City's response was to throw on Mexican forward Nery Castillo and Ecuador striker Felipe Caicedo to try to salvage something from the match.

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Coach Nery Pumpido has to resort to pushing his pieces around the table with the air of a man whose jigsaw is incomplete.

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We have got Elano, Stephen Ireland and Nery Castillo, who can all play in the hole behind the main striker, and he plays the way that gets the best out of them.

BBC: Micah Richards column

Everton were penned back at the start of the second half, and Eriksson made a bold substitution after 54 minutes, sending on Rolando Bianchi and Gelson Fernandes for Nery Castillo and Didi Hamman.

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