England's Teams Clash for Premier League Title Battle!

The Manchester City players have already taken in one message from Pep Guardiola , as they attempt what amounts to one of the greatest challenges in Champions League history. Bernardo Silva articulated some of it, when he spoke on Monday before their last-16 second leg against Manchester City. “With one goal, the atmosphere of the ground will change,” said the Portuguese.

There is more to that comment than just an appeal to the crowd. The mythos of the Champions League “ remontada ” has now become so pronounced - to the point the Spanish name for grand comebacks has become commonplace - that there is a blueprint . Chelsea went down 5-2 at PSG on the same night as Man City losing 3-0 to Real Madrid (Ben Whitley/PA Wire) Three Premier League clubs will have to follow it over the next two days.

You don’t go in looking at it is a 3-0 deficit, or whatever the scoreline is. You go in looking to score the first goal in the way you always would, albeit immersing yourself in the intensity of the occasion, knowing that would then make it a different game. It’s suddenly a two-goal lead rather than a three-goal lead, changing the pressure levels, too.

Knowing to do that is one thing, though. Successfully acting on that knowledge is something else. The Champions League might have gone through an era of great comebacks over the last decade, but there’s a reason the odds are still so against you.