Ghana: City avoid Champions League humiliation as Real or Bayern await turn

 Man­chester City’s Champions League cam­paign could have gone the same way as the merchandise stand outside Etihad Stadium that went up in flames before kick-off but a fightback on the pitch meant they scraped into the play-offs.

Even City manager, Pep Guardiola, sensed the bad omens, saying: “When I saw the fire before the game I thought ‘the journalists have their headlines already’.”

Thankfully, no-one was hurt in that pre-match drama, while City were also…