Manchester City place themselves in a solid position to meet all requirements for the quarter-finals of the Champions League after a 3-1 win at Dynamo Kiev in the principal leg of their last-16 tie.
The Premier League side delivered an astonishing without end show in the main half and deservedly drove 2-0 at the leap forward Sergio Aguero and David Silva.
Vitali Buyalsky pulled an goal back for the hosts in the second half yet Yaya Toure scored a splendid late third for City, minutes subsequent to heading wide from a couple of yards out.
The strike guarantees City take a summoning lead into the arrival leg at the Etihad on March 16 and will be solid top choices to achieve the last eight without precedent for their history.
Manuel Pellegrini will likewise feel vindicated in his choice to rest the greater part of his first-cooperative people for the FA Cup annihilation to Chelsea on Sunday.
Just Fernando kept his place in the beginning XI from the energetic side handled at Stamford Bridge as Joe Hart, Vincent Kompany, Toure and Aguero all returned.
Andriy Yarmolenko was passed fit to begin for the hosts, who had not played an aggressive match for very nearly three months because of their winter break.
Still, they began brilliantly as Yarmolenko constrained Hart to tip a shot over the bar from a tight point and Lukasz Teodorczyk shot wide of the post in the wake of taking ownership.
Be that as it may, it was City who made the leap forward following 15 minutes as Toure headed down Silva's corner for Aguero and he took a touch towards objective before terminating home on the volley.
City appeared to develop in certainty subsequent to leading the pack and Aguero went near multiplying the point of interest when he shot crosswise over objective from Silva's pass.
As the guests took control of the challenge, with Fernando squeezing splendidly in midfield and Nicolas Otamendi looking guaranteed at the focal point of guard close by Kompany, Kiev supervisor Sergei Rebrov rolled out an improvement after thirty minutes in an offer to shake things up.
In any case, City kept on overwhelming and, after Toure saw a low shot spared, they deservedly multiplied their lead.
Aguero held up a long ball and laid it off for Raheem Sterling, who burst towards the byline and after that cut over the container for Silva to complete at the far post.
It could have been surprisingly better for City at half-time had Aguero not again shot crosswise over objective in the wake of being played in by Fernando.
Maybe detecting they required an objective to keep the tie alive, Kiev enhanced toward the begin of the second half and saw Yarmolenko streak an exertion simply wide.
They gave themselves a life saver following 58 minutes as Buyalsky hit a volley that avoided off Otamendi, wrong-footed Hart and flew into the net.
It looked just as the objective may rouse Kiev to get another as they undermined on the counter assault and Hart made an incredible recovery to deny Buyalsky.
Be that as it may, City held firm and completed the diversion more grounded. Kiev manager Oleksandr Shovkovskiy spared forcefully from a redirected leeway before Toure ought to have made it 3-1 when he headed wide from middle the six-yard box under no weight.
The Ivorian presented appropriate reparations in the last moment, gathering a lay-off from Fernandinho and afterward twisting a splendid left-footed exertion into the far corner to top off a fine night for City.
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