UNTOUCHABLE TRIO SET CITY BENCHMARK AS GUARDIOLA PLOTS RETURN TO THE TOP

HOW on earth do City attack the next few weeks?

- By JOE BRAY

If there has been any shock or disappointment over their Champions League exit, then that should be out of the system now the last-16 first legs are over.

Pep Guardiola gave his City players two days off at the start of the week before calling his squad back for four days on the training pitch - a luxury they have only had twice in 2025 and five times all season.

Guardiola has targeted tomorrow's trip to Nottingham Forest as a critical one in their Champions League qualification hopes.

Forest are third, a point ahead of City and also into the FA Cup quarter finals. They have lost just three of the 15 games since going down 3-0 at City in December and haven't lost at home since November.