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City UCL Disaster Averted

Jan 30, 2025

Boss Pep Guardiola admits that Man City will face a tough challenge to progress to the Champions League last-16.  

This, as they must face either Real Madrid or Bayern Munich in the upcoming knockout rounds’ playoffs.  

However, Guardiola is optimistic, due to City’s new signings and the return of some players from injury.  

City reached the knockout round after beating Club Brugge 3-1 at home in their final group match this morning.  

The draw for the knockout playoff round takes place tomorrow evening.  

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In other Champions League results, leaders Liverpool remained at the top of the group despite losing 3-2 to PSV Eindhoven.  

Second-placed Barcelona drew 2-2 with Atalanta.  

Arsenal finished the group stage in third place with a 2-1 win over Girona 

Aston Villa had a 4-2 win over Celtic. 

Real Madrid had a 3-0 win over Brest.   

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Liverpool and Barca are in the last-16, alongside Arsenal, Inter Milan, Atletico Madrid, Bayer Leverkusen, Lille and Villa.  

And besides City and Real, other clubs in the playoff round include Atalanta, Borussia Dortmund, Bayern Munich, AC Milan, Eindhoven, PSG, Juventus, Sporting Lisbon and Brugge.  

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Manchester United will try to seal automatic qualification to the EUROPA LEAGUE last-16 in tomorrow morning’s match against FCSB in Romania.  

United are currently on a run of good form, winning four of their last five matches in all competitions.  

Meanwhile United will conduct a late fitness test on Manuel Ugarte, after the midfielder picked up a knock in their recent match against Fulham, while Marcus Rashford is still exiled from the first team.  

Catch FCSB vs United from 4AM LIVE on Astro channel 822. 

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Speaking of Rashford, United boss Ruben Amorim says he can still win back his place in the team if he improves his attitude.  

The attacker has now been sidelined for 7 weeks.