Pep Guardiola and his Manchester City players have now discovered their fate in the last-16 play-off round of this season’s UEFA Champions League following Friday morning’s draw.City are bidding

The top eight teams from the group stage await their challengers, including Manchester City and Real Madrid, who are set for a thrilling encounter. Manchester City vs Real Madrid:

The weekend is already off to a busy start with the UEFA Champions League draw for the knockout phase playoffs, and that's before an exciting batch of matches takes place across Europe. I'm Pardeep Cattry with an end-of-week check-in.