Laurent Blanc was in no mood for congratulating Man City (Picture: Getty Images) Manchester City are the ‘guest club’ of the Champions League semi-finals, Paris Saint-Germain manager Laurent Blanc stated after defeat at the Etihad.

The Ligue 1 club were knocked out of the competition after Kevin de Bruyne’s second-half strike put City 3-2 up on aggregate which was enough to send the English side through.

It’s the first time in City’s history that they’ve made it to past the quarter-final stage of the competition but former Manchester United defender Blanc was in no mood to congratulate them.



‘Manchester City are the guest club invited to Barcelona, Real Madrid and Bayern Munich’s party,’ Blanc said.


Manuel Pellegrini’s men join Real Madrid in the final four after Cristiano Ronaldo’s hat-trick the at the Bernabeu gave the Spanish giants a 3-2 aggregate victory over Wolfsburg.

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