Pep Guardiola admitted that he felt “relief” in qualifying the play-offs of the Champions League and enjoys a blockbuster confrontation with Real Madrid or Bayern Munich.
The boss of Manchester City saw his side stage a second half-fightback to overcome Clubbrugge in the Etihad and they will now be confronted early in February with the Spanish or German giants in a two-legged draw.
And Guardiola believes that players who return from injuries and new recruits will give his struggling party a fight against Bayern or Real.
He said: “To Bayern Munich or Real Madrid will be very difficult, but it will be in two weeks and in two weeks we will have a few players back, the new signing sessions back, so hopefully we can do two good games.
“We suffered without players all season. To have these (new) players, you have more alternatives. Hopefully Jeremy [Doku] Is back too, so we have players to do it and do our best.
“It will be against the team of the competition or the second or third team. It will be difficult, but I don't know if they like to play against us. We will cause problems and we will try to do it. “
City was chased during the break to a Raphael Onyedika strike, but a nice individual effort from Mateo Kovacic began the Fightback, which was completed by its own goal of Joel Ordonez and a strike of replacement Savinho.
Guardiola said: “The first half was so academic, we didn't have the spark to do it against a team that defends very well.
“In the second half we lifted our souls and our hearts were free. We did it and now it's time to enjoy it, because it has been a very difficult season in the Champions League. We struggled a lot, but in the end we could qualify and the draw is the draw. We will see. “
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