A repeat of the 2014 Champions League final between Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid is still possible after yesterday’s semi-final draw.

Real, who won that game 4-1 after extra-time, will play first-time semi-finalists Manchester City, with the first leg in England.

Atletico, who beat holders Barcelona in the last eight, host Bayern Munich in their first leg.

Bayern manager Pep Guardiola misses what would have been a difficult semi-final for him personally against Manchester City, the Premier League side he will take charge of next season.

“It’s a great tie against the team that has won the competition the most times,” Txiki Begiristain, Manchester City’s sporting director, told reporters.

“But we have got this far and we want to keep dreaming.

“I think that Real Madrid are the favourites. They have been in the semi-finals 27 times, six in a row. But PSG were also a great team and we were able to knock them out.”

Real, record 10-times champions, are unbeaten in their last eight games against English clubs. Their only previous tie against City came in 2012 when the Spanish side won 3-2 at home before drawing 1-1 in Manchester.

For Cristiano Ronaldo, who scored a hat-trick to win the quarter-final against Wolfsburg, it will be another return to Manchester, where he spent six years with United before moving to Spain in 2009.

The Real Madrid manager at that time was Manuel Pellegrini, now in charge at City until Guar-diola replaces him.

The Chilean was sacked by Real Madrid after only one season but denied that would be any extra motivation.

“More motivation is to be playing in the semi-final of the Champions League, the most important competition in the world for clubs,” he said, adding that City would have preferred to be at home in the second leg.

Emilio Butragueno,” Real’s head of public relations, said that in Sergio Aguero, David Silva and Kevin de Bruyne, City had players to win a game on their own.

“It’s their first semi-final and they are anxious to do something big in Europe,” he added.

“We’ll have to be at our best in the two games. Last year also people said we were lucky when we got Juventus and we were knocked out. The two games are going to be very tight.”

Coach Zinedine Zidane also dismissed talk of a lucky draw.

“I don’t agree that Real Madrid always get easy draws,” he said.

“Roma, City and Wolfsburg are very good teams. It’s a semi-final, it’s going to be a very, very difficult game for both teams.”

The only time Atletico have met Bayern was in the 1974 final, when the German side won 4-0 in a replay after a 1-1 draw.

“A team that eliminates the title holders has to be taken very seriously,” said Bayern Munich board member Andreas Jung.

“We face a tough rival,” said the German club’s midfielder Javi Martinez.

Jose Luis Caminero, Atletico’s sporting director and former player, described the tie as “complicated” but promised the Spanish side would “compete to our maximum as we always do”.

UEFA semi-final draws

Champions League

Tuesday, April 26 (second leg: May 4)
Manchester City (England) vs Real Madrid (Spain)

Wednesday, April 27 (second leg: May 3)
Atletico Madrid (Spain) vs Bayern Munich (Germany)

Final: May 28 – San Siro, Milan.

Europa League

First legs: April 28. Second legs: May 5.
Shakhtar Donetsk (Ukraine) vs Sevilla (Spain)
Villarreal (Spain) vs Liverpool (England)

Final: May 18 – St Jakob Park, Basel.