Jose Maria Gimenez ruled out of Atletico Madrid’s Champions League trip to Manchester City

Atletico Madrid face Manchester City this week.

Los Rojiblancos travel to England to lock horns with the Premier League champions today ahead of tomorrow night’s game.

And it’s a big one; the quarter-final of the Champions League. Atletico will be keen to put in a strong performance at the Etihad Stadium and earn a good result before the second leg.

And they’re in good form.

After a poor start to the season Diego Simeone’s men have surged to third in La Liga, overtaking Sevilla this weekend. They’re now level on points with Barcelona as well as Sevilla. League leaders Real Madrid are 12 points clear.

City are top of the Premier League, doing a much better job of defending their title than Atletico are. But they’re far from running away with the league; Liverpool are a point behind.

Atletico knocked Manchester United out of the Champions League in the last 16 while City made light work of Sporting Lisbon.

Los Rojiblancos, however, will be unable to call upon defender Jose Maria Gimenez for the game. He was substituted in the 86th minute of Atletico’s win over Alaves and isn’t fully fit.

The Uruguayan should be ready for the return leg in Spain.

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