Man City capable of clinching Champions League glory – Hart

However, City are very much alive in the Champions League, in which they face a last 16 first leg visit to Dynamo Kiev on Wednesday and the Capital One Cup, with a final date looming against Liverpool at Wembley on Sunday.

“We do not think the Champions League is more important than the FA Cup, but we had no choice”.

City go into the game on the back of a heavy 5-1 FA Cup defeat at Chelsea, where Pellegrini played a host of kids because of the proximity of the Kiev tie.

“We’ve got to believe that [City can win it], or else there is no point in turning up on Wednesday”, Hart told City’s official website. You can see the results of us five starting, to try to get into the first team.

“If you’re not at your best you will lose, simple as that, in this competition. It’s the same amount of time (between games) as City, but they didn’t rest any players”, Shearer said.

“This is a good time to be a Manchester City player and good time to be fighting”.

Hart’s opposite number is likely to be Dynamo’s veteran captain Oleksandr Shovkovskiy, who was part of the team when his club reached the semi-finals in 1999. It’s something we really look forward to as a team. “My feeling is that we can stand up to City and advance further”.

However, Kevin De Bruyne, Jesus Navas, Samir Nasri, Fabian Delph and Wilfried Bony remain on the sidelines.

The reverse is true for Kiev boss Serhiy Rebrov.

However, the custodian took special mention of the Champions League, a competition the Etihad Stadium outfit will be fighting to win for the first time. Manchester City will feel they have every right to rest key members of the squad, particularly as this is nothing new in England and is well practiced across the continent, however fielding six teenagers did seem to be pushing the boundaries of what can be deemed acceptable and can be argued to be a sign of a lack of respect for the competition.

“But that will be decided after the game”.

– None of Manchester City’s previous 34 Champions League games have ended in a goalless draw.

Interestingly, Dynamo have not played competitive football since December when they beat Maccabi Tel Aviv 1-0.