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.

MANCHESTER CITY 3-1 CLUB BRUGES - OLIVER HOLT AT THE ETIHAD STADIUM: We need not have worried. Pep Guardiola need not have worried as they came from behind to win.

It is a source of some bewilderment that Guardiola, of all coaches, should have allowed such a key part of his team to fall into decline

Guardiola has spent his entire Manchester City career urging the team to slow their play, now he's telling them to go direct. Why?

Manchester City are enduring by far their toughest season since the arrival of Pep Guardiola, and arguably since Roberto Mancini took charge. Their spiral kicked off with the cruciate ligament injury

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

Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola is not entirely sold on the new Champions League format after his team barely scraped through to the knockout round, but called the experience an "incredible lesson" for his team.

Mateo Kovacic has delivered his reaction to Manchester City ’s potential Champions League play-off opponents. City went into the final round of fixtures in the League Phase sitting 25th in the table and were on the brink of a shock exit as they trailed at half-time against Club Brugge.

Manchester City are through to the Champions League knockout phase play-offs after a 3-1 comeback victory against visiting Club Brugge on the final

As Manchester City went down to a 4-2 defeat last night to PSG you were left wondering where Pep Guardiola can turn ... It doesn’t appear likely that Mateo Kovacic, Bernardo Silva, Ilkay ...

Pep Guardiola was shellshocked after Manchester City's collapse against Paris Saint-Germain left them on the brink of elimination from the Champions League. City's capitulation in Paris is the ...