On a dramatic night in which only two of the closing 18 matches were dead rubbers, Man City got the win it needed to avoid an embarrassing exit.

Manchester City and Paris Saint-Germain each faces a shocking early exit from the Champions League for the first time in more than a decade.

Manchester City scored three second half goals to come back from the brink of elimination and advance to the UEFA Champions League’s inaugural knockout round playoffs following a thrilling 3-1 victory over Club Brugge on Wednesday night.

Manchester City flirted with a disastrous exit from the Champions League before rallying to beat Club Brugge 3-1 in a must-win game

Permutations: What Manchester City need to qualify for Champions League knockout rounds - Pep Guardiola’s side face a do-or-die encounter with Club Brugge on the final night of the league phase

Manchester City and Paris Saint-Germain face potential early exits from the Champions League as the new league-phase format concludes. Both teams are currently outside positions that would advance them to the knockout stage,

Thom Harris, Sam Lee and Oliver Kay break down the main talking points Manchester City's 4-2 loss to PSG in the Champions League

Manchester City take on Paris Saint-Germain in a mammoth contest in the UEFA Champions League on Wednesday night, with their future in the competition at stake.

Stones shone in the Treble success by transforming into a dependable solution in defensive midfield, largely alongside Rodri, however with the injury sustained by the Spaniard, Guardiola believes it rules out the idea of the England centre-back returning to the role this season.

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

Pep Guardiola breathed a sigh of relief as Manchester City scraped into the Uefa Champions League play-offs with a 3-1 win over Club Brugge. City trailed their Belgian opponents at half time before Mateo Kovacic and the lively Savinho inspired a second-half comeback with a Joel Ordonez own goal sandwiched in between.

Luis Enrique's PSG were in danger of also missing the cut in November before they completed a remarkable turnaround, winning their last three games and scoring 11 goals