Manchester City squeezed through to the Champions League play-off round with a 3-1 comeback win against Club Brugge. Even though they had to win to progress, familiar issues were visible in the opening 45 minutes,

Manchester City flirted with a disastrous exit from the Champions League before rallying to beat Club Brugge 3-1 in a must-win game

Pep Guardiola praised substitute Savinho for providing the spark to rescue Manchester City’s Champions League campaign after they overturned a first-half deficit to beat Club Brugge 3-1. City looked set to miss out on the knockout stages for the first time since 2012-13 after conceding to Raphael Onyedika in their must-win league phase encounter at the Etihad Stadium.

As Manchester City seek to get back to their best we can see a conflict between what Pep Guardiola wants his side to be and what they are.

Pep Guardiola has insisted he's a fan of the new Champions League format after Manchester City beat Club Brugge to make the play-offs of the competition on Wednesday night. The 2023 winners went into the game knowing they had to claim all three points to qualify for the next phase of the competition.

Man City news: City qualify for Champions League play-offs

Manchester City avoided Champions League humiliation. Now back to the job of salvaging the Premier League season. Manager Pep Guardiola admitted this week he could not imagine City going on to be crowned champion of Europe for the second time in three years with a playoff against Real Madrid or Bayern Munich awaiting.

Manchester City scored three second half goals to come back from the brink of elimination and advance to the UEFA Champions League’s inaugural knockout round playoffs following a thrilling 3-1 victory over Club Brugge on Wednesday night.