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VETERAN POPE’S PRAYERS ANSWERED

By David Burgess

BIG MOMENT: Port Vale’s Tom Pope scores
PICTURE: PA Images

STAR MAN PHIL FODEN Manchester City
TOM POPE fulfilled a boast to score against John Stones, but could not prevent Port Vale going out at the hands of holders Manchester City.
Pope, the veteran Vale striker, claimed in a mocking tweet last summer that he would score 40 a season if he played against City defender Stones every week.
He came good as he cancelled out an Oleksandr Zinchenko strike, but the League Two minnows were outclassed as Sergio Aguero, Taylor Harwood-Bellis and Phil Foden netted for the...

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