Lech leave it late

04 November 2010 20:30
Two late goals from Lech Poznan condemned faltering Manchester City to a third straight defeat - 3-1 - and increased the pressure on manager Roberto Mancini. With the scores locked at 1-1 following efforts from Dimitrije Injac and Emmanuel Adebayor, City's Europa League Group A rivals struck twice in the last five minutes to take the points. Dedryck Boyata headed against the unwitting Manuel Arboleda to make it 2-1 before Mateusz Mozdzen hit a screamer from the edge of the area to seal it in style. It was Jose Maria Bakero's first match in charge of the Polish side following his appointment on the eve of the game and he immediately followed in the footsteps of Arsene Wenger and Mick McCarthy in outwitting the troubled Mancini. Joleon Lescott had netted from an eighth-minute corner but was unsurprised to see the effort chalked off for offside before the Poles took the lead through Injac, who lashed a low volley into the bottom corner from 25 yards. It was James Milner's corner that created the equaliser after 50 minutes, Adebayor rising above his man to head powerfully at goal, but Poznan snatched the points late on.

Source: PA