MANCHESTER CITY will be hopeful of reaching the Champions League knockouts after learning their group-stage opponents.
Pep Guardiola’s side were pitted against Sevilla, Borussia Dortmund and Copenhagen in Group G with Erling Haaland to return to Signal Iduna Park.
Due to the World Cup in November, the six matches are crammed into three blocks of back-to-back gameweeks.
Those will be played on September 6/7 and 13/14, October 4/5 and 11/12 then October 25/26 and November 1/2.
The Citizens reached the final on 2021 but lost to Chelsea in a nervy final in Portugal.
Last season, they looked destined to face Liverpool in the final.
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However, their spectacular collapse in injury time at the Bernabeu saw Real Madrid force extra-time in their semi-final – before Karim Benzema sent Los Blancos through.
Since then, City have brought in Real Madrid target Erling Haaland as their new No9 plus Julian Alvarez and Kalvin Phillips.
However, they sold Gabriel Jesus and Oleksandr Zinchenko to Arsenal while Raheem Sterling joined Chelsea for a combined £122.5million.
European glory still beckons for City, who have enjoyed domestic dominance in recent seasons under Guardiola.
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But he, the players, the fans and the owners will desperately be hoping this season is the year they finally go all the way.
And with the group they have been pitted in, they will be hoping of reaching the last-16.
Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk
