UCL: Guardiola Pleased With Home Draw Against Shakhtar

Manchester City were held to a 1-1 draw by Ukrainian side Shakhtar Donetsk at the Etihad Stadium but qualified to the Champions League round of 16 with a game to spare.

Speaking after the match, City boss Pep Guardiola was pleased with his side performance, said they can now focus on the Premier League after securing UCL knockout stage qualification.

“The target was to qualify and we have done it,” said the Spaniard, who won the Champions League twice when in charge of Barcelona.

“This competition in February will be completely different, tougher. We’ll see in which conditions we arrive there. This competition is about the details.

“The group stage is always tricky but now we have one competition already done – we play the last game qualified as first in the group – so we can focus on the Premier League until we arrive in the cups.”

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City, who have won the Premier League in both the last two seasons, are currently third domestically, nine points behind leaders Liverpool.

As they are still in the Carabao Cup, Guardiola’s team will be playing nine times between 30 November and 29 December, although they can now rest players for their last Champions League group game, away in Croatia against Dinamo Zagreb on 11 December.

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