Dynamo Kiev moved into a strong position in Group B after brushing aside 10-man Roma in freezing conditions in the Ukraine on Tuesday night.

Two late goals were enough to see Dynamo jump two points clear of Bayer Leverkusen and Real Madrid, who drew 1-1 in Spain in Tuesday's other group match.

But for Roma, the defeat means their European nightmare has finally came to an end as they failed to get the win that would have kept alive their hopes of earning a UEFA Cup spot.

The Italian giants had already been eliminated from the Champions League after losing three of their opening four matches and needed a three-point haul from their trip to Kiev just to have a chance of finishing third in the group.

But a calamitous campaign in which they have so far gained just one point, scored four goals and incurred the wrath of UEFA for a crowd incident that saw Dynamo awarded the first meeting between these two 3-0, came to an end on a wretched evening.

Dynamo dominated much of the match but needed a comical own goal from Roma defender Traianos Dellas 17 minutes from time to get the breakthrough their play deserved.

In attempting to clear a low cross from Tiberiu Ghioane, the Greek international succeeded only in sending a diving header past his own goalkeeper Ivan Pelizzoli and into the back of the net.

Roma, without the likes of captain Francesco Totti and top-scorer Vincenzo Montella, had barely threatened as an attacking force during the game and their hopes of getting back into the contest were badly hit when Giuseppe Scurto was sent off.

The defender was handed a second yellow card for hauling down Kleber, leaving Roma to face the final 14 minutes with just 10 men.

And with the man advantage, Dynamo were quick to double their lead and kill the game off.

Diogo Rincon cleverly made space for himself on the right of the box before firing a low cross to the far post where substitute Maksim Shatskikh was on hand to slot the ball home for his 100th goal for Dynamo.

While that completed a miserable night for Roma, whose final match at home to Real Madrid will be played behind closed doors as part of the UEFA punishment for referee Anders Frisk being hit by an object thrown from the stands on match day one, it pushed Dynamo to within touching distance of the next phase.

They now only need a draw from their final game at Leverkusen to guarantee qualification.

Unsurprisingly, Dynamo adapted to the arctic-like conditions at their Valery Lobanovskiy stadium much better than Roma and the hosts had a virtual monopoly on the goalscoring chances.

However, it was beginning to look as if it wasn't going to be their day when a mixture of poor finishing and brilliant goalkeeping from Pelizzoli kept the teams deadlocked.

That was never more evident than just after the hour-mark when Pelizzoli produced two amazing saves in a matter of seconds.

The first saw the Roma custodian somehow deflect the ball over the bar from a point-blank effort from Maris Verpakovskis.

But Pelizzoli managed to trump even that save from the following corner when he stuck out his left hand to tip over Andriy Husin's piledriver from six yards out.

Even Pelizzoli's heroics couldn't save Roma in the end, however, as the Italians slipped out of Europe after a campaign they will quickly want to forget.

Teams

Dynamo Kiev Shovkovskiy, Ghioane, Gavrancic, El Kaddouri, Sablic, Husyn, Husev (Leko 65), Yussuf, Rincon, Verpakovskis (Shatskikh 77), Kleber.

Subs Not Used: Reva, Fedorov, Rodolfo, Belkevich, Nesmachnyi.

Booked: Husev, El Kaddouri.

Goals: Dellas 73 og, Shatskikh 82.

Roma Pelizzoli, Scurto, Dellas, Ferrari, Sartor (Cufre 78), Aquilani, Perrotta, Candela, Mido (D'Agostino 54), Cassano, Corvia.

Subs Not Used: Curci, Cerci, Briotti, Virga, De Martino.

Sent Off: Scurto (76).

Booked: Scurto, Ferrari.

Att: 40,000

Ref: Mike Riley (England).