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Real Madrid v Man City: How Champions League rivalry has grown as Pep Guardiola and Carlo Ancelotti meet again

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Real Madrid v Manchester City in Champions League knockout play-off second leg.

Carlo Ancelotti and Pep Guardiola have met 13 times in the competition since 2012-13 .

Both sides have won four matches each with five draws.

The winner of their meetings in the three previous seasons will go on to lift the trophy.

The sides were back at it in 2024 as Real fought a rearguard action in the second game of their quarter-final .

In mitigation, Ancelotti could point to the fact that 12 goals against and four of those defeats arrived while he was managing Everton , a club with disparate ambitions to both Real and City. Watch highlights of every Champions League game from 22:00 on Wednesday on BBC iPlayer and the BBC Sport website and app. There will also be a Champions League Match of the Day on BBC One on Wednesday , from 22:40 to 00:00..

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