Pep Guardiola and his Manchester City players have now discovered their fate in the last-16 play-off round of this season’s UEFA Champions League following Friday morning’s draw.City are bidding

The top eight teams from the group stage await their challengers, including Manchester City and Real Madrid, who are set for a thrilling encounter. Manchester City vs Real Madrid:

Manchester City scored three second half goals to come back from the brink of elimination and advance to the UEFA Champions League’s inaugural knockout round playoffs following a thrilling 3-1 victory over Club Brugge on Wednesday night.

Manchester City came back from a goal down at halftime to beat Club Brugge 3-1 and secure their place in the UEFA Champions League playoff round.

The weekend is already off to a busy start with the UEFA Champions League draw for the knockout phase playoffs, and that's before an exciting batch of matches takes place across Europe. I'm Pardeep Cattry with an end-of-week check-in.

United States men's national team striker Ricardo Pepi continues his scoring tear with a goal against Liverpool in the Champions League to give PSV the win. Savinho has given Manchester City life in the Champions League. His goal gives Man City a two-goal cushion over Brugge.

Arsenal and Manchester City meet in their reverse fixture this season following a thrilling 2-2 draw played out at the Etihad Stadium last September.City have found some level of consistency in their

Manchester City and Real Madrid lock horns once again in the Champions League. Last season, City were beaten on penalties by Madrid at the quarter-final stage, with Real eventually going all the way and lifting the trophy at Wembley that June.

Despite their longstanding dominance, both teams have had their struggles in the competition's new format, which expanded to 36 teams this season.

Real Madrid confirmed a huge injury blow which will severly affect head coach Carlo Ancelotti’s plans for this month’s Champions League clash with Manchester City.