Khadija Shaw missed the first leg against Paris FC because the club failed to file a visa application
Manchester City boss Gareth Taylor feels his side "can go a long way" in the Women's Champions League after securing their place in the group stage with an 8-0 aggregate win against Paris FC.
After a resounding 5-0 first-leg victory in the French capital last week, City added three more and kept another clean sheet at Joie Stadium on Thursday.
It was the first time Taylor's side have reached the group stage since the 2020-21 season when they fell to Barcelona in the quarter-finals.
"I feel we can go a long way," said the City manager. "I never would say we are going to win it. Getting out of the group stage is going to be our next objective. As long as we get out of the group, anything can happen.
"We want a crack at it, we just want to have a go at it, enjoy the ride, enjoy the experience, but we want to actually do something in this competition and I think we can."
City made a lightning-fast start when Chloe Kelly tapped home in the second minute after visiting goalkeeper Chiamaka Nnadozie, under pressure from Shaw, played the ball straight to the feet of the England forward.
The pair linked up again for City's second in the 31st minute, with Kelly collecting the ball from Laura Blindkilde Brown before fizzing it across the face of goal for Shaw to turn in easily.
Having missed the first leg in Paris after her club failed to file a visa application, the Jamaican striker doubled her goal tally in the 65th minute when she converted from the penalty spot after being bundled over in the box.
With an unassailable lead, Taylor opted to make changes and rest players before a tough test against early Women's Super League leaders Brighton on Sunday - replacing captain Alex Greenwood with Kerstin Casparij in the 35th minute.
Paris FC looked stronger after the break, but they failed to better an effort from Clara Mateo on the stroke of half-time that forced Khiara Keating to parry the ball off the crossbar.
After Shaw's second, the WSL side closed out the game in dominant fashion with Kelly and Aoba Fujino coming close with strikes that drifted just wide of the Paris FC goal.
City will find out their group-stage opponents when the draw is made at 12:00 BST on Friday.
"We are looking forward to the draw now," said Taylor. "It's easier said than done to try and get into the Champions League.
"The qualification process is really difficult. Our ambition is to go really far. We go into every competition to try and win it. We know how difficult that is, especially in this one.
"I've always felt from the outside looking in especially over the last couple of years that this team had they been in the competition they wouldn't be too far away. We're here to try and win and we are looking forward to the draw now."
