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#3 Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola has lost all of his last four UEFA Champions League semi-finals
Paris Saint-Germain will be hoping that Pep Guardiola would continue his recent dismal Champions League record when they meet City in the second leg. The last time a Pep Guardiola side made it to the semi-finals of the UEFA Champions League was with Bayern Munich in the 2015-16 season. They crashed out against Atletico Madrid.
In the two seasons prior to that, Pep Guardiola's Bayern Munich bottled yet again at this stage, first against Real Madrid and then against Barcelona.
In his final season at Barcelona, his side were eliminated by Chelsea in the semi-finals and his Manchester City side are not alien to European heartbreak either. They have exited the Champions League in the quarter-finals for three consecutive seasons now.
Something or the other has always gone wrong for Pep Guardiola in Europe since his final Champions League triumph, which came way back in the 2010-11 season.
#2 Paris Saint-Germain's have performed at their best away from home this season
Paris Saint-Germain's best performances in the Champions League this season have come away from home. They were staring at an early exit from this year's Champions League, however a string of good away performances completely overturned their fortunes.
Paris Saint-Germain beat Manchester United 3-1 at Old Trafford. In the Round of 16, Paris Saint-Germain produced an absolute masterclass of a performance against Barcelona. Thanks to a brilliant hat-trick by Kylian Mbappe, they beat the Catalans 4-1 at the Camp Nou.
Drawn against Bayern Munich in the quarter-finals, Paris Saint-Germain went all-out in the first leg at the Allianz Arena and came away with a 3-2 win. As such, they have been able to produce some of their best performances against strong opposition away from home.
Pochettino's men would be hoping to replicate their excellent current away from in this crucial away tie against City.
#1 Manchester City's lack of clinical finishing
The Cityzens have had issues up front this season. Sergio Aguero has not been fully fit this season and after playing the full ninety minutes against Crystal Palace, he is unlikely to start against Paris Saint-Germain.
Gabriel Jesus has been poor for Manchester City in front of goal. In the first leg against Paris Saint-Germain, Guardiola went with the frontline of Mahrez, Kevin De Bruyne and Phil Foden.
This means that their game is heavily dependent on interplay in the final third and if Paris Saint-Germain can stay compact, they can nullify City's threat to a great extent.
And despite all of Manchester City's dominance, both their goals had an element of good fortune about them. Kevin De Bruyne's opener was a cross that ended up in the back of the net.
Riyad Mahrez's free-kick goal that gave Manchester City the lead went through a gap in the wall, which was quite a letdown from Paris Saint-Germain's perspective.
As such, just where and how Manchester City come up with goals will be interesting to see.
