there was a clash of champions at the etihad stadium as english premier league winners manchester city took on german champions bayern munich while benfica hosted inter milan in the first leg of their quarterfinal. now to bring us up to date with a busy night of action, our reporterjoe linskey has joined us and is with us now. joe, really good to see you. let s start by talking about that game in england, then manchester city. they looked very impressive, didn t they, against bayern munich? paul, this has been one of the great european nights really for manchester city in the champions league, 3 0 winners against the german champions bayern munich at the etihad stadium. city s manager pep guardiola recognising this as a real statement scoreline from his team, but also saying they ll need to be wary of defending that lead properly when they meet again in that second leg next wednesday in bavaria. the spanish midfielder, rodri, he opened the scoring for city with a brilliant cu
lots to get through. we will start with football and what was a big night in the champions league. there was a clash of champions at the etihad stadium as english premier league winners manchester city took on german champions bayern munich while benfica hosted inter milan in the first leg of their quarterfinal. now to bring us up to date with a busy night of action, our reporterjoe linskey has joined us and is with us now. joe, really good to see you. let s start by talking about that game in england, then manchester city. they looked very impressive, didn t they, against bayern munich? paul, this has been one of the great european nights really for manchester city in the champions league, 3 0 winners against the german champions bayern munich at the etihad stadium. city s manager pep guardiola recognising this as a real statement scoreline from his team, but also saying they ll need to be wary of defending that lead properly when they meet again in that second leg next wedn
at the etihad stadium as english premier league winners manchester city took on german champions bayern munich while benfica hosted inter milan in the first leg of their quarterfinal. now to bring us up to date with a busy night of action, our reporterjoe linskey has joined us and is with us now. joe, really good to see you. let s start by talking about that game in england, then manchester city. they looked very impressive, didn t they, against bayern munich? yeah. paul, this has been one of the great european nights really for manchester city in the champions league, 3 0 winners against the german champions bayern munich at the etihad stadium. city manager pep guardiola recognising this as a real statement scoreline from his team, but also saying they ll need to be wary of defending that lead properly when they meet again in that second leg next wednesday in bavaria. the spanish midfielder, rodri, he opened the scoring for city with a brilliant curling effort on the edge of
supporters and fans. hopefully it is up supporters and fans. hopefully it is up to us to take them back there. hello again. a match like manchester city against bayern munich has tentacles that spread far and wide. just the two managers involved in the champions league quarter final first leg tonight conjure up four different rivalries with five clubs. the story of pep guardiola and thomas tuchel goes back a decade and takes in ten meetings, which are rarely run of the mill. one beats the other to league titles, the reverse is true in the only champions league final between them. and as of last month, both teams have managed bayern with tuchel taking over the club guardiola left in 2016 and is playing against for the first time since. nesta mcgregor is at the etihad for us. nesta, neither at bayern nor at city has guardiola won this competition, and as ever, it s part of the conversation. when ou talk it s part of the conversation. when you talk about it s part of the conve
contingencies. hello ,welcome to the programme, plenty to look forward to this evening, including joe biden s pending arrival in northern ireland. this was him departing joint base andrews earlier this afternoon. air force one expected just after nine, we will take you to live to that when it lands. elsewhere, we will discuss the latest assessment on the world economy. the imf warning today we are locked into a perilous phase of low economic growth. what does that mean for disposable income and our collective spending power? and what about those leaked us documents? the washington post reporting today that egypt, one of the united states oldest allies in the middle east, had secretly planned to supply rockets to russia. all that to come. but we start in belfast, where a huge security operation is in place tonight forjoe biden s imminent arrival. the main event, a speech tomorrow, at the new, ulster university campus. where it is understood the president will talk about the