Permutations: What Manchester City need to qualify for Champions League knockout rounds - Pep Guardiola’s side face a do-or-die encounter with Club Brugge on the final night of the league phase

Latest Manchester City news with Pep Guardiola facing a nightmare scenario even if Champions League knockout progression is secured

Manchester City must beat Club Brugge tomorrow night at the Etihad to progress in the UEFA Champions League. If they lose or draw their Champions League campaign is over. That’s the equation that

Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola has revealed how his team will approach Club Brugge in their Champions League clash on Wednesday. Man City have not been impressive in the Champions League so far this season.

Manchester City know the equation for tomorrow night’s UEFA Champions League league phase fixture against Club Brugge. Win and they progress to the next round of the competition.

Pep Guardiola says Manchester City will embrace the "challenge" of Wednesday's must-win Champions League clash against Club Brugge and is confident they will make the knockout stages. Guardiola has never failed to reach the Champions League knockout stages in his career as a manager and he said Tuesday he was confident his side would progress.

Champions League clubs stage their own version of WWE wrestling’s Battle Royal on Wednesday when all 36 clubs play at the same time to decide their fate. Kick-off for all the matches in the final round of league-phase fixtures is 8pm,

There will be a winner-takes-all energy at the Etihad Stadium when under-pressure Manchester City host Club Brugge in the UEFA Champions League on Wednesday night. The 4-2 defeat that Pep Guardiola’s players suffered against Paris Saint-Germain at the Parc des Princes last week means they head into this final round of group fixtures in 25th place in the Champions League group table,