Man City and Pep Guardiola set to face ultimate Champions League test

The draw for the next round of the Champions League knockout stages took place on Friday morning. Pep Guardiola was set to find out his opponents in the quarter-finals of the competition.

Manchester City joined Liverpool, Atletico Madrid, Chelsea, Villarreal, Benfica, Real Madrid and Bayern Munich in the draw. Every team would offer a different tactical challenge for Guardiola's men to overcome, with some more suited to causing problems than others.

As each team was revealed, the English champions were drawn against Atletico Madrid. City will play the first leg at the Etihad before concluding the tie in the second leg away from home.

Atleti are currently placed fourth in the Spanish top-flight, after finishing at the top of the table last season. They have the third-best attack in the division at the moment according to goals scored but surprisingly, the 12th-best defence.

Under Diego Simeone, the Spanish champions are renowned for their defensive stability, organisation and aggressive nature but this season, they haven't been anywhere near as watertight as usual.

Upon inspection of the underlying numbers attached to their campaign, it seems Jan Oblak is to blame rather than any struggles relating to their behaviour as a cohesive unit without the ball.

No team in La Liga faces fewer shots per match than Atleti, and their Expected Goals Against per match is also the lowest in the division. Those numbers suggest that it is difficult to generate opportunities against Simeone's men.

However, they have conceded a large amount of goals because Oblak hasn't performed to his typically elite standard between the sticks.

The Slovakian goalkeeper has saved just 38 of the 68 shots on target that he's faced in La Liga this season,