With Manchester City needing a win to avoid a stunning early exit from the Champions League, Pep Guardiola wasn’t in the mood to discuss the prospect of his once-dominant team crashing out of European club soccer’s most prestigious competition.

Pep Guardiola has insisted that Manchester City ’s perilous position in the Champions League is not a problem but an opportunity. With a game to go of the group stage, City, the 2023 winners, are on course for an early exit as they stand 25th in the 36-team table.

Pep Guardiola says Manchester City will embrace the "challenge" of Wednesday's must-win Champions League clash against Club Brugge and is confident they will make the knockout stages.Guardiola has never failed to reach the Champions League knockout stages in his career as a manager and he said Tuesday he was confident his side would progress.