Manuel Pellegrini happy to avoid Barcelona in Champions League

Manchester City manager Manuel Pellegrini does not believe there would have been any “easy draw” in the quarter-finals of the Champions League after his side were paired with French giants Paris St Germain.

City defeated Dynamo Kiev over two legs to reach the last eight of Europe’s elite competition for the first time.

However, if they are to stay on the road to the final in Milan in May, England’s last survivors must get the better of a club determined to prove themselves a Euro superpower, with PSG having eliminated Chelsea in the last 16.