In Pictures: Champions League preparations at City

Manchester City geared up for the big Champions League clash at the Etihad Stadium on Wednesday with a training session at the City Football Academy.

Though a number of players are still missing from the side, namely Fabian Delph, David Silva, Gael Clichy and Sergio Aguero, Aleksandar Kolarov was in light training – as was Vincent Kompany, who could be in line to start the game.

Here are a selection of images from today’s session.