Saudis show Man Utd how to beat Man City

Al Hilal beat Premier League champions 1-0

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Premier League champions Manchester City slumped to a 1-0 defeat to Al Hilal of Saudi Arabia in their opening pre-season match on Friday.

Coach Roberto Mancini used 24 players in the match with Carlos Tevez, Yaya Toure, Vincent Kompany, Pablo Zabaleta and Adam Johnson all in the starting eleven.

The only goal of the game came in the 68th minute when Shaker Nawaf Alabid beat goalkeeper Eirik Johansen with a fierce drive.

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  • Simon 14 July 2012 13:18 3 0
    Any sign of Silva, Nasri, Hart, Lescott, Clichy, Aguero, Balotelli, Richards, Barry, Milner, Dzeko or De Jong playing? Thought not!!!
  • CiTyBlue 14 July 2012 12:12 4 0
    Manchester City fielded 5 first team players, the rest were youth team players and trialists.
  • geoff 14 July 2012 11:36 4 1
    Oh yeh, Mixing one or two first team players with the junior players is the only way united could beat city !

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2 = Man City 38 23 9 6 32 78
3 = Chelsea 38 22 9 7 36 75
4 = Arsenal 38 21 10 7 35 73
5 = Tottenham 38 21 9 8 20 72
6 = Everton 38 16 15 7 15 63
7 = Liverpool 38 16 13 9 28 61
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10 = West Ham 38 12 10 16 -8 46
11 = Norwich 38 10 14 14 -17 44
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