Man City progress in Champions League

Moenchengladbach will be confirmed in third place – which means a passage into the last 16 of the Europa League – if they draw and Celtic lose at home to Barcelona, also on Wednesday night.

City improved as a result and levelled when Silva turned home a Kevin De Bruyne cross from close range. When the visitors did muster a shot on goal – an impressive half-volley from Ilkay Gündogan just after the half hour mark – Yann Sommer dived down well to his right to save.

Both teams finished the game with 10 men after Lars Stindl and Fernandinho were second off for the hosts and visitors respectively.

City, who crushed Gladbach 4-0 at home in September, are in second place in the group on seven points, three ahead of the Germans, and can wrap up qualification with victory in Germany. His players pressed high in the Gladbach half and controlled possession but the Germans, without a win in their last six league matches, remained disciplined. What we are looking for, what we are expecting, is that Vincent can finally stay regularly in the team because one day it’s a muscle problem, the last game it was you know – this situation.

“He played there for Barcelona once, the Champions League final against Manchester United, because we had a lot of problems there”.

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It wasn’t the strongest performance by the Citizens, but it was enough to see them through under their new boss.

Gladbach got off to a bad start in the second-half. The team can not afford to score a single goal a game and expect to advance.

The Argentine worldwide scored a hat-trick when City beat Gladbach 4-0 at the Etihad Stadium in September.

They were not entirely convincing in Germany either, with a failure to win meaning they are now certain to finish second in their Champions League group, which is likely to result in a tougher draw in the next round. This looks like a possible formation for Guardiola to tinker with Premier League play and future F.A. Cup matches approaching.

Pep Guardiola insists there is no pressure on Yaya Toure to reclaim his role as Manchester City’s talisman following the midfielder’s sensational return to first-team action last weekend.

“They confirm with what the doctor and the guys here said, and they said it is ligament and he will be four or six weeks out”, Guardiola said.

That renders City’s final group game against the Scottish champions next month a dead rubber.

“Wednesday’s match is completely different under different conditions”, he said.

“We need to try to take the positives into the game against Manchester City”. Up next is a tricky away EPL fixture at Burnley on Saturday.