A rainy Tuesday morning did little to dampen the mood in the camp of City's women's first team ahead of our Champions League tie with Lugano.

The weather was not on our side, but Nick Cushing’s squad appeared to be in good spirits as they prepared for the second leg of our Round of 32 clash.

With a 7-1 aggregate lead and going into the game on the back of a convincing 5-0 victory over Leicester City at the weekend, City have every reason to be positive.

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However, the resounding message from the squad has been the need to produce a good performance.

Cushing said as much in his pre-match press conference, while Aoife Mannion and Caroline Weir echoed those sentiments as they reinforced how focused the side remains.

The game kicks off at 7pm on Wednesday 25 September at the Academy Stadium. Tickets are on sale now at mancity.com/tickets.

Check out the gallery below to see the best of the action as we put the finishing touches to our preparations…