"Overall, very happy because we avoid two games. With the schedule, it's really important to do that. We need also to recover some players to arrive in the last months of the season. With the schedule, with the amount of injuries we have at the minute, to have those two full weeks to prepare the team, to recover some players, to focus on other competitions for now is going to be really good."
"Since the start of December, no Premier League player has more goal involvements in all competitions than Rayan Cherki (11 - five goals, six assists). And Haaland, who ended a run of nine games without a goal from open play, netted for the 56th time in the Champions League, going level with Ruud van Nistelrooy in joint-eighth place in the all-time standings."
Manchester City beat Galatasaray 2-0 with goals from Erling Haaland and Rayan Cherki to secure eighth place and qualification to the Champions League last 16. The result avoids the play-off round and grants two full weeks between matches. City had their fate go down to the wire after a shock 3-1 loss to Bodo/Glimt and have suffered multiple injuries to players including John Stones, Ruben Dias, Josko Gvardiol, Savinho and Mateo Kovacic. Bernardo Silva highlighted the importance of the extra recovery time. Cherki has 11 goal involvements since December and Haaland reached 56 Champions League goals.
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