MONDAY MARKER: YOUR GUIDE TO CITY’S WEEK AHEAD

All the dates, times, kick-offs, venues and TV channel information you need for Manchester City’s week ahead.

Another busy week lies ahead for City with five matches across our sides including huge games in the Champions League and Premier League…

MONDAY

Open Training | 11:00 (UK)

Real Madrid v City | Pep Guardiola and player press conference | Champions League quarter-final first leg | 18:15 (UK)

Leicester v City EDS | Premier League 2 | 19:00 (UK)

Ahead of our trip to Real Madrid, the players will head out onto the pitch at the CFA to take part in a training session open to the media, which will be available to watch live on mancity.com and the official app at around 11:00 (UK).

Then Pep Guardiola and the squad will travel to Spain ahead of Tuesday’s quarter-final clash.

Brian Barry-Murphy’s youngsters kick-off shortly after as they travel to Leicester for the first action of the week.

You can follow live match updates for the game on our Twitter account @ManCityAcademy and a detailed match report and reaction will be available on mancity.com and the official app after the full-time whistle.

TUESDAY

Real Madrid v City | Champions League quarter-final first leg | 20:00 (UK)

City face Real Madrid at the Santiago Bernabeu in the Champions League quarter-final first leg on Tuesday.

With kick-off scheduled for 20:00 (UK), City will be looking to put ourselves in a strong position ahead of the Etihad second leg next week.

Follow proceedings on mancity.com and the official app with our Matchday Centre getting under way two hours before kick-off.

Matchday Live show will begin at 18:45 (UK) with special guests Steph Houghton, David James and Nedum Onuoha offering City-centric analysis before, during and after the game while Alistair Mann and Andy Morrision will give audio commentary once it kicks off.

There will be a match report and detailed reaction after the final whistle, while highlights and full-match replay of the game, available on CITY+, will be online from 23:00 (UK).

THURSDAY

Official Manchester City Podcast | Manuel Akanji | 17:00 (UK)

We are back with another episode of the Official Man City Podcast this week and the amazing guests keep rolling in.

Our last episode featured Jess Park and we have another star joining us with Manuel Akanji on this week’s edition, which is out on Thursday, via CITY+, from 17:00 (UK).

FRIDAY

City v Luton Town | Pep Guardiola press conference | 12:30 (UK)

City EDS v West Brom | Premier League 2 | 19:00 (UK)

Pep Guardiola will address the media on Friday ahead of our Premier League clash with Luton Town.

As always, there will be comprehensive coverage of Guardiola’s press conference on mancity.com and on our official app including live coverage followed by a written summary and a video on demand, which will be available shortly after the media briefing is over.

The Baggies are then the visitors to the Joie Stadium for our second Premier League 2 game of the week.

You can buy tickets here and get to the stadium to cheer on the youngsters, or you can watch the game live on CITY+.

There will also be live match updates for the game on our Twitter account @ManCityAcademy and a detailed match report and highlights will be available on mancity.com and the official app after the full-time whistle.

A full-match replay will also be available on CITY+.

SATURDAY

Nottingham Forest v City Under-18s | Under-18 Premier League North | 13:00 (UK)

City v Luton Town | Premier League | 15:00 (UK)

Ben Wilkinson’s Under-18s are back in action on Saturday at the Nottingham Forest Football Academy.

We’ll have a match report and reaction from the game on mancity.com following the full-time whistle.

Then, in the afternoon, Guardiola’s team continue our challenge for a fourth consecutive Premier League title.

Our game at the Etihad, against Luton Town kicks off at 15:00 (UK) with our Matchday Centre providing detailed stats, analysis and text commentary, starting two hours before.

Our Matchday Live show will begin around one hour before kick-off and once the action gets under way, Alistair Mann will be on hand to guide you through proceedings with our live audio commentary offering, while those with push notifications turned on will also be alerted to the key moments from the game.

The comprehensive coverage continues after the final whistle, with a detailed match report and plenty of reaction from Guardiola and players available soon after full-time.

You’ll be able to watch brief highlights from 21:15 (UK) with extended highlights – and a CITY+ full-match replay – following at midnight.