The Catalan led us to our maiden success in the competition in 2023, having previously reached the final in 2021.
In total, we’ve featured in the last eight in all but two of Guardiola’s nine complete seasons at City, with dramatic exits either side of that historic night in Istanbul two years ago.
Tuesday’s clash with Bayer Leverkusen will mark the boss’ 100th outing as City manager in the Champions League proper (excluding qualifiers).
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He’s won 62 of the first 99 games, drawing 19 times and losing just 18.
Having recently overseen his 1000th game in management, the boss reflected on this latest landmark in Monday’s press conference.
“I’m getting old. Every week is another milestone,” he said.
“It means that every season we have been there. It’s a huge competition, players and managers love it. To challenge yourself with the best teams in Europe, we love it.
“[We’ve had] more disappointment than good moments, there have been good moments especially in the group stage.
“Quarter-finals, Semi-finals, little margins in the last minute and for decisions we cannot control we are out.
“Those moments define the club and staff. Not everything is flowers. It’s part of who we are. We live it and that’s what we needed.”
Watch the press conference at the top of the page...
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Our official app allows you to follow all of the action from our Champions League clash in one place.
Minute-by-minute text updates will begin in our Matchday Centre two hours before kick-off, while our Matchday Live show will begin at around 18:45 (UK).
Izzy Christiansen and Steven McInerney will be the guests on the latest Matchday Live show alongside presenter Cel Spellman, offering their expert insight before, during and after the action.
During the game you can also listen to live audio commentary from Alistair Mann and Steve Howey while our text commentary continues.
Make sure to have push notifications turned on as well, so you can be alerted to key moments in the action, including goals, red cards and the team news.
We’ll have a quick-hit 2-minute highlights package available at Midnight (UK) on Thursday and 23:00 (Global) on Friday, while you can sign-in to watch a free 8-minute edit from 23:00 (Global) on Friday, too.
On CITY+ meanwhile, there’ll be our popular full-match replay as well as our new extended highlights offering which features the best 20 minutes of action from the game. Both are also available at Midnight (UK) on Thursday and 23:00 (Global) on Friday.
