Manuel Pellegrini insists Champions League job is not yet completed
City won at Sunderland in the Premier League the day after Guardiola's arrival was confirmed but they have since lost home games to title rivals Leicester City and Tottenham Hotspur and exited the FA Cup with a humiliating 5-1 defeat at Chelsea.
Central to Dynamo's hopes of beating the Premier League side will be winger Andriy Yarmolenko who has admitted he sees this game as a chance to put himself in the shop window.
They were made to sweat as Dynamo threatened an equaliser after Buyalsky's shot deflected in off Nicolas Otamendi in the 58th minute, but Joe Hart kept them in front with a fine one-handed save and City rode out the storm before seizing the initiative in the closing stages.
A general view of the stadium exterior prior to kickoff during the UEFA Champions League round of 16, first leg match between FC Dynamo Kyiv and Manchester City FC at the Olympic Stadium on February 24, 2016 in Kiev, Ukraine.
Furthermore, barring a catastrophic collapse against Kiev, City should progress to a first Champions League quarter-final in their history.
But goals from Sergio Aguero, David Silva and Yaya Toure sealed an impressive win at NSK Olimpiyskiy that delighted the Chilean, who revelled in seeing his plan come off. Dynamo Kiev is not an easy place to go, but with the squad City have assembled, they've got to be confident.
Toure then headed wide from just five yards out but soon made amends to put City in the driving seat with the goal of the game in the dying minutes, playing a neat one-two with Fernandinho before bending a shot left-footed beyond Shovkovskiy from the edge of the area.
City had written to the Football Association to complain about the scheduling of the Chelsea game, having wanted it played on Saturday.
He scored 18 goals last season and had 13 in 23 appearances this year going into this tie.
For Vincent Kompany, whose recent return to action has been a huge boost, City "couldn't have hoped for better".
"Job very well done by Man City", Ferdinand told BT Sport.
"The performance was good, a lot of high pressing, a lot of chances..." They've got more resources than anyone.
Asked if he felt vindicated by the result, Pellegrini said: 'For a manager it's important to make the right decisions and think about other things.
In Eindhoven, PSV survived the 68th-minute dismissal of Gaston Pereiro to frustrate Diego Simeone's Atletico Madrid in a 0-0 draw.
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