Manchester City's Premier League title challenge
was dealt another blow on Saturday despite James
Milner's late free-kick salvaging a 1-1 draw with
Hull City at the Etihad Stadium.
David Meyler's first-half strike looked set to give
Hull City an unlikely win at the champions and,
while substitute Milner's free-kick denied the
visitors, it does little to help his side's title
defence.
Republic of Ireland international Meyler made the
most of slack defending to grab the opener after 35
minutes before Hull were required to withstand
plenty of pressure after the break.
Sergio Aguero rattled the crossbar late on as Steve
Bruce's side seemed to have held on to frustrate
their opponents and record what would have been
their first clean sheet in five attempts, but Milner
stepped off the bench to curl home the equaliser.
However, a below-par home side – who will be
desperate for influential Ivorian midfielder Yaya
Toure to return from Africa Cup of Nations duty –
still slip seven points off leaders Chelsea after
Jose Mourinho's side beat Aston Villa 2-1.
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