'We showed great character to win and go through' - Kovacic

Manchester City midfielder Mateo Kovacic speaking to TNT Sports: "Every game in the Champions League is a tough one. We are through which is the most important thing. It was a tough group stage for us. Whoever comes next will be difficult so it doesn't matter. We conceded in the first half but we are happy that we could score and win this game and in the end we were half."

On manager Pep Guardiola's half-time team talk: "It was good because we came out very well. We knew we needed to step up. In the second half, we showed great character to win and go through. The crowd was behind us and there was an amazing atmosphere.

"It was important because we knew we are here to go through, we have a good team and we came back from 1-0 down. We know we are a great team."