Premier League: Man City 3-3 Burnley
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Big-spending Manchester City were held to a fifth successive draw as they played out a six goal thriller with Burnley at Eastlands.
The visitors stunned Mark Hughes' side by flying into a two-goal lead inside the opening 32 minutes. Graham Alexander's penalty put the Clarets ahead and Steven Fletcher exploited some slack defensive work to double their lead.
But Shaun Wright-Phillips hauled the hosts back into the game shortly before half-time when his shot took a wicked deflection off former City defender Stephen Jordan.
City raised their game after the interval and leveled matters as Kolo Touré was on hand to convert Joleon Lescott's pull-back on the stretch from Gareth Barry's free-kick.
And it got even better for the home side just a few minutes later when Craig Bellamy finished Wright-Phillips' low cross smartly for his 100th league goal in English football.
However, Kevin McDonald's late equaliser silenced the home support to leave City's title dreams faltering.
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The visitors stunned Mark Hughes' side by flying into a two-goal lead inside the opening 32 minutes. Graham Alexander's penalty put the Clarets ahead and Steven Fletcher exploited some slack defensive work to double their lead.
But Shaun Wright-Phillips hauled the hosts back into the game shortly before half-time when his shot took a wicked deflection off former City defender Stephen Jordan.
City raised their game after the interval and leveled matters as Kolo Touré was on hand to convert Joleon Lescott's pull-back on the stretch from Gareth Barry's free-kick.
And it got even better for the home side just a few minutes later when Craig Bellamy finished Wright-Phillips' low cross smartly for his 100th league goal in English football.
However, Kevin McDonald's late equaliser silenced the home support to leave City's title dreams faltering.
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