Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  I tirotirohia e te kaiwhakahaere hākinakina o Manchester City a Txiki Begiristain te tokorua o Porto Yacine Brahimi me Alex Sandro i te po o te Turei. Ko Begiristain, e hiahia ana hoki ki te kaitakawaenga o mua o Chelsea o Wolfsburg, a Kevin de Bruyne, i matakitaki i a Porto i te mahi ki a Bayern Munich i te wa i tukuna ai e ia nga kaitirotiro ki te matakitaki i a raatau i te whakataetae tuatahi i Portugal i tera wiki. Ko Sandro, he kaitiaki maui 24-tau-tau o Brazil, e hiahiatia ana e Juventus i te wa e hiahia ana a Paris St Germain me Bayern ki te winger Algeria a Brahimi, 25. Ko te kaitakawaenga whakaeke o Porto a Yacine Brahimi (matau) te whaainga whakawhiti tuatahi mo Manchester City. Ko tana hoa kapa a Alex Sandro (matau) kei runga ano i te raarangi hiahia a te taone mo te raumati i a raatau e titiro ana ki te whakahou i to raatau roopu. Ko City ano hoki he kaitautoko nui mo te kaitakawaenga o Wolfsburg a Kevin de Bruyne, i takaro mo nga hoa riri a Chelsea. I te mea kei te heke haere te taitara o te kapa Pirimia o te taone nui i tenei wa, kei te hiahia te karapu ki te whakahou i to raatau roopu i te wa e tuwhera ana te matapihi whakawhiti raumati i te marama o Pipiri. I tēnei wā kei te tuawha a City i te ripanga me ngā tohu 64 mai i ngā kēmu e 33, e 12 i muri i te tere o ngā kaiārahi o Chelsea kua takaro i tētahi tukinga iti iho. Ko te Kaiwhakahaere Manuel Pellegrini, i whakawhiwhia ki te taitara riiki me te Capital One Cup i tana wa tuatahi, kei te ahua nei kei raro i te pehanga mo te kore e eke ki nga taumata rite i tenei waa. Ko te tumuaki o te whanaketanga taiohi a City a Patrick Vieira kua whakaarohia hei whakakapi pea mena ka whakatau te karapu ki te wehe i te kamupene me te Chilean. Ko te rangatira o te taone nui a Manuel Pellegrini e aro atu ana ki te akiaki kia angitu i te karapu whakapau moni nui.
Kei te hiahia a Manchester City ki te waitohu i nga whetu o Porto a Yacine Brahimi raua ko Alex Sandro a kua tukuna e ratou nga kaitirotiro ki te tirotiro i a raatau. E hiahia ana hoki te karapu ki te kaitakawaenga o Wolfsburg a Kevin de Bruyne. Kāore i tutuki i a City ngā tūmanako i te Pirimia Rōpū i tēnei tau ka titiro ki te whakahou me te whakapai ake i tō rātou kapa i te raumati nei.