Las Vegas, Nevada (CNN) -- The world's largest video game companies weren't about to miss an opportunity to get their consoles and hand-helds in front of a cutting-edge audience.

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United visibly lacked Ronaldo's cutting edge in front of gaol during their 1-1 draw with Newcastle at Old Trafford on Sunday.

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And for all the home team's endeavour, most of their opportunities were from long range and they lacked a real cutting edge up front.

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And although the visitors showed plenty of appetite for the fight in the second half, McCarthy must be concerned by their lack of cutting edge up front.

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Cameroon, the highest ranked African team at the World Cup, were largely disappointing and with star striker Samuel Eto'o playing wide on the right, lacked cutting edge in front of goal.

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They are hoping this season's version has a happier ending, although City will have to develop a greater cutting edge in front of goal and overcome a capacity for making life hard for themselves to achieve that.

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But their Achilles heel this season has been the absence of a sustained cutting edge up front, and so it proved again as Jermaine Beckford struggled to impose himself on a Blues defence missing ineligible new signing David Luiz.

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But David McGoldrick was almost anonymous up front and their lack of a cutting edge was glaringly obvious.

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It was Johnson who put Celtic in front with a goal out of virtually nothing, cutting inside with purpose before netting with a fierce strike from the edge of the area for 1-0.

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