Veteran Romanian coach Mircea Lucescu is cut from the same cloth as his Arsenal counterpart Arsene Wenger in his firm belief in keeping the ball on the ground and attacking in fluent short-passing moves.

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The fly-half also had a late try disallowed for a knock-on in a game short of attacking flair and riddled with handling errors.

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If Tevez and Balotelli are missing, Mancini will be short of attacking options as Roque Santa Cruz is not in their squad list, leaving Emmanuel Adebayor and Jo as the only senior strikers.

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