Kutaisi

The long stretch of Rustaveli Avenue is where this story will play out in front of parliament in Tbilisi, but the protests are being felt in other towns and cities too, including Batumi and Poti on the Black Sea, Zugdidi in the north-west and Kutaisi.

After a third night of protests in Tbilisi and other Georgian cities such as Batumi, Zugdidi and Kutaisi, smaller groups occupied a traffic intersection during the day on Sunday in front of Tbilisi State University.

Demonstrations in the capital have continued for a third consecutive night, with protests also taking place in the cities of Batumi, Kutaisi, Zugdidi, and other Georgian regions.

In the western city of Kutaisi, a crowd of several hundred supporters listen to Nika Gvaramia, from the opposition Coalition for Change, as he speaks from a stage backlit by EU and Georgian flags on flat screens.

Manchester City midfielder Tommy Doyle is also a doubt for the match at the Ramaz Shengelia Stadium in Kutaisi with a knock on his knee he picked up in training.