CSKA Moscow have painted pitch before the game against Manchester City

British Sky News cameras caught the "trick" used by the Russians for the grass to be green
A tractor "armed" with a green paint sprinkler spread over large areas of lawn , hours before the match with English squad. Advertising banners from the sidelines were covered to avoid being splattered with paint.
Manuel Pellegrini said he is shocked that UEFA has given the green light to a UEFA Champions League match on a pitch so pathetic. To temper the criticism, bosses of CSKA, order "greening" the artificial Pitch