Pep Guardiola makes Champions League vow after learning Man City's next opponents

Victory implicit Club Brugge connected Wednesday nighttime ensured Manchester City's spot successful the Champions League play-offs - wherever Bayern Munich oregon Real Madrid await

Pep Guardiola admitted helium felt “relief” astatine qualifying for the Champions League play-offs and is relishing a blockbuster showdown with either Real Madrid oregon Bayern Munich.

The Manchester City brag saw his broadside signifier a 2nd fractional fightback to flooded Club Brugge astatine the Etihad and they volition present look the Spanish oregon German giants successful a two-legged necktie aboriginal successful February.

And Guardiola believes players returning from wounded and caller recruits volition springiness his struggling broadside a warring accidental against Bayern oregon Real.

He said: “Going to Bayern Munich oregon Real Madrid volition beryllium truly pugnacious but it's successful 2 weeks and successful 2 weeks we person a fewer players back, the caller signings back, truthful hopefully we tin bash 2 bully games.

“We suffered each play without players. To person these (new) players, you person much alternatives. Hopefully, Jeremy [Doku] is backmost arsenic good truthful we person players to bash it and bash our best.

“It volition beryllium against THE squad of the contention oregon the 2nd oregon 3rd team. It volition beryllium pugnacious but I don’t cognize if they are blessed to play against us. We volition make problems and we volition effort to bash it.”

City had trailed to a Raphael Onyedika onslaught astatine half-time but a good idiosyncratic effort from Mateo Kovacic began the fightback, which was implicit by a Joel Ordonez ain extremity and a onslaught from substitute Savinho.

Guardiola said: “The archetypal fractional was truthful academic, we didn't person the spark to bash it against a squad that defends truly well.

“In the 2nd fractional we lifted our souls and our hearts were free. We did it and present it is clip to bask it due to the fact that it has been a really, truly pugnacious play successful the Champions League. We struggled a batch but yet we could suffice and the gully is the draw. We'll see."

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