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Article: Football: CITYARE IN A STU; BARCLAYS PREMIERSHIP Coca Cola CHAMPIONSHIP Jewell shines on while Pearce faces FA Cup injury nightmare.(Sport)
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- Sunday Mirror (London, England)
- Article date:
- March 19, 2006
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Byline: By SIMON MULLOCK
MAN CITY 0
WIGAN 1
McCulloch 55
CITY are facing a striker crisis ahead of tomorrow night's FA Cup quarter-final after Stuart Pearce's attempt to rest Georgios Samaras backfired.
Samaras, the two-goal hero of City's midweek replay win over Aston Villa, limped off with an ankle injury just 40 minutes after being sent on as a substitute.
Pearce, who had made eight changes to his starting line-up with the visit of West Ham just 48 hours away, had been forced to send on his Greek star when Antoine ...