Good afternoon, and welcome to LIVE coverage of CSKA Moscow against Manchester City. It is a 5pm kick-off in this match with City seeking to boost their prospects of reaching the last 16.

Dzeko nods the ball well over the bar under pressure. Kolarov with the cross. Decent ball without the finishing touch.

Tosic with another blistering hit for the home side, but just wide of Joe Hart's goal. CSKA certainly not frightened to have a go.

City need to sharpen up. Have been a bit sluggish to start this contest this evening. Moscow on the move, and looking very bright.

CSKA certainly opening well here. A clearing header from Mangala breaks to Musa, but he drives an effort miles wide of the goal from distance.

Fine break by the home side ends with Tosic throwing a cross from wide straight out of the park. Frustration for the CSKA bench.

CSKA with 11 men in their own half, and behind the ball after an early run by Ahmed Musa.

The Arena Khimki holds around 18,000, and you can here all the players shouting and looking for the ball. Almost like a training exercise.

We are off and running in this one. Weird, weird evening in Moscow.

Champions League tune blares out to an empty ground. Certainly a memorable Champions League night. If nothing else.

Manuel Pellegrini: "I don't agree that Yaya [Toure] has had a bad season. Maybe if you compare his performances this year to last season, when he had a brilliant performance, maybe he just needs time to get back to that level. But he continues to be a very important player for our team, especially as he showed two games ago against Aston Villa. Every game he is playing better. He had a very complicated summer, but I think now he is arriving back towards his normal performance. But I don't think this team just depends on one player. If we didn't play well in some games before, it's because the whole team didn't play well, not only Yaya."

City are relishing this trip to Moscow, a city where the first signs of autumn snow has apparently started to drop. Here is what the Manchester City coach Manuel Pellegrini is making of it all.