Villarreal blamed poor management by the Spanish league for the cancellation of its planned regular-season game against Barcelona in the United States. Villarreal on Wednesday expressed "discontent with La Liga over its handling of the organization of the match.

Manchester City's ability to bounce back from bad results has left coach Pep Guardiola very confident going into Tuesday's clash at Villarreal as they look to return to winning ways in the Champions League after being held at AS Monaco this month.