For the second game in a row Raheem Sterling wins a penalty, as he made a fool of Muniru Sulley with some fast footwork.

It's Manchester City's first shot but Nolito's effort wouldn't have beaten a puppy in goal. It's slow and low and rolls into the hands of Florin Nita.

Manchester City full-back Pablo Zabaleta has picked up a yellow within five minutes for a high challenge on Muniru Sulley. He's just got to survive 85 minutes or so now...

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The home fans are whistling and booing every time Manchester City have the ball, and cheering every time their players do. An intense atmosphere.

Steaua have the first chance of the game. Manchester City are playing very high up the pitch and lose possession, with loads of space at the back for the hosts to run into.

Nicolae Stanciu, who has scored his side's three qualifying goals this season, flashes a shot just wide from 25 yards out. 

A real let-off.

An early almost-scare for Manchester City as £49m defender John Stones plays a sloppy backpass but goalkeeper Willy Caballero rushes out of his goal to get it clear.

We are under way in the Romanian capital.

There are four other Champions League qualifiers tonight, all kicking off at the same time.

Ajax v Rostov

Young Boys v Borussia Monchengladbach

Dinamo Zagreb v Salzburg

FC Copenhagen v Apoel Nicosia

There's only a few hundred Manchester City fans in the stadium, according to reports, so not enough to make a din if they were booing the Champions League anthem as they like to do.

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A plane carrying City staff and media to Romania was evacuated after reports smoke was seen in the cabin.

Passengers were evacuated as the aircraft was preparing to depart from Manchester Airport yesterday morning, causing a 40-minute delay.

No players were on board.

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There's loads of EFL action tonight, that's the Football League for our old school readers. There are games in the Championship and Leagues One and Two. 

Or the Second, Third and Fourth Divisions for you 60s, 70s and 80s kids. Or Divisions One, Two and Three for the 90s crew.

Live text of all that is here.

Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola tells BT Sport: "At the end, it is good news to be here and we will try to deserve it. It will depend on our performance if we play in the Champions League.

"We cannot play the season with the same 11 and they all deserve to play, that is why Bacary Sagna came out, he had some muscular problem. I need to see all the players.

"We would like to play good, follow the level we showed against Sunderland, and keep going. Every game can help us to improve but now this is a final for us and next Wednesday too."

Manchester City needed some luck to beat Sunderland 2-1 in Pep Guardiola's first competitive game in charge.

A late Paddy McNair own goal clinched it for City after Jermain Defoe had cancelled out Sergio Aguero's early penalty.

And it wouldn't be Guardiola without some big tactical tweak. Full-backs Gael Clichy and Bacary Sagna (both on the bench today) were almost playing in midfield at times. Below is their combined touch map from the game.

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Manchester City defender John Stones on BT Sport: "I know sometimes I've taken risks but that's how you improve. I take the bad ones on the chin. 

"I'm still looking to improve and I know I have a lot to work on. I'm still experimenting and hopefully I can get it right most of the time."

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Steaua Bucharest are unbeaten in six games this season.

They have won their opening three Romanian league games, won a domestic cup match and knocked Sparta Prague out, 3-1 on aggregate, in the third qualifying round.  

Nicolae Stanciu scored all three goals for Steaua in that tie.

Incidentally, they have achieved something City never have, being named European champions. They won the European Cup in 1986, beating Barcelona on penalties.

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Manchester City signed a player yesterday but he's definitely not featuring today, he's already left the club on loan.

Defender Pablo Mari, 22, was recruited from Spanish second tier Gimnastic de Tarragona but sent to their divisional rivals Girona earlier today.

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Steaua Bucharest boss Laurentiu Reghecampf: "There's no reason we shouldn't play football and get a positive result. 

"Even though we're facing a big team and the world's best coach, it's a chance to prove ourselves. 

"We respect them, but we have a good team and I am very confident we will reach the group stage again. We will attack and look to score from the first minute – we have no choice."

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Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola: “I have seen a lot of Steaua games and I am very impressed with what they do.

“We are going to try to score goals and try to convince the players how important it is to play in the Champions League and how beautiful it is and we are going to try and win it.

“At the end, the pitch is the pitch and everything is level. 

“It all depends on the quality of the players. The first target is to try to play good for us and for our people, our fans. I would like them to go to the stadium and for them to think 'wow, I like how they play'.”

Manchester City have left at least £109m worth of signings at home today.

Yaya Toure, who was not in the squad that beat Sunderland 2-1 on Saturday, did not travel, with Pep Guardiola saying: "I was not sure he was going to play so I would prefer him to stay in Manchester".

Striker Wilfried Bony, midfielder Samir Nasri and defender Eliaquim Mangala are not even registered in City's 21-man squad for the tie.

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