While an FA Cup tie away at League One side Leyton Orient on February 8 should be easily navigated, the prospect of playing Real Madrid or Bayern Munich in a Champions League play-off is a daunting one. Those ties will take place on February 11/12 and February 18/19 with the details to be confirmed today.

This means that Pep Guardiola ’s side must win this evening as they face a Club Brugge side who are in 20th ahead of kick-off. The Belgian side are not guaranteed a place in the play-offs either at present, meaning that both sides need a result in order to be in the draw for the play-offs at the end of month.

The final round of Champions League fixtures sees all 36 teams in action at the same time, with the bottom 12 teams in the league phase suffering elimination from Europe