ATLANTA(AP) Shay Given blocked two penalty shootout kicks and Manchester City beat Club America 4-1 in the tiebreaker after the teams played to a 1-1 draw in the exhibition game Wednesday night.
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Emmanuel Adebayor, Silva Jo, Vladimir Weiss and Patrick Vieira made Manchester City a perfect 4 for 4 on the penalty kicks. Pardo Pavel had Club America's only successful penalty kick.
Manchester City improved to 2-2 on its exhibition tour of the United States.
Adebayor scored the only goal of the first half and Club America's Enrique Esqueda tied it early in the second half.
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Club America's Aquivaldo Mosquera's takedown on Adam Johnson in the box set up Adebayor's penalty kick in the 36th minute. Adebayor scored with his kick past goalkeeper Guillermo Ochoa.
Club America tied it early in the second half on Esqueda's shot from the right corner.
Daniel Montenegro of Club America was denied in each half on shots that deflected off the posts. Adebayor almost won the game in regulation, but his shot in the 88th minute hit the crossbar above Ochoa.
Less than a minute later, Montenegro's penalty kick was too high.
Atlanta organizers hoped to use the exhibition to showcase the city's enthusiasm for soccer as it bids for the 2018 or 2022 World Cup. FIFA will announce the host countries on Dec. 2.
Last year, more than 50,000 fans attended Club America's 2-1 win over A.C. Milan at the Georgia Dome. Wednesday night's crowd of 33,721 included 3,000 free tickets to various Atlanta youth organizations, according to Michael Reene of the organizing committee. Promotions for the game included advance sales of two tickets for $25.
Natural grass was installed for the game, temporarily replacing the FieldTurf used by the NFL's Atlanta Falcons.