Good afternoon and welcome to Manchester City’s Europa League last-32 match against Aris Thessaloniki at the Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium! Kick-off is scheduled for 5pm UK time.

Cracking save by the Aris keeper, but City should be 1-0 up! Dzeko's shot was just too close to Sifakis.

Kolarov picks up a long diagonal ball on the left of the Aris penalty box. He plays a lovely ball in to the feet of Dzeko in the box who SHOOTS! SAVED BY SIFAKIS!

Boateng and Richards combine to dispossess Daisuke Sakata inside the City box, and the visitors win a throw

City being booed incessantly at the moment, as a consequence of the possession they're enjoying. Tevez has a pop from 25 yards, but it's a long way over the bar

Kolarov whips it to the far post and TEVEZ! The Argentine miscontrols the ball as it drops to him, and knocks it straight out of play. Yayo Toure might just have distracted him with an ill-judged leap directly in front of the City captain

Tevez and Richards exchange passes on the edge of the Aris area in the right channel, and Richards goes down in the box under pressure! The referee signals a corner...

The Aris fans finally have something to get behind, as their team wins a freekick deep in City's half. Toja stands over it... and blasts it into the wall

Silva with the ball in the middle of Aris's half. He shapes to shoot from 25 yards, and SHOOTS! Saved by Michalis Sifakis low to his left! Decent effort from the Spaniard, well saved by the keeper

City with a throw on the half-way line, and Micah Richards has precious little in terms of support. he eventually throws backwards to Barry, and City play for possession

Juan Carlos Toja lofts a long ball over the top of the City defence, but it's aimless and comfortably collected at the back

Dzeko harries Kristi Vangjeli deep in Aris's half, and is penalised for a foul. Soft, that.

Boateng tries to lift a diagonal ball over the defence for Kolarov to chase, but he puts too much on it and the Serbian fullback can't keep it in play

Carlos Tevez comes deep for his first touch, and lays off to Kolarov on the left wing. The fullback fires a long low ball through to Edin Dzeko, who is flagged offside. Very marginal, that

City taking some time to get to grips with the conditions - passing the ball across the back four. Aris chasing well in the early stages though - they're certainly not paying City too much respect!

Raul Bobadilla almost latches onto a dinked ball into the box, lifting it over his head on the first touch but Joe Hart gets to it first

City get us underway! Playing from right to left in their sky blue home shirt. Aris playing in their Charlie Brown-esque yellow shirt with a black stripe on the chest. There's a seriously charged atmosphere in Greece!

The players are on the pitch, hands have been shaken, and we're mere moments away from kickoff at the Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium!

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