De Bruyne benched! Man City name starting XI for UCL quarter-final | OneFootball

Real Madrid and Manchester City have named their starting XI for Tuesday’s Champions League quarter-final.

Pep Guardiola’s are without Nathan Ake and Kyle Walker who didn’t travel to the Spanish capital due to injury.

As such, Manuel Akanji and Josko Gvardiol join Ruben Dias and John Stones in defence.

But the big news comes in midfield as Kevin De Bruyne is dropped to the bench with City revealing that the Belgium international was feeling unwell earlier today.

Los Blancos come into this blockbuster tie sitting top of LaLiga, eight points clear of second place Barcelona and having beaten RB Leipzig in the round of 16.

The only injury concerns for Carlo Ancelotti are the long-term absentees of Thibaut Courtois and David Alaba.

It means that player of the season so far, Jude Bellingham, takes his place in attack with Rodrygo and Vinicius Jnr.

Antonio Rüdiger will start in the centre of defence whilst Toni Kroos is preferred in midfield ahead of Luka Modrić.