"They're all tough games at this stage of the competition but they'll be going into the game on the back of their mid-winter break so maybe we can take advantage of that fact," the City boss has said.
"It's one of the tougher draws we could have had from the teams available to us, but we did what we needed to do to avoid teams like AC Milan and Valencia, and that was top the group, so we're pleased with that.
"It might be a couple of months off yet but I'm certainly looking forward to getting involved in some knockout European football."