Twitter Reacts to Manchester City's Champions League Victory over Dynamo Kiev
In seasons past, Manchester City's track record in the UEFA Champions League round of 16 has been rather Arsenal-esque.
Manuel Pellegrini's men went to Ukraine on Wednesday evening intending to turn around their fortunes—and they may have been buoyed by Dynamo Kiev's relative lack of match practice:
City may have been battling well-rested opposition, but they were playing in bitterly cold conditions:
The fans wrapped up at home, meanwhile, were forced to choose between the game and the Brit Awards:
Despite the elements and the awards-ceremony distractions back home, City probably preferred their eastern European sojourn to their typical knockout-round opponent:
Dynamo had a few early chances to open the scoring, but City drew first blood in the 15th minute via an excellent Sergio Aguero finish:
"Aguero. City 1-0. https://t.co/UUZblb1R6I
— English League BR (@EnglishLeagueBR) February 24, 2016"
Five minutes before half-time, City's chances of progressing to the final eight were boosted when David Silva doubled their advantage:
City won plenty of praise for their first-half performance:
Kiev, meanwhile, weren't winning many plaudits for their output:
The reviews Kiev were receiving were only slightly better than those BT Sport commentator Robbie Savage was getting:
Despite looking comfortable after the interval, City conceded just before the hour mark when Vitaliy Buialskyi put the ball in the net via a Nicolas Otamendi deflection:
"#DynamoKiev 1 #MCFC 2 #uefachampionsleague #Buyalsky https://t.co/GoT5tqoWp7
— Darren Faulkner (@faulkner_darren) February 24, 2016"
In the 78th minute, Yaya Toure had a golden chance to bury the tie and make it 3-1:
"Yaya Touré HOW DID YOU MISS A FREE HEADER TWO YARDS IN FRONT OF THE GOAL??
— Alex (@SimpIySterling) February 24, 2016"
The Ivorian made amends for that miss in the 90th minute with a superb strike from outside the box:
"Yaya Toure makes it all better #KievCity pic.twitter.com/tjSs69Lq1r
— Copa90 (@Copa90) February 24, 2016"
The game ended 3-1, leaving City in the driver's seat to reach the final eight and their fans in a pretty good mood:
[Twitter]
