Manchester City v Hamburg Live

Despite taking an early lead in Germany, Manchester City lost the first leg of this tie 3-1 and now face a stiff test if they are to progress through to the semi-finals of the competition. Join us here at oleolefootball.watchlive.net for live, online coverage of this, as well as the other UEFA Cup ties that are taking place and you too could be enjoying live stream football at its very best.

When Stephen Ireland gave Man City an early lead in the first leg, the City fans must have thought that they were going to be in for a nice, relaxing game, but it turned out far from it. The classy Germans of Hamburg turned things around magnificently and it was only the heroics of the English team’s goalkeeper, Shay Given, which finally kept the score down to only three.

Being labelled the so-called “richest club in the world” has not helped Manchester City one iota this season, and indeed, when it comes to the crunch games it seems to be a bit of a hindrance to them. With players of the calibre of Robinho and Shaun Wright-Phillips in their ranks, the team ought really to be doing much better than they are. Manager Mark Hughes is under intensive pressure and it would be fair to say that if his team get knocked out of the UEFA Cup at this stage of the competition, then he really could be facing some tough questions from his Arab bosses.

Before their weekend away league game at Stuttgart, Hamburg were sitting in second place in the Bundesliga with 51 points, the same as first placed Wolfsburg but with an inferior goal difference.

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