Manchester City defender Manuel Akanji expressed confidence in his team's ability to triumph over any opponent in Europe after securing their place in the Champions League play-off round.
Manchester City defender Manuel Akanji says his side can "beat every team in Europe " after qualifying for the Champions League play-off round.Defeat would have meant a shock elimination for City and Switzerland defender Akanji, 29, says the club are "happy we made it to the play-offs"." are not the teams you want to face but whoever it is we're looking forward to the challenge and I think we can beat every team in Europe .
They let a three-goal lead slip in a 3-3 draw with Feyenoord in November and lost 4-2 to Paris St-Germain earlier this month despite having been 2-0 up. "Obviously we had a couple of results that were way under our expectations, so we had to win to get into the next round," Akanji said. One of Celtic and City will play reigning champions Real, with the other taking on fellow giants Bayern.
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