Kyle Walker: City needs to win the Champions league

Manchester City's Kyle Walker said the club need to win the Champions League title to reach the next level.

    The 30-year-old is hoping City already hold an advantage over Lyon ahead of their last-eight clash because of their respective preparations.

    Pep Guardiola's side have played 13 games since the Premier League returned in June while Lyon have played just twice since March because of the cancellation of the French league.

"Teams such as PSG and Lyon have not really played much football so hopefully we can use that to our advantage but they have got good players," Walker said.

"We have watched clips of them and they look really good so it is going to be very difficult but we are just going to use the game plan, listen to the tactics from the boss and hopefully that will see us over the line."

    Man City have won 11 domestic trophies since the Abu Dhabi takeover in 2008, including four Premier League titles, but have only reached the Champions League semifinal once in that time.

    Lyon, who finished seventh position in Ligue 1, beat City in the Champions League group stage last season and also dump Italian champions Juventus in the last round.

"I think it speaks volumes in itself," Walker said. "This year they don't have the players that they had when we played against them but, again, they have just knocked Juventus out and you need to be a very good team, very disciplined to beat Juventus over two legs.

"So it is going to be a difficult game but I feel it can swing in our way that it is over just the one leg and we can really attack the game and play every game like a final.