Manchester City are into the playoffs but they had to survive a huge scare. Nothing about this season has filled City fans with confidence and this was another nervous night. Club Brugge were terrific on the break for an hour and took the lead just before half-time.

At that point there were some very worried faces dotted around the Etihad Stadium. It was only when half-time substitute Savinho made it 3-1 with less than 15 minutes to go that the home fans began to take out their phones and look at the table to work out who they might play next.

The worry for Pep Guardiola is that they still don't look like a team who will get very far. Club Brugge made them look incredibly vulnerable before tiring towards the end. If the Belgians had taken more of their chances, City would be out of Europe. They might be quite soon anyway. Finishing 22nd in the table means they will play either Real Madrid or Bayern Munich in the playoff round.

Guardiola can only hope he has players like Rúben Dias and Nathan Aké back from injury by then because, if they continue in the Champions League in the same form, they aren't going to last much longer.

That, though, is a worry for another day. City needed to get over the first hurdle against Club Brugge and they did it. Just.