Earlier this season, the Danish outfit admirably finished above both Manchester United and Galatasaray in the group stage to progress to their first Champions League knockout match for over a decade.
However, Copenhagen were unable to thwart the dominant force of Man City in the last 16 and lost both home and away ties by a 3-1 scoreline, including Wednesday's second leg at the Etihad Stadium.
The Citizens raced into a two-goal lead inside the opening 10 minutes courtesy of strikes from Manuel Akanji and Julian Alvarez, the latter's goal aided by a goalkeeping blunder from Kamil Grabara, before Mohamed Elyounoussi pulled one back for the visitors just before the half-hour mark.
Erling Haaland then restored City's two-goal cushion on the night and four-goal lead on aggregate with a clinical left-footed strike on the stroke of half time to help the hosts cruise into the quarter-finals for a seventh successive year, breaking two Champions League records and extending another in the process.
Neestrup was in charge of Copenhagen last season when they faced Man City twice during the group stage, losing 5-0 at the Etihad before playing out a 0-0 draw on home soil.
The 35-year-old stated prior to Wednesday's last-16 contest that the Citizens play «a level or two up» from their previous opponents in the group stage, and he reiterated his opinion after the match, confidently stating that the holders have all the attributes to go all the way and lift the trophy again this season.
"[Man City] are going to win it, they are." Neestrup
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