
Tonight Manchester City travel to Dynamo Kyiv in the second leg of their Europa League tie. They travel to Kyiv with a two goal deficit and will be looking to chip away at that, however the Manchester City manager, Roberto Mancini, has a tough decision to make. On Sunday City are travelling to Stamford Bridge and need to win if they want to ensure Champions League football next season. The Italian has often complained about the players being tired, so will he play the first-team line-up that is needed to overturn Kyiv’s 2-0 lead or rest his players for the match against Chelsea. Mancini does not want to be seen to be throwing away silverware by playing a reserve team tonight, but he can not risk losing to Chelsea. If City lose to Chelsea on Sunday Chelsea will leap-frog them leaving City in a battle with Spurs for fourth spot, a battle City lost last year. I think City will rest some of their starting eleven tonight.
Most likely Manchester City line-up: (4-3-3
Hart; Richards, Kompany, Lescott, Kolarov; Vieira, Barry, Yaya Touré; Balotelli, Dzeko and Milner.
If I was a Manchester City fan I would not worry about losing. As Kompany said, “We are more than capable of doing to them [Dynamo Kyiv] what they did to us.”
Written by Thomas Munson
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