Heartbreak for City as Sporting foil great escape

Goalkeeper Joe Hart thought he had scored an unbelievable winner for Manchester City when his injury-time header was pushed wide of the post as Sporting Lisbon held on to dump City out of the Europa League on away goals last night.

City, trailing 1-0 from the first leg, dug themselves a much deeper hole as Mathias Fernandez and Ricky van Wolfswinkel put Sporting 2-0 up in the first half.

But City got themselves back into it in a thrilling final half-hour as Sergio Aguero scored either side of a Mario Balotelli penalty.