Manchester City squeezed through to the Champions League play-off round with a 3-1 comeback win against Club Brugge.

The Belgian winger has endured a mixed campaign so far for Manchester City, struggling for consistent opportunities to impress on the left of Pep Guardiola’s front-three amid battles with fitness and injury.

We also know Mikel Arteta and Pep Guardiola are very close, while City are the reigning champs and have just pipped Arsenal to the title in each of the last two Premier League seasons. This rivalry has been bubbling up nicely.

Manchester City avoided a catastrophic early exit from the Champions League and defeated Club Brugge to advance to the playoff round of the competition.

Manchester City winger Chloe Kelly has said she “accepts her future is not at this club” beyond the expiration of her contract in June and said her mental wellbeing has been adversely impacted after being “dictated to whom I can and can’t join”.

The UEFA Champions League's first-ever league phase is over, and the knockout stage outlook is now much clearer. Manchester City avoided disaster, Liverpool topped the league-phase table, and we will get Manchester City against either Real Madrid or Bayern Munich in the playoffs.

His side live to fight another day, but Pep Guardiola is in no doubt that whatever Friday's Champions League draw holds for Manchester City, his side will be underdogs. Winning the competition entirely?

Manchester City avoided Champions League humiliation. Now back to the job of salvaging the Premier League season.

With both Ruben Dias and Nathan Ake still sidelined with injury, and John Stones lacking in the necessary match fitness to last 90 minutes of football at present, the decision was taken to entrust Khusanov with a high-profile clash against Enzo Maresca’s side.

Blackpool have signed forward Niall Ennis on loan from Championship side Stoke City for the rest of the season. The 25-year-old joined the Potters from Blackburn Rovers in early 2

Wright, Nick Mendola, and Andy Edwards preview a "huge" battle between Arsenal and Manchester City, analyzing if Pep Guardiola's "resurgent" Manchester City squad can stay hot against Mikel Arteta and Arsenal.