Manchester City are set to travel to Ukraine today, with Manuel Pellegrini hoping his controversial FA Cup selection pays dividends "for England" in the Champions League tie with Dynamo Kiev.

Carrow Road might well be one of the most congenial away days of the season, but it felt as if the Gunners travelled to East Anglia expecting the Canaries to gift-wrap all three points as an early Xmas pressie.

On Thursday afternoon, a day after Dynamo Kiev had been beaten 2-1 for Chelsea’s first win in five games and all the players had gone home, Jose Mourinho was finally able to corral his coaching staff for an intense session of their own.

Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho has vowed to focus on football after taking exception to media reporting of two incidents on a London street.

John Terry has backed Chelsea and Jose Mourinho to bounce back from their tumultuous start to the season and hopes successive clean sheets are the catalyst for a turnaround in fortunes.

A popular song for Arsenal supporters concerns the 2013 transfer deal that featured Tottenham selling Gareth Bale to Real Madrid and Mesut Ozil passing in the opposite direction to north London.

Dynamo Kiev 0 Chelsea 0: Eden Hazard and Willian hit the woodwork as Chelsea were held to a goalless draw at Dynamo Kiev last night.

Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho will face no action after the Football Association cleared him of making discriminatory comments towards then club doctor Eva Carneiro.

As my mum is in the habit of saying, at least it didn’t rain at Stamford Bridge on Saturday! Aside from the pleasant weather and the fact that we didn’t lose more ground on Man City due to the Hammers’ marvelous win, there wasn’t much else to smile about.

Dynamo Kiev 5 Everton 2:

Boss Roberto Martinez feels Everton have "10 finals" ahead of them in the Premier League — but has emphasised that the focus for now must be on tonight’s Europa League last-16 first leg against Dynamo Kiev.

Everton boss Roberto Martinez has urged fans looking to travel to their Europa League last-16 away leg not to worry after the Toffees were paired with Dynamo Kiev in Friday’s draw.

What is immediately apparent on Johnny Marr’s new record is that there are elements of all the stages of his career dictating proceedings.

Once upon a time, Georgia had a team to be feared.

A match in the domestic league of 2018 World Cup hosts Russia has had to be abandoned after fans invaded the pitch, and players were attacked.

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David Gest has been diagnosed with a tumour in his neck.

The Los Angeles Galaxy will face the Houston Dynamo in the MLS Cup final for a second consecutive year after the two teams successfully navigated the second legs of their respective conference finals.

Gerard Butler is to star in a new soccer movie.

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Andriy Shevchenko has announced his retirement from football in order to pursue a career in politics.

Andre Villas-Boas yesterday made Gylfi Sigurdsson his first signing as Tottenham head coach.

THIS has been an extremely difficult tournament to cover. Anybody who’s attempted to move from one venue to another is already feeling the effects of a night spent huddled on an airport floor, or squashed into a packed train for an overnight journey. Little wonder there are swathes of empty seats at stadiums for the first time at a European Championship since 1996.

Croatian defender Vedran Corluka last night emerged as a possible injury concern for the side’s opening Group C game against the Republic of Ireland in Poznan on Sunday.

Niko Kranjcar has completed his transfer to Dynamo Kiev, the Ukrainian club have announced.

If it wasn’t for Euro 2012, Andriy Shevchenko would probably have retired by now. The forward, commonly described as Europe’s most complete since Marco van Basten, is 35 now and, although he has looked after himself like few others, the body is beginning to creak.

Shakhtar Donetsk won their sixth league title in eight years last week, a 3-0 win over bottom-of-the-table Oleksandriya ensuring that they would again finish above Dynamo Kiev.

To listen to Mircea Lucescu, you’d think everything in Ukrainian football is stacked against him and his Shakhtar Donetsk side.

Stoke boss Tony Pulis will check on the condition of a host of players ahead of Sunday’s Barclays Premier League clash at Sunderland.

AN inexperienced Tottenham side came through a nail-biting finish to leave the cauldron of the Toumba Stadium with a hard-fought point in last night’s Europa League Group A clash against PAOK Salonika.

Dynamo Kiev 1 Stoke 1

MARIO BALOTELLI has apologised to his Manchester City team-mates for his red card in Thursday’s Europa League encounter with Dynamo Kiev at Eastlands.

Mario Balotelli has apologised to his Manchester City team-mates for his red card in last night’s Europa League encounter with Dynamo Kiev at Eastlands.

Roberto Mancini is threatening to axe Mario Balotelli for Manchester City's Premier League encounter with Chelsea at Stamford Bridge on Sunday.

Manchester City 1 Dynamo Kiev 0 (Dynamo Kiev win 2-1 on aggregate)

MANCHESTER CITY will need to display all their attacking strength next week if they are to remain in the Europa League.

Dynamo Kiev 2 Manchester City 0

Man City 1 Wigan 0

Manchester City manager Roberto Mancini has ruled out bringing in another goalkeeper to act as back-up to Joe Hart.