Champions League: Man City Scratch Through, Liverpool Top

Manchester City scraped through to the playoffs Knockout round of the Champions League with a 3-1 win over Club Brugge at Etihad Stadium on Wednesday.

The result means that Pep Guardiola maintains its record to move on from the opening stage of the competition every year of his management career.

By dominated possession in the first half but could not create clear chances Ilkay Gündogan put the ball into the net from an offside position.

They were stabbed in half the closing moments such as Brugge Counter -attack and Raphael Onyedika finished quietly after some excellent work from Ferran Jutglà to the left wing.

Guardiola’s side forced the problem in the second half with Mateo Kovacic To give its side hope in the 53rd minute with a fantastic solo ran through the midfield and a fine finish, before difficult work from Savinho saw JOKO GVARDIOL Find space on the left side of the box, with its ball in deflection of Joel Ordóñez and into the net.

Savinho, who came from the bench to trigger the comeback, then scored himself in the 77th minute to seal the result.

The city’s campaign in Europe this season has seen a number of uncharacteristic breakdowns beginning with a 4-1 humble away for sporting CP-derøft coached by Now-Manchester United chief Ruben Amorim.

They then threw a three-goal lead away at home to Feyenoord, fell to a 2-0 defeat in Juventus and admitted four against Paris Saint-Germain last Wednesday to cast their hope of doubt.

However, the victory against Brugge means that their resurgence will continue, with a two -legged playoffs coming against an opponent to be decided on Friday.

Elsewhere, Liverpool ended up at the top of the league table despite losing 3-2 to PSV Eindhoven on Wednesday when second-placed Barcelona was held at home against Atalanta.

Arsenal and Aston Villa both won to end in the eight top and secure direct progress for the 16th round, just like Atlético Madrid. Lautaro Martínez Scored a hat trick for Inter Milan as they smashed like Monaco.

Real Madrid and Bayern Munich won their final matches against Brest and the Slovan Bratislava, respectively, but face the same fate as the city in the final game after slowly starting their continental seasons.