Pep Guardiola and his Manchester City team find themselves in a very difficult position in the Champions League after losing to Paris Saint-Germain 4-2 in the seventh round of the league stage.
Although City took a two-goal lead, coach Luis Enrique’s squad managed to come back from behind and achieved a four-goal victory, and with it revived their hopes of qualifying on the one hand, and put the English club in a real predicament on the other hand.
City’s balance froze at 8 points in 25th place, while Paris reached 10 points in 22nd place.
As is known, from 9th to 24th place, a play-off is played to determine 8 teams that will face the 8 teams that have already qualified directly to the round of 16 by occupying the first eight places.
Manchester City must now win by any score against Club Brugge in the final round in order to participate in the play-off.
Fortunately for Pep, City’s fate is in his own hands, but given the team’s performances this season in the European competition, it is difficult to predict that a win is within reach against Club Brugge, especially since the Belgian club is in the play-offs and is performing well.
It is worth noting that City have lost to Juventus, Sporting Lisbon and Paris, drawn with Feyenoord and Inter, and have only won against Sparta Prague and Slovan.
In the event of an early exit, City will find themselves in a major financial predicament, and it will be a major blow to the club’s suffering this season, which is also evident domestically by finishing fourth.
