Daniel Sturridge, the catalyst of City's magnificent comeback at Blackburn last week, had a couple of efforts on goal, the best of which was a lofted shot as Paul Smith advanced.

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He spun to his left to beat his defender, Shane Battier, and lofted a shot.

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As the match swung from end to end, Blackstock saw a header drift wide and Campbell lofted a shot over the bar.

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He mis-hit his shot, but it lofted invitingly into the path of Benayoun, who headed straight at Van der Sar from only six yards.

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Boro continued to shade the first-half and could have gone ahead when Flood teed up Killen for a shot which he wastefully lofted over the bar.

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Seconds later, Walcott ran into the area to meet a lofted pass from Rooney but had to rush his shot and clipped the ball narrowly over.

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Lavezzi had a shot deflected wide off left-back before he lofted a ball to release Edinson Cavani on the home goal only for the Napoli striker to blaze horribly over.

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The famous bunker shot was fully 60 feet from the pin and was lofted 12 feet into the air before it rolled into the cup.

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But then, playing one attacking shot too many, Bravo (43) skied an attempted lofted drive off Panesar to mid-off where Ryan Sidebottom took the catch.

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