Niall Quinn believes Manchester City can take plenty away from their 2-1 win over Borussia Monchengladbach on Wednesday night.

Manuel Pellegrini's men fought back from a goal down to beat the Germans 2-1 at Stadion im Borussia-Park in their second Champions League fixture this season in what Quinn saw as a solid graft by the team.

"The key thing they can take out if it is that they didn't give up," said former City forward Quinn on Sky Sports. "They believed and once they got the break and [Nicholas] Otamendi got the equaliser, the belief surged into the City players.

"They sniffed the victory, then Borussia wilted. It was great pressure from City and that speaks volumes. They got their goals through two corner kicks. We also talk about their skill, but tonight it was a bit of graft they found."

However, Quinn was concerned by another inept defensive display from City which was saved by Joe Hart's heroics in goal.

"But let's not forget that without Joe Hart it could have been over.

"I hope they learn lessons from their inept defensive performance and I'm not talking just about the two centre-halves - I'm talking about the way the players in front of them should have protected them too.

"It was great that they got the result, but there are issues there."