Manuel Pellegrini was involved in a rush to make the flight for Manchester City’s Champions League game against Borussia Mönchengladbach after bringing the wrong passport to the airport.

With City needing a victory to kickstart their campaign after losing their opening fixture to Juventus, Pellegrini’s preparations were almost upset before they had even left England when he realised that he had picked up the wrong passport.

The Chilean arrived at Manchester airport’s terminal three on the team bus but had to make a quick U-turn after realising his error. Pellegrini was pictured getting into a taxi and returned to his home in Cheshire to rectify his mistake, making the flight to Düsseldorf only 10 minutes before it was due to leave.

“I just have two passports and I brought the wrong one,” Pellegrini explained when he was asked about the incident.