Swans sunk, now Blues eye Bayern

SAMIR Nasri welcomed Manchester City’s return to winning ways but immediately turned his thoughts to the step up required in the Champions League this week.

French midfielder Nasri shone as City came from behind to edge out Swansea 2–1 in the Barclays Premier League with goals from Stevan Jovetic and Yaya Toure at the Etihad Stadium on Saturday.

It was only the champions’ second win in seven games, though in title terms it merely prevented Chelsea extending an eight–point advantage over them.

Manuel Pellegrini’s men now face a crucial home clash with German giants Bayern Munich tomorrow knowing they have little room for error.

City’s much–hoped for Champions League push is in a precarious state after a failure to win any of their first four Group ‘E’ games.

City will exit the competition at the group stage for a third time in four attempts if they fail to beat Bayern and there is a winner in the game between CSKA Moscow and Roma.

Nasri said: “It was important to keep in touch with Chelsea, who look unbeatable at the moment. It was really important to win the game.

“It was a tough start, they scored an early goal, but we had a good reaction. We started to press high and play our game. It was good for the confidence as well because on Tuesday we have a tough game.”