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Petrov scores and is man of the match
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Shadow: Is it possible that Petrov is actually Joe Perry, below, leading a double life?
Manchester City's stock continues to rise as they demonstrated they can do graft as well as glamour to negotiate a potential FA Cup banana skin at S****horpe to win 4-2 in what was an entertaining cup tie.
After claiming an advantage over neighbours United at the halfway stage of their Carling Cup semi-final in midweek, a trip to Glanford Park represented a real test of City's resilience.
And for the most part, against a tidy and ceaselessly energetic S****horpe side, it was a test they passed.
Talk of Robinho's reported return to Brazil with Santos dominated City's pre-match preparations but on the field there seemed to be no distractions as they raced into a lead inside three minutes.
It was the Brazilian that found Martin Petrov on the right edge of S****horpe's box, but thereafter it was all the Bulgarian's own work as he made himself a yard of space before unleashing a jackhammer of a left foot strike that screamed past Joe Murphy at his near post.
After claiming an advantage over neighbours United at the halfway stage of their Carling Cup semi-final in midweek, a trip to Glanford Park represented a real test of City's resilience.
And for the most part, against a tidy and ceaselessly energetic S****horpe side, it was a test they passed.
Talk of Robinho's reported return to Brazil with Santos dominated City's pre-match preparations but on the field there seemed to be no distractions as they raced into a lead inside three minutes.
It was the Brazilian that found Martin Petrov on the right edge of S****horpe's box, but thereafter it was all the Bulgarian's own work as he made himself a yard of space before unleashing a jackhammer of a left foot strike that screamed past Joe Murphy at his near post.
Shadow: Is it possible that Petrov is actually Joe Perry, below, leading a double life?
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