Four on the road, two through
A Thursday of English away days that mostly went to plan, with one notable exception on the south coast.
"We came here to do a job and we did it," said one voice from the City end, and you could hear the relief in it. A 1-0 win at APOEL Nicosia is no thriller, but it's a clean sheet and a European away night survived — and after all that talk about Faris Asonganyi and Saad Ataba not quite clicking together, City will take it.
Nottingham Forest were the ones who really flew the flag, a 3-0 stroll at Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi with Murray Robertson back among old City faces and looking right at home. Plymouth Argyle, though, let it slip on their own patch, beaten 3-1 by U Craiova 1948 CS. Wolves ground out a 1-1 at FK Astana. Two wins, a draw, a defeat — a Thursday that flatters and frustrates in equal measure.