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Man City scrape into Champions League knockouts with comeback win over Brugge

By Reuters Manchester City kept their Champions League campaign alive as they scraped into the playoffs by beating Belgium’s Club Brugge 3-1 in a nervy must-win match on Wednesday thanks to goals from Mateo Kovacic and substitute Savinho, and a Brugge own goal. The victory in their league-phase finale secured Pep Guardiola’s men a spot in the two-legged playoff knockout round, where they will face either Bayern Munich or Real Madrid. They finished 22nd in the table, three places above elimination. “In the second half we lifted our soul and our hearts were free,” relieved City boss Pep Guardiola told TNT Sports. “For today we are in the next round, that’s good. The first half was so academic, we didn’t […]

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