City defender Stevan Savic first attempted a bizarre backward header that fell harmlessly into the vast no-man's land ahead of goalkeeper Joe Hart.

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Defender Stefan Savic was a bust at Manchester City last year.

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But City let the visitors back into the game within a minute as centre back Stefan Savic failed to deal with a long ball and Jermain Defoe took the ball round City goalkeeper Joe Hart to finish into an empty net.

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