Pep : Man City ‘ll celebrate but won’t focus on C/League

Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola says his team must not think about the Champions League quarter-finals and take every game as it comes

A cautious Pep Guardiola says Manchester City will celebrate reaching the Champions League quarter-finals, but will not be focusing on it as they continue to compete on four fronts.

City were ultimately comfortable winners against Borussia Monchengladbach in their last-16 tie, winning 2-0 on Tuesday to seal their place in the last eight. City will find out their next opponents when the Champions League quarter-final and semi-final draw takes place on Friday at 11am GMT.

The win continues their hunt for the ‘Quadruple’, with Guardiola’s side sitting 14 points clear at the top of the Premier League and facing a Carabao Cup final against Tottenham next month. They also play Everton in Saturday’s FA Cup quarter-finals.

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But with the Champions League quarter-finals not taking place until the beginning of April, Guardiola has told his squad to put the competition to one side.

He said: “Today is good. We are going to celebrate it. Everybody is fit. But everything can change in one day.

“We have Leicester, then the Champions League, then Leeds and then the Champions League… I don’t know what is going to happen

“That is why we had to forget about the quarter-finals and just win this game. We have to do what we have done in the previous seasons.