Pep Guardiola praised substitute Savinho for providing the spark to rescue Manchester City’s Champions League campaign after they overturned a first-half deficit to beat Club Brugge 3-1.
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Man City scrape into Uefa Champions League play-offs with Real Madrid or Bayern Munich up nextPep 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.
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