Manchester City defender Ruben Dias admits facing Joao Cancelo will be strange should be feature for Bayern Munich tomorrow night.

Cancelo left City for Bayern on-loan in January and is available for the Champions League semifinal first-leg.

Dias said, "It will be strange. Not very long ago we were fighting together. That is football. It is what is. It is the life we lead. It will be good tomorrow to play against Joao and to see him again."

He continued: "It is a special competition, and is special for us. We really want to be in it and to see it through.

"It will be a difficult match, but it is what the competition is all about, beating the best.

"We are happy to be here. Every season the work you have to do is to stay in competitions - the Premier League, the Champions League, all the cups - the biggest goal is to stay in competitions as long as you can. In the end you get to these moments - when decisions are made. But we know we still have a lot of work to do."

On losing the Champions League final to Chelsea in 2021, Dias added: "Like a very wise man once said to me, we didn't view it as losing the final, we view it as just getting one step closer to winning the Champions League.

"Every year it is about making steps forward. We are still in the pursuit and we will keep fighting."