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Hull draws with Manchester City

LONDON: Geovanni’s deflected free-kick earned Hull City a 2-2 draw with Manchester City on Sunday as both teams ended their losing slides with a point each in the English Premier League football.

The Brazilian fired a 60th-minute shot that struck the shoulder of Manchester City defender Vincent Kompany and flew past substitute goalkeeper Kasper Schmeichel as the Tigers ended its run of three league losses.

City, which had also lost three in a row, led through two goals by Stephen Ireland after Daniel Cousin had given Hull the lead.

The first two goals at K.C. Stadium came from awful defensive errors.

City defender Tal Ben Haim’s weak pass back toward goalkeeper Joe Hart was intercepted by Cousin, who poked the ball home. Hart went off with a foot injury and was replaced by Schmeichel.

The visitor equalised in the 37th minute from another blunder. Although a move had broken down in the Hull area, Tigers defender Kamil Zayatte, surrounded by three teammates including his goalkeeper, passed the ball straight to Ireland, who had time and space to shoot home.

Ireland made it 2-1 in the 44th with a well-flighted shot from the edge of the area, before Geovanni equalised with a free-kick. — Agencies

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