DAMIEN Duff rescued a point for Fulham at Manchester City this afternoon in Mark’s Hughes’ first return to Eastlands since his dismissal in December 2009.
The 31-year-old Republic of Ireland flyer slotted past Joe Hart three minutes after the break to cancel out Mario Balotelli’s sensational opener.
In a quiet first-half, Balotelli produced a moment of genius on 26 minutes as he drifted past Danny Murphy before blasting the ball past Mark Schwarzer from distance.
City failed to build on their lead and showed signs of fatigue from their midweek Europa League clash with Aris Salonika on Thursday.
And Fulham made their wealthy opponents pay with the second-half just three minutes old.
Andy Johnson latched onto a long through ball before flashing in a low cross that found its way to Duff and the Irishman made no mistake from seven yards.
City searched for a winner but Schwarzer produced smart saves to deny Carlos Tevez and then Aleksandar Kolarov and ensure Hughes did not leave Eastlands empty handed.
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