Following Thursday’s UEFA Champions League draw the dates and kick-off times of Manchester City’s eight UEFA Champions League league phase fixtures have now been confirmed. With a new format introduced to the UEFA Champions League for this season, it will be interesting to see what effect it has on this year’s competition. With that in mind, Manchester City now know when their league phase games will take place.
Manchester City will kick off their UEFA Champions League campaign with a home match against Inter Milan. Manchester City’s glamour fixtures away to Juventus and PSG will take place on December 11 and January 22 on matchday 6 and 7 of the competition. Pep Guardiola’s side’s final game of the league phase of the competition will be on January 29 against Club Brugge at the Etihad Stadium.
The dates of our 2024/25 #UCL league phase fixtures have been confirmed 🗓️👇 pic.twitter.com/OgMOAh8E1c
— Manchester City (@ManCity) August 31, 2024
It will be interesting to see what effect the new Champions League format has on the competition. There didn’t appear to be any need for the competition to be further expanded. But it has been and now it adds even more games to the football calendar.
The expanded competition will be another challenge for Pep Guardiola to manage going forward. Manchester City will need their entire squad to navigate the Champions League league phase and challenge for domestic honours. But that is part of the challenge of playing and managing at the top level of football. There is no doubt that Pep Guardiola and his players will be up for the challenge that lies ahead. With the kickoff times and dates now confirmed City can begin planning accordingly for what lies ahead on the calendar starting next month.
