Manchester City's Director of Football Txiki Begiristain is delighted with their Champions League draw for the quarter finals.

The Citizens take on European giants Bayern Munich for the first time in recent seasons.

Given City boss Pep Guardiola managed at Bayern before coming to England, the game has extra relevance.

“They're very strong of course," said Begiristain, per the club website.

“Bayern are one of the candidates with us and you can see what they have done, they beat one of the other contenders in Paris Saint-Germain.

“They are a very strong team, very solid. It's going to be very difficult, but also I guess we'll also be difficult for them.

“Any time, it's going to be a tough and wonderful game. Two good coaches, a lot of good players on the pitch and the proposals of both coaches and clubs are good ones.

“I can see a big show of great football. We're okay. We're fighting in all competitions and ready to go for them.

“I think in the last games we've been solid and created chances.

“We're in a good mood, but the only thing is of course the opponents are there, so it's a big one. We're ready for the fight.

“We hope [we can reach the semi-finals], we're confident, we want to get that consistency in this competition too, so we have to go through.

“We always respect Bayern Munich."