In handball, 2teams of 7playerspassand dribble a small ballusingonly their hands. The aim is to score a goalbythrowing theball past the defending goalkeeperinto the other team's net.
Micah Richards thought he had made it 2-0 but his effort was ruled out for offside, while Brown had the ball in the City net but it was chalked off for handball as he charged down a clearance.
The hosts were dominating and Sol Bamba had a towering effort cleared off the line by Roberts before Nugent nearly doubled the lead only to see his effort from Andy King's drilled cross disallowed for handball when the ball bounced up, hit his arm and went into the net.