Last minute Lech shock City

6th November 2010

The Poznan faithful celebrate sitting top of the group

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Lech Poznan produced a stunning performance to defeat the moneybags of world football Manchester City 3-1 on ul. Bulgarska last night. The Polish champions approached the match in the relegation zone, with a manager of two days’ standing and received permission from the local authorities for the game to go ahead only hours before kick-off, following crowd trouble at the weekend (see brief below).

Manchester City, on the other hand, seemingly approached the match too relaxed. In particular the central midfield pairing of Vieira and Zabaleta, together with the hapless, hopeless Shaun Wright-Phillips on the wing left the Sky Blues midfield too sloppy, slow and immobile. What amounted to a ...

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