Man City into last 16 with another lacklustre away display

City manager Pep Guardiola confirmed the news while facing the media in a press conference previewing this Saturdays Premier League match against Burnley.

Toure scored twice on his return to the side against Crystal Palace last week after the club’s long-running row with his agent was resolved.

Fielding a formidable attack with Sergio Aguero, Raheem Sterling and Jesus Navas, City coach Pep Guardiola, back in Germany for the first time since leaving Bayern Munich in the close season, made his intentions clear from the start.

“It’s a massive game and hopefully we can get some points from that”, winger and Iceland worldwide Johann Gudmundsson said.

“Playing seven, eight more games in the Champions League, after going to Stoke and West Brom, and to still be with Liverpool and Chelsea, when they don’t play in Europe, is good for us”.

“I saw their games”.

“You have to play well, them to maybe have a quiet one”, said Dyche. The hosts desperately needed a win to stay in the competition, but neither team looked good enough to grab a victor. Whatever the form of City, this game was one that looked tricky on paper. The return of Yaya Toure was welcomed as he netted both goals, which would have sent out a message of warning to the rest of the league, no club needs telling how unsafe the Ivorian powerhouse is.

City’s John Stones, who had earlier been nutmegged by Nico Elvedi, lost possession in the air to Stindl, who charged to the edge of the box. We can not forget at Crystal Palace after one month and a half injured, Bacary played his first game at centre-back and played awesome.

“When you play in that rhythm at that level for 11 months every three days and with national teams and so on, all the players are important”.

City’s performance was a little underwhelming after the highs of beating Barcelona but it was a professional one and De Bruyne and David Silva were the key men. In some minutes we believed it, in others we didn’t. I am really impressed. “It was a hard game, a complicated one against a great team”. They didn’t win. In this moment, they are ready and prepared.

‘I think it will be the toughest for our regeneration for 12.30pm (kick-off). Their legs are faster and cleaner than ours’.

Monchengladbach fans hold up scarves during the UEFA Champions League group C football match between Manchester City and Borussia Monchengladbach at the Etihad stadium in Manchester, northwest England, on September 14, 2016.