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Guardiola, who signed a two-year contract extension last month, has guided City to four Premier League titles but failed to win Europe's elite club competition with them, a runners-up finish in 2020-21 their best result.
Liverpool overcame a slow start to beat hosts Ajax Amsterdam 3-0 on Wednesday, ensuring a top-two finish in Group A and progress into the knockout stage of the Champions League.
Substitute Mohamed Salah scored the fastest hat-trick in Champions League history as Liverpool came from behind to thrash Rangers 7-1 on Wednesday and put themselves on the verge of qualification for the competition's knockout stages.
Robert Lewandowski scored two late goals to earn Barcelona a point in a breathless 3-3 draw with Inter Milan on Wednesday which kept alive their faint hopes of reaching the Champions League last 16.
Paris St Germain remain unbeaten this season but after an electric start the French champions have slowed down with a defence that has been showing worrying weaknesses.
Rangers reached the Europa League final last season, losing to Eintracht Frankfurt, and their return to the group stage of the Champions League completes an impressive turn-around for the Scottish club.
French Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin said that much of the blame lay with Liverpool fans and that 30,000-40,000 arrived without valid tickets
Regardless of the jersey that Mane will wear next season, he hopes to celebrate the prestigious title on Saturday night in Paris.
The Reds appear in the final for the tenth time in history and they are chasing their seventh Champions League title.
UEFA has moved this year's Champions League final from St Petersburg to Paris in the wake of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
The Champions League final, the showcase match in European club football, was set to be held at Zenit St Petersburg's stadium on May 28.
Vlahovic scored 31 seconds into his Champions League debut as Juventus drew 1-1 at Villarreal in the opening match of their round-of-16 tie.
Haller will be bidding to continue his remarkable scoring record in this season's Champions League when his Ajax side face Benfica.
Tuchel's side have won their last five games in all competitions, but there was little joy on the German's face when he reflected on Saturday's 1-0 victory at Crystal Palace.
De Bruyne says he is not yet back to his best after testing positive for the coronavirus last month.
Villarreal became the last team to reach the Champions League knockout stages.
With Malmo guaranteed to finish bottom of the group, the Swedes had little incentive to push for a leveller and Juve closed out the win without ever being seriously troubled.
Barca, second in Group E behind Bayern, are due to face the German side on Dec. 8 at Allianz Arena.
The 29-year-old was among a number of players not involved in PSG's 2-1 Ligue 1 win over Angers on Friday due to their involvement in World Cup qualifying games.
Manchester City took revenge for their Champions League final loss to Chelsea and secured a big three points in the early running for the Premier League title.
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