To hear Guardiola praising the collective of Paris Saint-Germain over his outfit shows just how dramatic the unraveling of the past couple of months at City has been.

Despite it being unthinkable just months ago, Man City could very well be out of the Champions League come next week

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.

The victory in their league-phase finale secured Pep Guardiola's men a spot in the two-legged play-off knockout round

Liverpool, Arsenal and Aston Villa straight through to Champions League last 16; Man City and Celtic face play-off with Pep Guardiola setting up potential return to former club Bayern Munich; play-off

Arsenal had the toughest run of the four Premier League teams in this year’s Champions League. The revamped format resulted in a chaotic final Gameweek on

City will face one of those two European heavyweights in the Champions League next month after scraping through to the play-off round on Wednesday.

Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola has cast doubt on the team's chances of winning this season's UEFA Champions League. After a nervy encounter against Club Brugge, where City had to come from behind to win 3-1, Guardiola voiced his doubts at the post-match press conference.

Here are 10 January transfers that can and will impact the knockout rounds of this season's UEFA Champions League.

Following the culmination of the Champions League group phase, Liverpool and Barcelona have established themselves as favourites to be crowned European champions. Of course, knockout soccer is not that simple.