Beaten City end up with nine men
FT: Maribor 1-1 Chelsea
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Messi equals Raul's CL scoring record
City have had a dreadful first five minutes but suddenly craft a decent opening of their own. Sergio Aguero wriggles out of the clutches of his marker, looks up and finds the overlapping Jesus Navas. The fleet-footed Spaniard's first touch is not quite right, and he then shoots over the top.
Josh Jackman:, external City have started poorly - giving the ball away badly, conceding a cheap free kick. This game just got even more interesting.
Paul Moore:, external What is wrong with City this season. The defence looks a joke. They struggle against really weak opposition & no fight!
Didier Drogba is in the wars early doors, taking a clattering from Maribor keeper Jasmin Handanovic. Chelsea, in their bright yellow away kit, look in charge in the opening stages.
Mark Taylor:, external For all us United fans here's a little Russian phrase "davay Moskve" which translates to "Come on Moscow".
Danny Mills
BBC Radio 5 live at Etihad Stadium
Image source, Getty Images"The silence is absolutely deafening. It's incredible.
"The last thing you want to do is give the opposition a leg up.
"It's a free header - seven yards out. Appalling defending, nothing Joe Hart can do."
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Image source, ReutersWow! What a start! I mentioned that CSKA Moscow have a camouflage style kit and it seems to do the trick, Yaya Toure completely loses Seydou Doumbia and the striker is free to head home a left-wing free-kick.
Dreadful, dreadful defending.
Conor McNamara
BBC 5 live in Maribor
"Kurt Zouma gets his first Champions League start for Chelsea tonight. I was at Shrewsbury last week when the 20-year-old started in the Capital One Cup in the centre of defence alongside Gary Cahill. Tonight he's partnering John Terry.
"For a young player, who only turned 20 in the last few days, this is a really good blooding. It's not bad being thrown-in at the deep end if you have experienced lifeguards alongside you."
Manuel Pellegrini has a last word with James Milner, and we are off...
Image source, ReutersUnder way in Slovenia...
Phil McNulty
BBC Sport chief football writer
"The Champions League 'anthem' roundly booed by Manchester City's fans - presumably because they were not allowed to watch the first game with CSKA in Moscow."
Image source, AFPWill Luis Suarez get his first Barcelona goal against his former club Ajax? The former Liverpool forward is out on the pitch at the Amsterdam Arena warming up alongside Lionel Messi. Suarez made 110 appearances for Ajax in the Dutch top flight between 2007 and 2011, scoring 81 goals, and he played 11 times for them in the Champions League, including qualifiers, and netted five times.
CSKA Moscow have made the fewest fouls in the 2014-15 Champions League after three matchdays (17) and no side have been given fewer yellow cards (1).
There's your problem lads! Get stuck in. A lovely, arctic camouflage kit from Moscow this evening. There's the familiar choral anthem. Let's do this...
Barcelona striker Luis Suarez: "In Amsterdam, I learned a great deal about football - that's why I am so grateful to Ajax. In Amsterdam I was able to play in the Champions League for the first time in my life.
"It is a dream come true for any South American footballer. Once this goal was achieved, the next milestone was to play for FC Barcelona and now everything seems to work out on track."
Image source, Getty ImagesCan the boys in blue shut the Russians out tonight? There can be no excuses made if not. City are unchanged from the Manchester derby remember.
Ten minutes away from kick-off in the Champions League. An early goal for either Premier League side would settle any lingering nerves...
Here's what some of you have to say on the Match of the Day Facebook page, external about Man City's "missing ingredient" in Europe:
Joe Squire: They seem too complacent/arrogant sometimes, so maybe their attitude needs changing. They turn up expecting a win but don't hit full throttle quickly enough. When they get going they are capable of beating anyone.
Image source, Getty ImagesMichael John Woodbury: work as a team take your chances keep your feet on the ground.
Colin John Rudd: Bit of self belief and character! The players are good enough they just need to man up....
Harry Partridge:, external In the previous 3 years City had lost just 1 more game & won 5 fewer points than Chelsea in the Group Stages. Just had bad luck
Image source, Getty ImagesMan City: Hart, Zabaleta, Kompany, Demichelis, Clichy, Jesus Navas, Toure, Fernando, Milner, Aguero, Jovetic. Subs: Caballero, Sagna, Nasri, Dzeko, Mangala, Fernandinho, Boyata.
CSKA Moscow: Akinfeev, Mario Fernandes, Vasili Berezutski, Ignashevich, Shchennikov, Musa, Wernbloom, Eremenko, Natcho, Dzagoev, Doumbia. Subs: Chepchugov, Alexsei Berezutski, Nababkin, Efremov, Cauna, Milanov, Bazelyuk.
Referee: Tasos Sidiropoulos (Greece)
Image source, ReutersBarcelona lost at Paris St-Germain in this year's Champions League, having been defeated by Atletico Madrid in last year's quarter-final. Surely they can't suffer a third away European loss on the trot - can they?
Tony Jacobs:, external In Chelsea's first 4 seasons in the CL, 2 Semi's and a Final. And that was with back luck, bad decisions and hard groups!