"Sometimes you have to be content with a 1-0 win. It'll be tight in Lisbon."

Hart's return will bolster confidence in a back line that is again missing captain Vincent Kompany through injury.

City defeated Dynamo Kiev to reach the last eight of Europe's elite competition for the first time.

The Blues on Wednesday were dumped out of Europe as PSG won 2-1 at Stamford Bridge for a 4-2 aggregate success in the last-16 tie.

However, despite the temptation to rotate Wenger is determined to field a strong team in the second leg at the Camp Nou.

Terry underwent a scan on Sunday and took part in Chelsea's open training session on Monday afternoon, but the club later announced he had not travelled with the squad.

The draw delivered several familiar pairings.

Steve Neville and Peter McNamara debate the issue in this week's BallTalk.

Arsene Wenger’s side made it into Monday’s draw courtesy of an Olivier Giroud hat-trick.

Raheem Sterling expressed his delight after his birthday double ensured Manchester City went through to the Champions League last 16 as group winners.

Arsene Wenger admits his Arsenal side will be going nowhere if they put in any more performances like the one that saw them suffer their worst ever European defeat at the hands of Bayern Munich.

Striker Radamel Falcao is out of Chelsea’s Champions League Group G clash with Dynamo Kiev after picking up an injury in training on Tuesday.

Disciplinary proceedings will now be opened by the European governing body and a charge could follow if it is deemed the club have a case to answer.

Arsene Wenger’s men battled to a hard-earned 2-0 victory over the runaway Bundesliga leaders at the Emirates Stadium on Tuesday nigh

The pundit was caught on the hop and had to say something about Olivier Giroud’s goal. Maybe he shouldn’t have said this though.

Wenger knows he must get the balance right on Tuesday night as Arsenal look for victory over the 2012/13 Champions League winners to keep alive hopes of qualification.

The Red Devils, however, are predicting they will become the first English club to break the half-a-billion-pounds mark in income this season.

Barcelona have been rocked by the news that midfielder Rafinha could miss the rest of the season through injury.

"Nobody can steal our history. We know what we are: champions of England."

"It’s a high rhythm in the Premier League but he has to adapt to that high rhythm and he shall improve I think."

Chief Constable of Bruges Police Dirk van Nuffel said glasses and chairs were thrown in a clash between English and Belgian “hooligans”.

Louis van Gaal faces the most important test of his Manchester United career on Tuesday night when Club Brugge come to Old Trafford for their crunch Champions League play-off.

United have never played Club Brugge but they have a history of meeting Belgian opposition in Europe.

Celtic FC have been handed a potentially tricky fixture in the play-off round of the Champions League.

“We are very proud to be Ireland’s representatives in the Champions League. We worked so hard and earned that right.”

Things got a bit heated between Eamon Dunphy and Richie Sadlier during the Champions League post-match analysis last night, and Twitter was pretty much unanimous in deciding who won.

“I’ve maybe not scored as many important chances as I’d like but my general play has been good."

“We’re one win away from winning each of the three competitions we are in. This is our objective."

Gareth Bale looks set to miss Real Madrid’s Champions League quarter-final second leg match against Atletico Madrid with a calf injury.

A frustrated Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti felt his team could have won the opening leg of their Champions League quarter-final at Atletico Madrid.

“I bow to the stamping expert.”

“If I got home and went to sleep, for me something would be telling me, ’You know what? Time’s up’. If you’re not caring, something’s gone."

Zlatan Ibrahimovic will only be suspended for one match for his red card against Chelsea, UEFA has announced.

Chelsea are out of the Champions League after being held to a draw by 10 man Paris St Germain last night and their fans’ behaviour last month is forming the basis of a lot of jokes on the subject.

“Things like that encroaching on the culture of the game can constitute a malaise on the game - a cancer."