Manchester City finished the group stages of the Champions League by making a thrilling comeback against Bayern Munich as the German side took the after 12 minutes with Thomas Muller and Gotze putting their club ahead but even though both teams had already secured their qualification spots into the 16 last remaining teams of the Champions League it did not stop them from going all out and play like if it was the finals.
Silva, Kolarov and Milner gave Manchester City the victory as they conclude Group D as runners up.
“The way the game went with us being 2-0 down, and the character we showed to turn that around – it was pleasing to be part of that.
“I’m not sure teams will want to face us after that. We just need to concentrate on our own game. But it was a big boost for us to be able to come here and win our game and score three goals, because it’s important you can score goals in the knockout stages.”
The Champions League draw will be made on December 16 and the potential opponents that Manchester City has to face are: Barcelona, Borussia Dortmund, Real Madrid, Paris Saint Germain and Atletico Madrid. It is easy to say that City will have their work cut out for them having to play against some of the best clubs in Europe but Milner remains positive that Manchester City can defeat anyone.
“They are obviously one of the top teams and have been for the last few years. So to come here and win is pleasing and, hopefully, shows the quality we have and gives us a big confidence boost going forward’’.
“We’ll take anyone in the next round. We’ll just concentrate on us. It’ll be a tough team but, after this, we’ll take confidence and know we can progress.”