Manchester City avoided Champions League humiliation. Now back to the job of salvaging the Premier League season. Manager Pep Guardiola admitted this week he could not imagine City going on to be crowned champion of Europe for the second time in three years with a playoff against Real Madrid or Bayern Munich awaiting.

Crisis averted then for Manchester City. Or perhaps that should read crisis postponed? The champions of England escaped the league phase and through a certain prism, there is a case to be made that Pep Guardiola's side are well into the post-nadir period of their season.

The Premier League have confirmed the list of match officials to oversee proceedings between Arsenal and Manchester City at the Emirates Stadium this weekend.It is a mammoth clash between two of the

The Champions League group stages were completed on Wednesday night. It has given fans a much better idea of who their teams will play in the knockout stages. Pep Guardiola faces a potential return to Bayern Munich in the play-offs after his Manchester City side came from behind to beat Club Brugge 3-1 at the Etihad.