Twitter explodes after exciting Champions League match-ups

While the Champions League continues to produce several high-profile clashes, there’s a recurring pattern developing every year, and it’s not a popular one – Manchester City, once again, were handed an easy group to negotiate with, drawing FC Porto, Olympiacos, and Marseille in Group C.

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Even though each of those sides is capable of causing upsets, the sheer quality in Pep Guardiola’s side right now makes it impossible to imagine an outcome other than the Skyblues streamrolling into the last-16 as group leaders once again.

For the past couple of seasons, the former Premier League champions have been really lucky to have avoided most of the big boys in the first round and get a relatively safe passage into the knockout rounds.

However, being dropped into Pot 2 this year by the virtue of finishing second in the league, City were more likely to been have drawn in a tough group, against one of Bayern Munich, Real Madrid, PSG, Juventus, or even Sevilla.

Yet, they were fortuitous to have avoided every single one of them, and ending up in another straight-forward group on paper, with all due respect to the other teams. And it certainly elicited a hilarious response from the fans.

Here’s how the fans reacted to City’s ‘easy’ draw:

Not the most challenging list of opponents, is it?