Pep Guardiola thanked his old rival Jose Mourinho after Manchester City snatched a place in the last 16 of the Champions League.City beat Galatasaray comfortably enough at the Etihad Stadium in their final league-phase match on Wednesday but needed results elsewhere to go in their favour to be sure of finishing in the top eight.At one stage their 2-0 success looked set to take them through with something to spare but late goals by Sporting Lisbon and Chelsea left them sweating in eighth place.

Pep Guardiola thanked his old rival Jose Mourinho after Manchester City snatched a place in the last 16 of the Champions League.City beat Galatasaray comfortably enough at the Etihad Stadium in their final league-phase match on Wednesday but needed results elsewhere to go in their favour to be sure of finishing in the top eight.At one stage their 2-0 success looked set to take them through with something to spare but late goals by Sporting Lisbon and Chelsea left them sweating in eighth place.