Liverpool, Arsenal and Aston Villa straight through to Champions League last 16; Man City and Celtic face play-off with Pep Guardiola setting up potential return to former club Bayern Munich; play-off

Manchester City reached the UEFA Champions League playoffs after beating Club Brugge 3-1 on Wednesday. Raphael Onyedika opened the scoring for Club Brugge in the 45th minute, but Mateo Kovacic brought Manchester City level in the 53rd minute at Etihad Stadium.

Pep Guardiola's Manchester City have won four of their past five Premier League games to climb back into the top four after a miserable run of results. In midweek they survived a huge scare against Club Brugge to scrape into the Champions League play-off round,

While Man City go gung-ho for a crucial three points on Wednesday, they may run into a parked Club Brugge bus, as their 20th-placed visitors will assure themselves of a spot in the playoff round with just a draw at the home of the Premier League champions.

Manchester City beat Club Brugge in the Champions League to finally book a play-off spot on the final round of League Phase games.

Manchester City are struggling to make an impact against Club Brugge in their crucial Champions League fixture.

Liverpool booked an automatic slot in the Champions League knockout rounds having finished top of the league stage and while they don’t yet know their opponents, they have found out their route to the

The Champions League has been revamped for this season with the introduction of a league stage - and English clubs have already earned a significant sum.

The eight Champions League play-offs will be revealed with a place in the last-16 in the tournament up for grabs

Manchester City avoided Champions League humiliation. Now back to the job of salvaging the Premier League season.

THE new-look Champions League group stage has finally been completed, with 24 teams now preparing to learn their fate in the competition. Arsenal, Liverpool, Aston Villa and Barcelona were among