end.

"The opponent is a very good one. At home, a lot of things can happen. We are going to try create the right atmosphere for that to happen."

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Man City captain Bernardo Silva on training being cancelled: "I was the only one who didn't get a day off!

"We've done it in the past, plenty of times. When we lost games, when we've won games, when the manager felt it was best for the team.

"With all the trips we've had this week, I think he felt it best for us to sleep better and come back tomorrow stronger and ready for the game."

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Bernardo Silva has taken over media duties from Pep Guardiola now.

The Manchester City midfielder says his team "will fight until the end" to try and progress in the Champions League.

"It will be tough. At our home anything can happen," says Silva.

"No matter what, it can still happen. We know in football and with our team at home we are capable of creating a lot of chances."

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Pep Guardiola on whether the task demands a perfect performance from his Manchester City side: "Yeah, definitely."

On whether he is planning to surprise Real Madrid: "No, it is about the players, putting it [the ball] into perfect positions. We played with four or five strikers in the first leg and didn't score a goal.

"Sometimes you play two false nines and something like that and you can score five goals. The ideas are there, we have to try not much different things that we have done at home and just try to score and defend better the positions.

"We need the perfect game in many senses. In the bad moments we know what can happen even in a perfect game in 93 or 94 minutes, we just have to try, don't give up. We can create chances, we know that. If we are able to be clinical and especially defend well then we will be in the game."

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Discussing the decision to give his players the day off from training, Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola: "We train tomorrow [before the game]."

On whether the move to postpone training is a way of preparing his players mentally for the challenge: "It's related. The way you play, if you play good mentally you will be strong.

"I am not much concerned about the chances we are going to create, I am pretty sure that we are able to do it. At home we are always able to do it. It is more about how well we are going to defend.

"The task is massive, to score more than three goals against Real Madrid, it is not easy. The result in the first leg is not the perfect one but at the same time we are here, it is a football game, everything can happen.

"We have to create as much momentum as possible and do a good game for the talented players we have and defend well."

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Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola on whether he thinks his players believe they can get past Real Madrid: "After 10 years you have to convince some of my players about their beliefs? They know me quite well. Every single game we try. This will be no exception.

"They have to. I am pretty sure they will try it. Of course most of them are new to experiencing such situations.

"We are not the same group we had for many years but, at the same time, it is an incredible experience and an incredible opportunity to try it."

Alex Howell
BBC Sport Arsenal reporter

Arsenal are back in training as they prepare for their Champions League last-16 second leg against Bayer Leverkusen.

There’s no Jurrien Timber or Martin Odegaard.

Leandro Trossard is back while 16-year-old Max Dowman is with the first team.

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Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola on where overcoming a 3-0 deficit against Real Madrid would rank in his list of achievements: "I have no idea. I don't know. It's a football game, many things can happen. You have to focus and first try to win the game then after that we will see what happens during the game. I don't have a specific plan. Just try it."

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Here is Pep Guardiola now.

The Manchester City boss says it needs to be a perfect performance from his side if they are to stand a chance of overturning their 3-0 deficit against Real Madrid tomorrow night.

"We are able to do it," Guardiola says.

You can follow everything Pep Guardiola and Bernardo Silva have to say at Manchester City's news conference on our live feed at the top of this page right now.

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This is a season-defining period for Manchester City.

Saturday's damaging draw against struggling West Ham dealt another blow to their Premier League title hopes, and came after Real Madrid left their Champions League hopes in tatters just three days earlier.

City will begin the second leg of their last 16 tie against Real tomorrow night trailing 3-0.

Then, it's the League Cup final against Arsenal at Wembley on Sunday.

An FA Cup quarter-final against Liverpool follows the international break, before they face Chelsea and leaders Arsenal in their next Premier League fixtures.

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We're set to hear from Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola at about 12:30 this afternoon.

Guardiola watched his side ship three goals without reply in Madrid on Wednesday, as Federico Valverde scored a first-half hat-trick.

And Spanish giants Real have been boosted before the second leg by the return of Kylian Mbappe and Jude Bellingham to their squad.

Nizaar Kinsella
BBC Sport Chelsea reporter

Chelsea winger Estevao Willian is back in training today, but captain Reece James is not involved.

James played the full 90 minutes against Newcastle on Saturday, while Estevao has not played since early February against Hull City in the FA Cup.

Liam Rosenior will likely be asked about the situation at his media conference which you can follow on this page from 15:00 GMT.