Manchester City salvaged a 2-1 injury-
time win at West Brom despite playing
more than an hour with 10 men.
The champions' unbeaten league
record looked dead and buried when
James Milner's early dismissal was
followed by a Shane Long goal (67),
but substitute Edin Dzeko scored twice
in 10 minutes (80 & 90) to keep his side
within four points of leaders Chelsea.
And despite a frantic late assault from
the home side, City were value for the
win as Albion's hitherto perfect home
record went by the wayside.
Steve Clarke's side - peerless at The
Hawthorns in their first four games -
were second-best from the start and it
took Ben Foster's best to keep out a
Micah Richards header.
Even Milner's red card - brandished for
a trip on Long as the Irishman bore
down on goal - failed to alter the flow
of play, Mario Balotelli firing at Foster
after a first half meander and Carlos
Tevez testing the keeper after the
break.
Yaya Toure then missed the target
from four yards, and it looked like City
would pay a heavy toll when Long
expertly redirected a miscued Peter
Odemwingie shot beyond Joe Hart.
But Dzeko headed in a Tevez cross with
Foster nowhere and, moments after
Hart had kept out Romelu Lukaku's
overhead, the Bosnian bundled home
Sergio Aguero's centre after a quick
counter-attack.
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