Manchester City felt deja vu on Friday after being paired with Real Madrid in the Champions League as Pep Guardiola claimed the grudge match is now a Clasico.
The two giants going head-to-head was the standout tie of the playoff draw in Nyon and have now been pitted against each other in four consecutive seasons and for a fifth time in six campaigns.
Guardiola has prevailed twice against his old foes, while Real knocked City out of last year’s competition on penalties at the end of a dramatic quarter-final.
City host Real in the first leg before travelling to the Bernabeu in just over a fortnight and avoided a reunion with Vincent Kompany at Bayern Munich.