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Manchester City, Guardiola: Success comes from hard work The Spanish coach reminded his players that no Champions League game is an easy victory. With five minutes of normal time remaining, City were level at 1-1 with Hoffenheim at the Rhein-Neckar-Arena, and Guardiola's men had to wait until the 87th minute to snatch victory. "It was important not to suffer another defeat in the first leg," he said after the Europa League group stage tie. - It is always difficult to win in Germany. We got the important three points and we fought for them during the game: the team is happy with the result. "Hoffenheim organised their defence well and were dangerous on the ball. It was difficult to find a weakness in their defence and score the decisive goal, but we did it and won the game. Read more Arsenal v Watford - Four conclusions after the game - Football News Arsenal vs. Watford. Four conclusions after the game. Arsenal made it five Premier League wins in a row on

FC Bayern ready for TSG 1899 Hoffenheim FC Bayern host TSG 1899 Hoffenheim in the DFB Cup round of 16 on Wednesday evening. Following an excellent start to the new year, the Reds want to maintain that momentum and seal their place in the quarter-finals. The situation Three games, three wins, 12 goals scored, one conceded - Bayern's record so far in 2020 makes for impressive reading. The German record champions also reclaimed top spot in the Bundesliga on Saturday, so they can go into the first midweek fixture of the year with plenty of confidence. "We want to build on our performances in the first three games of the year. The players have more confidence in their ability again," said Hansi Flick in Tuesday's press conference. The clash with Hoffenheim is Bayern's first home game in the cup this season. After beating Energie Cottbus 3-1 in the first round, the holders saw off VfL Bochum 2-1 in the second round thanks to two late goals. The opposition Hoffen

Hoffenheim 1-2 City: Match Highlights Hoffenheim 1 Man City 2: Match report What happened? What a start. The game had barely started when Hoffenheim carved an opening as Belfodil found space between Aymeric Laporte and Nicolas Otamendi to fire a low shot past Ederson with just 44 seconds on the clock. City’s response was superb. First Raheem Sterling set off on a mesmerising dribble that took him past the last defender only for the England winger to lose his footing as he was about to enter the box – what a goal it would have been. With Hoffenheim giving the Blues acres of space, it looked just a matter of time before City levelled and the only surprise was that it took seven minutes. David Silva, given the sort of freedom he must only dream of, set Leroy Sane clear on the left and though his pass didn’t immediately find Aguero, the Argentine beat two defenders as he poked home the equaliser. Not long after, the majestic Silva played an inch-perfect pass into the path of St