The Blues put in a fantastic performance in the NSC Olimpiyskiy to give them the advantage heading into the return leg on 15 March.
Here’s the best of what the players had to say...
Great performance well done guys 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
— Samir Nasri Official (@SamNasri19) February 24, 2016
Nice to be back to the stadium where we won the 3rd consecutive tournament @sefutbol and to score again! Now to work 4 the final on Sunday
— David Silva (@21LVA) February 24, 2016
We played a serious game because we had to win this. We got a great result to motivate us for the Sunday leg. C'mon, City!
— Sergio Kun Aguero (@aguerosergiokun) February 24, 2016
Glad with the performance and the win today. Time to rest and recover, as there is still so much to play for. See you in Wembley. #MCFC
— Vincent Kompany (@VincentKompany) February 24, 2016
Great win this night 💪 together we took a big step and we got closer to our objective 👏👏 This is the way ⚽ Cmon mcfc ⚽
— Nicolas Otamendi (@Notamendi30) February 24, 2016
Important victory in the house of a tough opponent! We are closer but we won't rest wh... https://t.co/S3aPK5JDXZ pic.twitter.com/EOlJLe735A
— Fernando Oficial (@Fernando_Reges) February 24, 2016
Fans where brilliant today, Good to get off to a winning start. #onwards n #upward #MCFC pic.twitter.com/mOLyDDF9qV
— Raheem Sterling (@sterling7) February 24, 2016
Great game in Kiev. A step forward to keep on @ChampionsLeague track. Congrats to my teammates @MCFC #MCFC https://t.co/or6KE6s1s3
— Jesús Navas (@JNavas) February 25, 2016
Good @ChampionsLeague performance by all the team tonight 👌🏾 pic.twitter.com/SzwmyUCia4
— Yaya Touré (@YayaToure) February 24, 2016
Yaya’s performance was also picked up by EA, who awarded him a ‘Man of the Match’ card in their popular Ultimate Team feature on FIFA 16.
#MOTM Yaya Touré available now! pic.twitter.com/IVACylrDyX
— EA SPORTS FIFA (@EASPORTSFIFA) February 25, 2016