The financial incentives are obvious but there is also a prestige and importance beyond money to being in Europe's premier competition

Plan A still isn't working for City, but is their back-up plan, which they showed versus Chelsea, going to get the job done on Wednesday?

Manchester City leapfrogged Chelsea in the Premier League table, clambering into the division's top four thanks to a 3-1 victory over the Blues on Saturday afternoon. Noni Madueke fired the visitors in front three minutes after kick-off but Chelsea never capitalised upon that advantage.