{"id":33338,"date":"2025-01-29T21:48:29","date_gmt":"2025-01-29T21:48:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/?p=33338"},"modified":"2025-01-29T21:48:29","modified_gmt":"2025-01-29T21:48:29","slug":"man-city-3-1-club-brugge-champions-league-highlights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/news\/man-city-3-1-club-brugge-champions-league-highlights\/","title":{"rendered":"Man City Avoid Embarrassing Champions League Exit By Beating Club Brugge To Seal Playoff Berth"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Man City have qualified for the Champions League last-16 playoff stage after beating Club Brugge in their final league phase game \u2013 and you can watch the highlights below.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>Man City Beat Club Brugge To Qualify For The Last-16 Playoffs<\/h2>\n<p>City got off to a nervy start at the Etihad as Brugge caught them on the counter several times.<\/p>\n<p>The hosts thought they scored the opener when Ilkay Gundogan raced through and put the ball in the back of the net but was correctly adjudged to be offside.<\/p>\n<p>City then began to turn the screw. With Brugge camped in their own half, City continued to pepper the visitors&#8217; goal but no breakthrough came.<\/p>\n<p>That was until just minutes before time, but it was Brugge who scored the opener. As Jutgla broke down the left, he sent a brilliant ball into Raphael Onyedika, who smashed the ball past a helpless Ederson with City staring down the barrel.<\/p>\n<p>City now needed two goals in 45 minutes to qualify for the playoffs.<\/p>\n<p>And it took just 17 second-half minutes for them to make the turnaround. First came Mateo Kovacic&#8217;s equaliser eight minutes after the break. From the centre circle, the Croatian picked up the ball and drove at goal, before unleashing a low shot from outside the box which nestled into the net.<\/p>\n<p>Then City got a slice of luck, after Gvardiol&#8217;s cross deflected in off Joel Ordonez, making it 2-1 after the hour mark.<\/p>\n<p>Second-half substitute Savinho then sealed City&#8217;s comeback win with a brilliant goal after cutting in from the right.<\/p>\n<h2>WATCH: Man City 3-1 Club Brugge Highlights<\/h2>\n<p><iframe title=\"Man City Qualify For #UCL Play-Offs \ud83d\ude05 | Man City 3-1 Club Brugge | UEFA Champions League Highlights\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/iUIDVYW7Eys?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2>City March On To The Last-16 Playoffs<\/h2>\n<p>It&#8217;s been an extremely underwhelming campaign in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/news\/champions-league-permutations\/\">Champions League<\/a> for City this season. 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