Manchester City exit the UEFA Europa League despite a 1-0 win over Dynamo Kyiv
Manchester City failed to progress to the quarter-final of the UEFA Europa League despite a 1-0 win over Ukrainian side Dynamo Kyiv in the second-leg of the UEFA Europa League knockout-stage at the City of Manchester Stadium. The
away side progressed on aggregate as they won 2-0 at home. Aleksandar Kolarov scored the only goal for the home side as Kyiv progressed with a 2-1 aggregate.
Dynamo Kyiv won the first-leg 2-0 with goals from http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Andriy-Shevchenko-c6014 and Oleh Gusev at the Lobanovsky Dynamo Stadium in Kyiv.
The home side started with Carlos Tevez as the lone striker upfront with http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Gareth-Barry-c14423 in the centre of midfield whereas Yaya Toure played the defensive
role.
The visitors started with Shevchenko in attack whereas Milos Ninkovic played the role of the second striker. http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Oleh-Husyev-c28411 played the wider roles to give the away side an attacking edge.
The home side could have been ahead in the first five minutes of the match but Balotelli missed a sitter in front of goal after http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Micah-Richards-c25259 played him through. The Italian’s shot went over the bar from just five yards out.
Kyiv gradually made their way into the match and held possession with some good defending also. Both sides were unable to create much in the first 30 minutes and struggled to move forward.
Mario Balotelli was sent off in the 34th minute after a horrible tackle on defender http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Goran-Popov-c15165. The Ghana-born Italian caught the Kyiv man in the chest and then the thigh, with his boot and was rightly shown a straight
red card. But the 10-man City side went ahead just three minutes later through http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Aleksandar-Kolarov-c4475.
The Serbian scored a brilliant goal from outside the box, beating http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Oleksandr-Shovkovskiy-c28450 for pace. After that it was a series of yellow cards for players from both sides and the score remained 1-0 at the interval.
The hosts started the second period brightly and looked good moving forward. The Citizens should have extended their lead in the 65th minute but Shovkovskiy made a superb save to deny Silva.
The arrival of http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Adam-Johnson-c3537 and Edin Dzeko midway into the second-half couldn’t help the home side in scoring the crucial second goal. The Eastland’s side was poor at the front and had virtually no shot on goal in the second-half
and the match ended in a 1-0 victory for the hosts, shattering their dreams for a quarter-final place.
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