Joe Hart believes Manchester City have found a simple solution after progressing to the last 16 of the Champions League.
City have qualified for the group stage each year since 2011-12 but have found competing in Europe a tougher task compared to their domestic dominance.
However, after securing qualification to the knockout round with a confident 3-1 win over Sevilla on Tuesday, City and England goalkeeper Hart believes the club have finally downed their Champions League demons.
I think we managed to do that against a really confident Sevilla side, who play with a lot of attacking intent, he said.
I think we set ourselves up well, we controlled the game, we defended well and took our chances well.
It s pretty simple, but sometimes we ve not played to that game plan. We ve been a little reckless. I think Vinny [Vincent Kompany, City s captain] has said a few times that we ve been a little bit naive and been caught out, but we were really solid.
When we re balanced like that, I think that s when we play our best football. When we beat Chelsea, we were very balanced, and against Newcastle, so that s definitely something we have this year which we didn t have last year.
City have secured their place in the next stage of the competition with two games still to play in Group D and are now focused on securing top spot, to improve their chances of avoiding another elite team.
