Who Man City could face in the UEFA Champions League Round of 16
With a 3-2 victory over Red Star Belgrade in Serbia on Wednesday, Pep Guardiola’s team advanced to the Round of 16 with a perfect record in Group G.
The only other English team in history to advance past the group stage of the UEFA Champions League with a perfect record is Liverpool.
Who might Manchester City play in the Round of 16 of the UEFA Champions League? Let’s examine this.
Potential opponents of Manchester City in the UEFA Champions League Round of 16
As a reward for winning Group G, Manchester City can only be matched against teams that placed second in their UEFA Champions League group.
That means Guardiola’s side could be drawn to face any of these runners-up.
- Inter Milan
- Copenhagen
- Lazio
- PSG
- Porto
- PSV Eindhoven
- Napoli
As previously mentioned, winning Group G was expected to provide Manchester City a relatively easy opponent in the Round of 16, yet the Citizens might still face some formidable opponents.
In particular, Manchester City will want to stay away from PSG and Kylian Mbappe, while Inter Milan proved in Istanbul in June that they are a formidable opponent.
Victor Osimhen and Khvicha Kvaratskhelia, who are targets for Manchester City, routinely cause havoc in attack for Napoli, who also represent a serious threat.
Since it is extremely difficult to advance to this stage, any team in the UEFA Champions League Round of 16 has to be viewed as a serious threat.
Just ask Newcastle and Manchester United, who placed last in Group F and Group A, respectively.
Following their historic treble victory the previous season, Manchester City will be overwhelming favourites against whoever they are drawn to play.