Late strikes keep City in hunt for top spot

Substitute Alvaro Negredo and Edin Dzeko kept Manchester City’s hopes of topping Champions League Group D alive by securing a 4-2 win over Viktoria Plzen.

With a place in the last 16 already secured, Sergio Aguero and Samir Nasri both put Manuel Pellegrini’s men ahead but Tomas Horava and Stanislav Tecl responded, before Negredo and Dzeko finally clinched victory in the last 12 minutes.

Pellegrini had made seven changes — including restoring England goalkeeper Joe Hart — but it needed the late introduction of Negredo to secure the win.