Man City goalkeeper saves twice in tie-breaker to keep UEFA dream alive
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Man City goalkeeper saves twice in tie-breaker to keep UEFA dream alive
Shay Given rescued Manchester City's faltering European dreams last night when he pulled off two stunning penalty shootout saves to put his team into the UEFA Cup quarter-finals.
City could have wrapped the tie up with eight minutes remaining in Denmark when Robinho had a fierce drive come back off the crossbar.
Two minutes later, Shelton gave the Danes hope when he stabbed home a right-wing cross. Then, in the last minute, Evans was penalised for handball and Michael Jakobsen coolly stroked home the penalty.
Udinese, Dynamo Kiev, Shakhtar Donetsk, Hamburg and Paris Saint Germain were the other teams to make it to the last eight.u00a0
On Wednesday, Marseille and Werder Bremen reached had advanced with wins over Ajax and Saint Etienne respectively.
Other UEFA Cup results
Metalist Kharkiv 3-2 Dynamo Kyiv
Sh Donetsk 2-0 CSKA Moscow
Zenit St Petersburg 1-0 Udinese
Galatasaray 2-3 Hamburg
Braga 0-1 Paris St Germain
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