Sunday, 14 July 2013
Manchester City
manager Manuel Pellegrini, finished his first game in a 2-0 pre-season friendly defeat against SuperSport United
in Pretoria on Sunday.
Arsenal on the other hand enjoyed a much more successful start
to their tour of the Far East, bulling an Indonesia All Stars XI 7-0 in
Jakarta.
Fernandinho was given a starting berth at Loftus
Versfeld and City looked strong in the first half, but could not find the
breakthrough.
Pellegrini changed the entire XI at half-time,
and the hosts needed only 11 minutes after the restart to break the
deadlock.
Senegalese striker Mame Niang rose highest to nod
the opener past Costel Pantilimon in the 56th minute, with a neat finish from
South African forward Kermit Erasmus sealing matters nine minutes from time.
There were further disappointment to come for the
Premier League runners-up, when Ivory Coast midfielder Yaya Toure limped off in
the 83rd minute.
England forward Theo Walcott slammed home the
opener for Arsenal after 19 minutes, before the floodgates opened after the
interval.
Chuba Akpom slotted home nine minutes after the
restart and Olivier Giroud’s quickfire brace had stretched the Gunners’
advantage to 4-0 by the 73rd minute.
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