Real Madrid have been handed a major injury boost ahead of their UEFA Champions League second leg playoff with Manchester City on Wednesday. This comes as defender Antonio Rudiger returned to the Los Blancos’ first-team training on Monday ahead of the Man City clash at the Santiago Bernabeu.

Manchester City and Real Madrid meeting in the Champions League has become synonymous with the competition. While both always have ambitions of winning the entire thing, these two teams have already met 12 times in Champions League play with five of those meetings coming in the knockout stage.

Manchester City are continuing their preparations for their UEFA Champions League knockout play-off second-leg tie against Real Madrid. Pep Guardiola’s side will be looking to overturn a 3-2 deficit at the Bernabeu.