Pep Guardiola is pleased Manchester City will not have to face his former club Bayern Munich in the last 16 of the Champions League.
City secured their place in the knockout phase of the competition with a game to spare thanks to a hard-fought 1-1 draw at Borussia Monchengladbach on Wednesday.
But with Barcelona beating Celtic in Glasgow, City can no longer take top spot in Group C.
That means a theoretically tougher draw but manager Guardiola at least knows he will not have to play the club he took to three successive semi-finals before joining City in the summer.