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Fri 11 Nov 2008City prevail despite defensive frailties
Manchester City 3 FC Twente 2:STEVE McCLAREN insists he is "not in rehab" but, almost a year after his professional nadir, the former England manager is cleverly reinventing himself as an attack-minded continental coach.
Yet if McClaren's team deserve credit for their part in an engrossing evening, Mark Hughes appears incapable of imbuing City with the defensive resilience that characterised his Blackburn side.
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