Atletico Madrid vs Manchester City live stream: How to watch the Champions League from anywhere in the world

Atletico Madrid vs Manchester City live stream
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Atletico Madrid vs Manchester City live stream, BT Sport, Wednesday 13 April, 8pm BST

Manchester City will be looking to complete the job on Wednesday after a first-leg victory over Atletico Madrid.

Diego Simeone's side made life difficult for Pep Guardiola's charges in the first meeting between the teams last week. Atletico sat deep, blocked off space in central areas and defended with organisation, bite and resolve at the Etihad Stadium. 

In the end, though, that was not enough for the Spanish champions to leave Manchester with the 0-0 draw they played for. Phil Foden's second-half cameo turned the match in City's favour, with the England international setting up Kevin De Bruyne for the only goal of the game in the 70th minute.

Notwithstanding sporadic breaks forward which were quickly snuffed out by the hosts, Atletico did not show much of an appetite to attack last time out. That will have to change at the Estadio Wanda Metropolitano. A failure to score in the second leg would lead to Atletico's elimination. They will have to give City something to think about going the other way.

That could actually play into the hands of the Premier League leaders. City are a better team when they are given more space to play in, and home advantage combined with an aggregate deficit will oblige Atletico to push a little higher up the pitch on Wednesday.

Guardiola is likely to make one or two changes to his starting XI after Sunday's pulsating 2-2 draw with Liverpool. Ilkay Gundogan and Riyad Mahrez are two players who will hope to start, while Jack Grealish could also be involved from the first whistle. Ruben Dias remains on the treatment table with a hamstring issue.

Atletico have Yannick Carrasco available again after suspension forced him to miss the first leg. Hector Herrera and Jose Gimenez are both sidelined through injury so neither player will play a part here.

Kick-off is at 8pm GMT and the game is being shown live on BT Sport 2 in the UK.

Use a VPN to watch an Atletico Madrid vs Manchester City live stream live stream from outside your country

If you’re on holiday or just simply out of the country, your domestic on-demand services won’t work – the broadcaster knows exactly where you are from your IP address. Your access to the game will be automatically blocked, which is annoying if you’ve paid a subscription fee and don't want to use an illegal stream that decides to buffer at the worst possible moment. And that's where we recommend ExpressVPN (more on which below). 

All you need to do is get a Virtual Private Network (VPN) to get beyond such aggravations (assuming it complies with your broadcaster’s T&Cs). A VPN creates a private connection between your device and the internet, meaning suppliers can’t work out where you are and what you’re doing. The info going to and from is entirely encrypted.

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Greg Lea

Greg Lea is a freelance football journalist who's filled in wherever FourFourTwo needs him since 2014. He became a Crystal Palace fan after watching a 1-0 loss to Port Vale in 1998, and once got on the scoresheet in a primary school game against Wilfried Zaha's Whitehorse Manor (an own goal in an 8-0 defeat).