Man City's best and worst case scenarios for Champions League quarter-final draw
Manchester City progressed into the Champions League quarter-finals for the sixth consecutive year by thumping RB Leipzig 7-0 on Tuesday evening.
Goals from Ilkay Gundogan and Kevin De Bruyne book-ended a ridiculous five-goal haul from Erling Haaland as City ran riot at the Etihad, putting the German side to the sword after a 1-1 draw in Leipzig a fortnight prior.
Haaland's incredible performance grabbed all the headlines, his five strikes taking him to 39 across all competitions for the season and past Tommy Johnson's 94-year one-season record with three months to spare. De Bruyne also starred just days after being told by Pep Guardiola to get back to basics, putting the cherry on the cake with his wonderful strike in added time.
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Their place in the last eight secured, City will now look ahead to Friday's quarter-final draw with the other seven teams confirmed. And while the old cliche of there being no easy quarter-finals rings true, Guardiola will no doubt have an eye on some of the other seven as so-called 'preferred' opposition, while others he will want to avoid.
A drab goalless draw at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium was all AC Milan needed to progress into a first quarter-final draw since 2011/2012, holding on to the 1-0 aggregate lead they brought with them from San Siro.
European royalty they may be - their seven European Cups/Champions Leagues is only bettered by Real Madrid - but a feared force in their current state they are not. Stefano Piolo's side have been wildly inconsistent this season, sitting fourth in the Serie A table after winning it in style last season, and have not progressed into the last four of this competition since going all the way in