Manchester City flirted with a Champions League shame, but in the last round of the first phase, the English team managed to guarantee their rating for the knockout on Wednesday (29). The drama of the English featured a goal against to seek the turn of Club Brugging 3-1.
At Etihad Stadium, Raphael Onyedika opened the scoring at the end of the first stage. After the break, Mateo Kovacic tied, Joel Ordóñez made against and Savinho closed the scoring.
With the result, the trendy cast by Pep Guardiola will still have to play the playoffs to fight for a place in the round of 16. In the new format of the main club tournament in Europe, the eight top teams of the first phase advance straight to the round of 16, while the teams that are between ninth and 24th place dispute a preliminary phase.
The recap of the competition will be played from February 11.
Before the beginning of the last round, only Liverpool and Barcelona were classified directly to the round of 16.
