Inter Milan breezes past Manchester City 3-0

Nsofor Victor Obinna score in the 38th minute before Inter Milan pulled away in the second half to beat short-handed Manchester City 3-0 in a friendly match Saturday.

Manchester City played the final 69 minutes with only 10 men after Patrick Vieira was shown a red card for a hard foul against Marco Materazzi.

Inter took full avantage of the extra man, dominating play on both sides of the field in front of a crowd of 36,569 at M&T Bank Stadium, the home of NFL team the Baltimore Ravens.

Obinna gave Inter a 1-0 lead with a shot from the left side that whisked past goalkeeper Joe Hart - playing in place of incumbent No. 1 Shay Given - and into the right corner of the net.

Inter extended their lead in the 54th minute when an Obinna shot glanced off the leg of Manchester City's Joleon Lescott and into the net.

Cristiano Biraghi completed the scoring from 30 yards (meters) out in the 74th minute. The shot hooked left past Given into the upper left corner of the net.

The first half was anything but friendly: There were several hard fouls resulting in three yellow cards and a red.

After Goran Pandev of Inter and Vincent Kompany of Manchester City both received yellow cards in the 19th minute after players from both teams pushed and pulled each other before peace was restored.

Shortly after, in the 21st minute, Vieira received the pivotal red card.

Manchester City played without manager Roberto Mancini, who left Friday because of a family illness. He was replaced by assistant coach Brian Kidd.