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Dundee shock Man City in friendly

Dundee have surprised Premier League champs Manchester City.

City suffered a 2-0 friendly defeat to Dundee at Dens Park in their opening pre-season match on Sunday afternoon.

Manuel Pellegrini named new signing Willy Caballero in goal in the friendly clash against the Scottish Premiership side, while new midfield signing Fernando started, but City were already two down before Pellegrini made nine changes at half-time.

The home side took the lead when Gary Harkins was awarded a spot-kick after he was brought down in the penalty box by Dedryck Boyata. The 29-year-old midfielder, who returned to Dundee for the third time this summer, saw his penalty saved by new Argentinian stopper Caballero before hitting home the rebound after 26 minutes.

Stevan Jovetic came close to bagging an equaliser for City shortly afterwards as he hit the side netting and just over 10 minutes later Dundee doubled their lead as one of three trialists for the home side, Luka Tankulic, sent the ball home via a hefty deflection from the unlucky Boyata.

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