Champions League 2018: Tuesday Odds, Live Stream for Quarter-Final Fixtures
Manchester City's remarkable 2017-18 campaign is in danger of ending in somewhat anticlimactic fashion.
Pep Guardiola's Sky Blues can keep their UEFA Champions League dream alive by advancing to the semi-finals, but they will have to overturn a 3-0 deficit in their quarter-final second leg against Liverpool at the Etihad Stadium on Tuesday.
AS Roma also have a lot of work to do in their Stadio Olimpico clash with Barcelona as they trail 4-1 from the opening leg at the Camp Nou.
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City are odds-on favourites to beat Liverpool on their home patch, but they will need to win big to make the last four.
Meanwhile, the bookies are not giving Roma much chance of even getting a victory against Barca.
Here's a look at the latest match odds, via OddsShark:
Manchester City (20-61), Liverpool (2-1), Draw (7-2)
AS Roma (5-1), Barcelona (25-38), Draw (29-10)
Both matches will start at 7:45 p.m. BST (2:45 p.m. ET), with live-streaming available via the BT Sport website and Fox Soccer Match Pass.
City could barely have endured a worse result ahead of Tuesday's second leg against Liverpool.
They went in at half-time of their home clash with local rivals Manchester United on Saturday leading 2-0 and looked set to secure the Premier League title in record time with a win.
It would have been a huge boost for the Sky Blues, but instead they threw away their two-goal lead and lost 3-2 to Jose Mourinho's side.
They now have to pick themselves up as they attempt to keep their European hopes on track by thrashing the Reds.
City are still going to win the Premier League at a canter, and they could break a number of records in the process.
And even if they are knocked out of the Champions League, it will still have been a successful season as they also won the Carabao Cup in February.
However, should City fail to produce a remarkable comeback against the Reds, there will be a feeling it could have been even better.
They could have claimed the title by beating their biggest rivals, and they could have done better in the Champions League.
As a result, Tuesday's fixture is loaded with even more significance now than it was in the aftermath of Liverpool's remarkable 3-0 win at Anfield last week.
Given the qualities of Liverpool's attack it seems highly likely City are going to need at least five goals to make the semis as Jurgen Klopp's side are sure to score at least once, although Mohamed Salah is a doubt, per the Liverpool Echo's James Pearce:
Netting five against Liverpool is not completely out of the question for City; they have already done it once this season at the Etihad in their 5-0 Premier League victory over the Reds in September.
However, Liverpool's defence has improved hugely since then, and the stakes will be so much higher on Tuesday.
After two chastening defeats in a week, City have a mountain to climb; but if Guardiola can engineer a comeback, it will go down as one of the more remarkable achievements in a stellar campaign.
Roma's task is arguably even harder than City's.
The Italian side were their own worst enemies in the opening leg when some shoddy defending and two own goals saw Barca prevail 4-1 despite looking far from their best.
The Giallorossi can take confidence from their fine defensive record at home this season in the Champions League—they have not conceded once at the Stadio Olimpico.
But even if Roma can keep a clean sheet against Lionel Messi, Luis Suarez, Philippe Coutinho et al, they will have to net three times against a Barca side with the 2017-18 tournament's best defensive record.
