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.

Pep Guardiola kicked out at a drinks cooler in a moment of relief as Manchester City avoided an early exit from the Champions League.

Pep Guardiola admitted his Manchester City team face a ‘really tough’ task to progress in the Champions League after being drawn against Real Madrid of Bayern Munich in the play-offs. Man City avoided an embarrassing Champions League exit by coming from behind to beat Club Brugge 3-1 at the Etihad Stadium.

Pep Guardiola breathed a sigh of relief as Manchester City scraped into the Uefa Champions League play-offs with a 3-1 win over Club Brugge. City trailed their Belgian opponents at half time before Mateo Kovacic and the lively Savinho inspired a second-half comeback with a Joel Ordonez own goal sandwiched in between.

The Belgian champions were on course to send Manchester City packing before the knockout stages for the first time since 2012 when Raphael Onyedika fired the visitors into the lead just before half-time.

Second-half goals from Mateo Kovacic and Savinho helped Manchester City to second-half comeback over Club Brugge that saves their Champions League campaign...for now.

Manchester City Manager Pep Guardiola spoke to the media ahead of his side's final UEFA Champions League League Phase match against Club Brugge. Pep was in a confident mood about City's qualification chances.

Manchester City know only a win will do when they host Club Brugge in their final league-phase game. They have not missed out on the Champions League knockout stages since 2012/13.

Manchester City face a mammoth night in European competition this week with their fate in the UEFA Champions League hanging in the balance.Having lost three of their last four matches in the league

Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola is not entirely sold on the new UCL format after his team barely scraped through to the knockout round but called the experience an “incredible lesson.”

With Manchester City needing a win to avoid a stunning early exit from the Champions League, Pep Guardiola wasn’t in the mood to discuss the prospect of his once-dominant team crashing out of European club soccer’s most prestigious competition.