Manchester City have an unsightly Champions League streak to end when they visit the Estadio de la Ceramica for Tuesday’s Champions League league-phase clash with Villarreal.
Pep Guardiola‘s men have failed to win any of their last five away games in the competition, but their hosts are still waiting for their first victory of this season’s tournament.
There has been a miserable run on the road for Guardiola’s side, who have now gone five away games without success in the Champions League, losing four straight matches on their travels to Real Madrid, Paris Saint-Germain, Juventus and Sporting Lisbon last term.
In fact, it has been a little over a year since Man City’s last away win in Europe – a 4-0 beating of Slovan Bratislava on October 1, 2024 – but the Sky Blues have atoned for their Monegasque mistakes over the past two Premier League gameweeks.
Indeed, Tuesday’s visitors edged out Brentford 1-0 before another Haaland-inspired 2-0 home triumph over Everton on Saturday.
Also sharing the spoils in a four-goal thriller on matchday two, Villarreal were coincidentally the beneficiaries of a 90th-minute equaliser against Juventus. However, the hosts’ stellar streak will surely come to an end against a Haaland-inspired Man City, whose already-intimidating attacking ranks are further boosted by Cherki and Marmoush’s recent returns.
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