Pep Guardiola

Turkish champions Galatasaray will begin their first UEFA Champions League campaign in four years in a strong group featuring Bayern Munich and Manchester United.

The two giants will be favourites to advance from Group A, which also includes FC Copenhagen, the Danish champions.

Manchester City won the first Champions League in their history on June 10 and secured a treble of trophies by beating Inter Milan 1-0.

In a far closer match than many pundits had predicted, Rodri's sweetly-struck goal proved the difference for Abu Dhabi-backed City, who have already won the Premier League and FA Cup this season.

Manchester City is the huge favorite heading into June 10's Champions League final against Inter Milan in Istanbul as Pep Guardiola's side aims to finally get its hands on the greatest prize in European club football, and complete a historic treble.

City has been building towards this moment ever since the transformative 2008 takeover of the club by the Abu Dhabi United Group.

Premier League is one of the prime football leagues for sports fans and punters. When teams with long-standing traditions face off against each other you can be sure there will be lots of analysis involved. Everybody wants their team to win, especially punters who have little more than pure pride in the game.

Football is one amongst the most popular sports around the globe with a total of around 3.5 billion fans. The question about which is the biggest football team has been asked many, many times before. This has caused arguments from pubs to radio shows and family dinner tables. Up until now, no one has quite been able to find a suitable unit of measurement.

LONDON, April 15 (Xinhua) -- Manchester City won their third title of the English Premier League in seven seasons after bottom side West Bromwich Albion shocked Manchester United at Old Trafford 1-0 on Sunday.

Pep Guardiola's side moved an insurmountable 16 points clear of United with five matches remaining, thanks to Jay Rodriguez's header in the 72nd minute.

Less than 24 hours after securing a sixth successive Bundesliga title, Jupp Heynckes cut Bayern Munich's celebrations short as the club aims for a seventh Champions League semifinal appearance in nine seasons.

When Liverpool beat Manchester City 4-3 in January's Premier League clash, the question was raised if any other team could follow their method to overcome Pep Guardiola's side.

Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola urged officials to better protect his star players after a 3-0 victory over West Bromwich Albion on Jan. 31.

Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola has been doing his best to keep a lid on the hoopla surrounding his rampant charges but even he could not have expected to hear the first mention of the word “quadruple” before Christmas.