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The full-time whistle goes as City celebrate coming from behind to snatch all three points.
Giannis Skopelitis comes on for Andy Griffin.
Matthew Taylor shoots wide from 20 yards out.
Richard Hughes gets a yellow card for his foul on Kiki Musampa.
Gary O'Neil is replaced by Azar Karadas.
Matthew Taylor comes on for John Viafara.
Trevor Sinclair cross finds Darius Vassell on the edge of the box but his attempted lob goes wide.
John Viafara is booked for a hand-ball.
Good run and cross from Trevor Sinclair sets up Andrew Cole to turn his marker and slot a shot into the bottom corner of the Pompey net.
City equalise as Sander Westerveld can only parry a Joey Barton cross to Claudio Reyna who slots home the rebound.
Richard Dunne cross punched clear by Sander Westerveld.
Decent cross from Sun Jihai cleared by Andy O'Brien.
A Joey Barton corner finds Kiki Musampa but his shot from the edge of the box goes wide.
Darius Vassell goes close with a shot from 18 yards that needs Sander Westerveld to tip it round the post.
Joey Barton crosses in a free-kick but it's caught by Sander Westerveld.
John Viafara breaks the deadlock as heads home a Laurent Robert free-kick at the near post.
Lomana Tresor LuaLua shoots from 20 yards but it's parried well by David James.
Sun Jihai comes on for Danny Mills.
The second half gets underway at the City of Manchester Stadium.
The whistle goes for half-time with neither side creating much in the way of chances.
Darius Vassell shoots wide from 18 yards out.
Kiki Musampa cross cleared comfortably by Richard Hughes.
Lomana Tresor LuaLua goes wide with a header from 18 yards.
Good cross from Ben Thatcher which finds Andrew Cole on the edge of the box, but he flashes his header wide.
Another Kiki Musampa corner is cleared by Richard Hughes.
Danny Mills sees a decent cross cleared by Brian Priske.
Corner swung in by Kiki Musampa, claimed well by Sander Westerveld.
Kiki Musampa crosses for Claudio Reyna to shoot from 25 yards but Sander Westerveld makes the save.
Laurent Robert over-hits a corner and sees the ball drift out of play.
Trevor Sinclair swings in a cross which is cleared by Richard Hughes.
Kiki Musampa's 20-yard shot is blocked by Dejan Stefanovic.
Trevor Sinclair is booked for a foul on Gregory Vignal.
Gregory Vignal has a cross blocked and shoots from the rebound but he can't keep it on target.
John Viafara attempts a speculative long-range effort which goes well wide of the mark.
Joey Barton has another attempt from 25 yards but this time his shot's blocked by Gary O'Neil.
Claudio Reyna fires a shot wide from 25 yards.
Decent cross from Lomana Tresor LuaLua caught well by David James.
Joey Barton tries his luck from 25 yards out, but goes wide of the target.
Andrew Cole gets City off to a bright start with a spectacular overhead kick that forces a dramatic parry from Sander Westerveld.
The referee gets this afternoon's match underway at the City of Manchester Stadium.
Manchester City maintained their unbeaten start to the season with a dramatic victory against Portsmouth, but Stuart Pearce's high-flying side achieved their latest success the hard way. After failing to turn territorial advantage into goals City were stunned when Pompey stole into the lead in the second half through Colombian new boy John Viafara. City displayed the never say die spirit Pearce had shown as a player as they hit back with two goals in a deadly three-minute spell from Claudio Reyna and Andrew Cole to snatch victory. Portsmouth, who had only picked up one point from their first three Premiership fixtures, were on the back foot from the kick-off and almost conceded a first-minute goal. Only a brilliant reflex save from Dutch goalkeeper Sander Westerveld kept out Cole's overhead kick, which was destined for the top corner of the net. Danish defender Brian Priske almost put through his own goal before Reyna fired narrowly wide, all this inside the first seven minutes. Pompey created a couple of decent openings midway through the first half but no-one was able to reach Viafara's header or Laurent Robert's low cross as they flashed across the face of goal. It remained largely one-way traffic and City came within inches of taking the lead when Kiki Musampa's cross from the left dropped over the head of Westerveld and struck the top of the crossbar. City's frustration mounted as they had a penalty appeal waved aside when Musampa's cross struck the hand of Andy Griffin, with referee Alan Wiley ruling it was not deliberate. And deep into injury-time the home side came close to breaking the stalemate when Darius Vassell robbed Priske and broke away, only to fire into the side netting. Portsmouth forced home keeper David James into his first save of the match early in the second half when he dived to turn away a shot from Lomana LuaLua. City, who had been so much on top, were shocked as the visitors stormed ahead after 52 minutes, when Viafara was left unmarked inside the six-yard box to head home. It was then a case of backs to the wall defending, as Portsmouth desperately tried to hold onto their precious lead, with Westerveld making another excellent save to turn away Vassell's goal-bound shot. The hosts' persistence finally paid off in the 66th minute when Westerveld failed to hold onto Joey Barton's cross and Reyna fired in the loose ball from eight yards. City struck again three minutes later to take a lead their play deserved. Cole brilliantly controlled a right-wing cross from Trevor Sinclair and his superb first touch beat defender Any O'Brien, before he shot low past Westerveld. Cole twice came within a whisker of making it three. First, he was within inches of connecting at the far post with a ball played in by Vassell and then in the final minute he shot narrowly wide after being set up by Vassell and Sinclair. Man of the Match: Claudio Reyna City's American playmaker pulled the strings in midfield as Stuart Pearce's side dominated proceedings. His goal was just reward for a match-winning performance.
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