Source: Daily_Mail
UAE 1 Manchester City 0: True blue - Sheikh Mansour tastes defeat in his first game
Sheikh Mansour watched Manchester City for the first time since he completed a £210m takeover of the club - and they lost.[LNB]The man whose money has made City the richest football club in the world was at the Zayed Sports City Stadium to see Mark Hughes' team face the United Arab Emirates national side at the venue that will be used for December's World Club Cup.[LNB] Costly error: Manchester City's goalkeeper Stuart Taylor brings down UAE skipper Saeed Al-Kas[LNB]With City fielding just one regular first team player in Stephen Ireland they were always up against it in front of a 26,000 sell-out crowd and lost the game 1-0 after reserve goalkeeper Stuart Taylor needlessly gave away a penalty in the ninth minute.[LNB]Taylor - understudy to Shay Given in the Barclays Premier League - advanced from his goal early in the game to bring down UAE captain Saeed Al Kas and Mohamed Al Shini stepped up to convert the winning goal from the penalty spot.[LNB] Net return: Mohamed Al-Shihi celebrates scoring from the penalty spot[LNB]City fly home from the Middle East on Saturday and will then set about the more serious business of preparing for next the Premier League showdown with Liverpool at Anfield seven days later.[LNB] Big name: Pablo Zabaleta was only one of three first-team players in a young City side[LNB] Chelsea, United, Liverpool and City prepare to pounce for Aaron Hunt as Werder Bremen fear contract talks will founderMan City warned it will cost £36m to prise Di Maria away from Benfica[LNB] [LNB] Explore more:People:Stuart Taylor, MARK HUGHES, Shay GivenPlaces:Liverpool, Middle East
