SWP confident of Kiev victory

SWP confident of Kiev victory

Published Mar. 15, 2011 3:15 p.m. ET

The Eastlands club slumped to a disappointing 2-0 defeat in the first leg of their round of 16 tie last Thursday thanks to goals from Andriy Shevchenko and Oleg Gusev. Kiev take on City in the return leg on Thursday and although the Ukrainian side hold all the aces ahead of the clash in Manchester, Wright-Phillips is staying positive. The 29-year-old has been back in the first-team picture of late following the injury to Adam Johnson and while he is happy to be playing, he does not want to team's European dream to end just yet. "Getting 90 minutes under my belt against Reading is the longest I've played in a while," he told the club's official website. "I'm just finding my feet again and trying to be as positive as possible. "We believe we can beat Kyiv. If we create one or two chances and we take them, then it's a whole new ball game. We know we have to go out there and start firing straight from kick off and create as many chances as possible. You never know what may happen. "It all depends on what tactics the gaffer gives us but we know once we get one chance we have to take it to open the game up a bit more. "We want to win all the games we play really so the more trophies we can bring back in one year the merrier. If we get a good result against Dynamo Kyiv and Chelsea we'll be in a good position so hopefully we can maintain the confidence."

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