John Rankin had been restored to Hibs' starting line-up and it was the midfielder's deflected cross that fell to Nish on the edge of the box and the big striker strolled forward before slotting the ball past Robert Olejnik at the near post.
The procedures were carried out under the guidance of leading American knee surgeon Richard Steadman, who has previously operated on former Newcastle striker Alan Shearer, current Magpies forward Michael Owen and ex-Red Devils striker Ruud van Nistelrooy, who is now at Real Madrid.
City's response was to throw on Mexican forward Nery Castillo and Ecuador striker Felipe Caicedo to try to salvage something from the match.
Hodgson employs a simple but effective 4-5-1 formation featuring an uncompromising defence, a robust but creative central midfield and two wingers who can both track back and push forward to support lone-striker Zamora in attack.
Cazorla's arrival at Arsenal follows the club's summer signings of Germany forward Lukas Podolski and France international striker Olivier Giroud.
"Welliton and Vagner Love have obtained some fans' choice awards and they are really popular among people, " added Sorokin, referring to the Spartak Moscow striker and CSKA Moscow forward.
Arsenal are already having to deal without the services of skipper Cesc Fabregas, England winger Theo Walcott, Dutch forward Robin van Persie, Danish striker Nicklas Bendtner and midfielder Abou Diaby.
That is likely to be bad news for trialists Georgie Welcome, the Honduras international striker, young Arsenal forward Nacer Barazite and his fellow Dutchman, Etienne Esajas, the winger formerly of Sheffield Wednesday.
And Spurs continue to be linked with West Ham striker Craig Bellamy and Sunderland forward Kenwyne Jones as they look to strengthen to ensure their Premier League survival.
However, it came far too late -- the last kick of the match -- as Vallecano moved up to fifth place on goal difference above Valencia thanks to first-half goals from Guinean striker Alhassane Bangoura and Brazilian forward Leo Baptistao.
Redknapp, who managed Defoe at West Ham, had already bolstered his forward line with the loan signing of Lyon striker Milan Baros during the January transfer window.
Eto'o has been replaced by former Chelsea striker Eidur Gudjohnsen but the Icelandic forward has yet to replicate the understanding the Cameroonian forged with the likes of Ronaldinho, Lionel Messi and Deco.
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He finished ahead of Ivory Coast and Chelsea striker Didier Drogba and Ghana and Sunderland forward Asamoah Gyan.
Liverpool deployed Kuyt as a lone striker, though Gerrard tried to get forward in support as often as possible.
"I'm looking forward to it, " said former Premier League striker Dean.
Arsenal snatched a 3-2 win at second division Brighton as France striker Olivier Giroud scored twice and fellow forward Theo Walcott came off the bench to strike a decisive late goal.
The Barrow manager is looking forward to working with the 32-year-old striker in pre-season training and is hoping he can reach full fitness.
With Grishin and Georgi Peev rampaging forward, along with the efforts of their talismanic lone striker Kushev, they came within inches of taking the lead after 28 minutes.
The European champions jumped out to an early 2-0 lead after Cameroon striker Eto'o chipped a pass to forward Goran Pandev who opened the scoring in the 13th minute.
United have reportedly been linked with moves for Borussia Dortmund's Polish striker Robert Lewandowski and Atletico Madrid's prolific forward Radamel Falcao.
Among those to be linked with a move to the Premier League champions are Brazilian forward Douglas Costa, French playmaker Franck Ribery, and Spain striker David Villa.
Hughes has released former England international striker Darius Vassell, while England Under-20 forward Daniel Sturridge has joined Chelsea for a fee to be resolved by a tribunal.
The London-born forward should settle in well as he is already friends with fellow striker Jo Kuffour.
Arsenal paid more than double that to sign French striker Olivier Giroud, Spanish midfielder Santi Cazorla and German forward Lukas Podolski.
The later introduction of top scorer Cristiano Ronaldo led to Real's 58th-minute equalizer as the Portugal forward won a free-kick which Luka Modric delivered perfectly for striker Gonzalo Higuain to head home.
The numbers speak for themselves, as 36 goals in 51 starts testify, but ahead of the two teams' 157th competitive meeting, ex-City striker Uwe Rosler believes Tevez offers the complete centre-forward package.
In the 64th minute, Marquez chipped a ball forward from midfield, Eric Abidal played the Manchester United-bound striker onside and with the French defence static and begging for offside, Hernandez was able to advance onwards, skip round Lloris and slot into the vacated goal.
Australia forward Harry Kewell opened the scoring in the 32nd minute, then Congo striker Shabani Nonda netted three minutes before halftime and then two minutes after, both times set up by Abdulkader Keita.
Gera flicked a forward pass through his legs to Zamora 25 yards out and the big striker let the ball run on before hammering a magnificent, swerving right-foot drive that crashed in off the crossbar.
Mowbray has also watched Swindon forward Simon Cox in action and is keen to keep on-loan Nancy striker Marc Antoine-Fortune at the Hawthorns.
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