Erling Haaland, who had gone five games without a goal, and Rayan Cherki were on target for City against Gala. The latter told TNT Sports prior to confirmation of the Blues securing automatic qualification for the last 16: "We are really proud because Galatasaray are a very good team. We had a good game, we won. That is very important for us and now we wait for the scores.”
Cherki went on to say of Guardiola’s ability to shuffle his pack and still find a winning formula: “Yeah, all the players love when the manager does this system because we have a lot of players inside and for us, it's very good."
The big games keep on coming for City, meaning that lofty standards need to be maintained. They will be back in Premier League action on Sunday when taking in a trip to Tottenham - which has not always been a happy hunting ground for Guardiola.
They are then set to face Newcastle in the second leg of a Carabao Cup semi-final clash that they currently lead 2-0 on aggregate, before heading to Anfield for a crunch clash with Liverpool.