Former Toon Star Tips City To Go All The Way!

Last updated : 11 December 2014 By Footy Mad - Editor

City completed a remarkable escape from the group stages after beating Roma 2-0 at the Stadio Olimpico.

Their hopes in Rome were hampered by the absences of Sergio Aguero, Vincent Kompany and Yaya Toure but they seized their opportunity with second-half goals from Samir Nasri and Pablo Zabaleta.


 
James Milner (talking to Sky Sports): "We will take it step by step but I definitely think the quality is there to go far in this competition.

"We don't want to get ahead of ourselves, but the more seasons we play in the Champions League, and the more games we play in it, the experience helps and we get better as a team.

"We started the season slowly and were a bit up and down.

"Our Champions League campaign didn't get off to the best of starts - the draw wasn't kind to us again, we didn't perform the way we can, and we put ourselves in a bit of a situation.

"We managed to get out of that situation and qualify, and that's the main thing. This club needs to be in the latter stages of the Champions League and we have managed to do it.

"This team responds when we need to win games - we did it last year in the Premier League and now we have done it again in the Champions League, by winning these two.

"We had a bit of help from the other game, but to beat Bayern Munich and Roma to qualify, and do it with a number of injuries, shows the amount of quality there is right through the squad."

Champions League Draw

The draw will take place at 1100 GMT on Monday December 15.

The teams will be split into two pots – seeds (group winners) and non-seeds (group runners-up).

Teams who faced each other in the group stage cannot be drawn against each other. Neither can teams from the same national association.

The group winners will play the away leg first.

First legs will be played on February 17, 18, 24 & 25; second legs on March 10, 11, 17 & 18.

Group winners:

Atletico Madrid
Real Madrid
Monaco
Borussia Dortmund
Bayern Munich
Barcelona
Chelsea
Porto

Group runners-up:

Juventus
Basel
Bayer Leverkusen
Arsenal
Manchester City
Paris Saint-Germain
Schalke
Shahktar Donetsk