Nine-man Man City suffer humiliating home loss


Manchester's City's Yaya Toure (C) is shown a red card by referee Tasos Sidiropoulos during their Champions League soccer match against CSKA Moscow at the Etihad stadium in Manchester, northern England November 5, 2014. REUTERS/Andrew Yates

LONDON (Reuters) - Manchester City's hopes of qualifying for the Champions League knockout stage were dealt a severe blow after Seydou Doumbia's brace and two red cards subjected them to a humiliating 2-1 defeat by CSKA Moscow at the Etihad Stadium on Wednesday.

Doumbia twice capitalised on woeful defending to score, the first inside two minutes, either side of a sweet strike by Yaya Toure who was later sent off.

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