Champions League: Man City not favourites v PSG - Manuel Pellegrini

Manchester City boss Manuel Pellegrini said his side are not favourites to progress despite a 2-2 draw away to Paris St-Germain in the first leg of their Champions League quarter-final.

Sides drawing 2-2 away win the overall tie 79.4% of the time in Europe, and a 1-1 draw at Etihad Stadium next Tuesday would see Pellegrini's side go through.

"No, we're not favourites. Not before this game and not after," he said.

"Between big teams you never have a favourite. It will still be open."

City took the lead against the French champions through Kevin de Bruyne, but went 2-1 down as Zlatan Ibrahimovic - who also missed a penalty - capitalised on Fernando's error, before Adrien Rabiot scored at the back post.

Fernandinho's deflected effort 18 minutes from time earned a draw for the Premier League club, who are trying to reach their first Champions League semi-final.

"We must not talk about a semi-final," said Pellegrini, 62, who will be succeeded by Bayern Munich boss Pep Guardiola in the summer.

"We must play the second leg not thinking we are already qualified. When we qualify, we can talk about other things."

Marcelo's play-acting was described as "embarrassing" and "disgraceful" by former England manager Glenn Hoddle.

His fellow ITV pundit, ex-Manchester United midfielder Roy Keane, called the Madrid player's dive "shocking".

Arnold, who described his side's win as "breathtaking", simply said of Marcelo: "I wish I had such beautiful hair too."

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Marcelo's theatrics were ridiculed on social media and drew comparisons to his fellow Brazilian Rivaldo's play-acting in the 2002 World Cup.

The former Barcelona forward feigned injury when the ball was kicked towards him by Turkey defender Hakan Unsal, leading to Unsal being sent off. Rivaldo was later fined more than £5,000, but escaped a ban and said he had no regrets about the incident.

Others pointed to the fact that Marcelo's manager Zinedine Zidane, was famously sent off in the 2006 World Cup final for France against Italy for an actual headbutt.

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