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Manchester City's Champions League hopes took a hit at Real Madrid, with John Stones' injury adding to the woes and casting doubt over his availability for the upcoming Premier League clash against Liverpool this weekend.

The night started on a sour note with Erling Haaland deemed unfit to start, and things quickly went from bad to worse when Kylian Mbappe found the back of the net within three minutes.

The goal, which saw Mbappe outsmart Ruben Dias and Ederson, gave Madrid a two-goal aggregate lead.

City's troubles were compounded when Stones fell to the ground moments after the restart, seemingly without any contact from Vinicius Jr.

Despite the stretcher being called, Stones managed to walk off the pitch unaided, visibly upset as Nathan Ake replaced him.

With Stones now a major doubt for Sunday's match against Liverpool, City's problems are mounting.

The plan was to try, to try to get a better result than in Manchester as long as possible."

"We concede a goal so early, the injury from John, is a little bit of what happened this season.

Nathan Ake replaced Stones, having struggled for fitness himself in recent weeks.

January recruit Abdukodir Khusanov was handed a start at right back against Real Madrid and struggled to handle Vinicius Jr as the Spanish giants won comfortably.


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