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MANCHESTER, England - Francesco Tottis record-breaking goal earned Roma a 1-1 draw with Manchester City in the Champions League on Tuesday, exposing the English clubs struggles in European competition again.Three days after his 38th birthday, Totti become the oldest scorer in the Champions Leagues 22-year history by lifting a deft finish into the corner in the 23rd minute, showing his instincts in front of goal arent waning with age.The goal cancelled out a fourth-minute penalty won and converted by Sergio Aguero and put the Italian club in command of a likely race with Premier League champion City for second place in Group E behind Bayern Munich. Roma has four points from two games, three ahead of City and two behind Bayern.We have shown tonight we are at the height of this group, Roma coach Rudi Garcia said. We played against the champions of England, one of the richest teams in the world ... and my team played with personality and a certain confidence.Totti a€” playing as a lone striker in front of a lively Roma midfield a€” celebrated his goal with the familiar thumb-sucking routine that has followed so many strikes down the years. He broke the record held by Manchester United great Ryan Giggs, who was 37 years and 9 months when he scored against Benfica in 2011.I took great pleasure in his goal, Garcia said. His talent is what made the difference in front of the keeper.Aside from a strong final half-hour, Citys performance was as subdued as the atmosphere inside Etihad Stadium, where there were about 10,000 empty seats for one of the top games in Europe this week.City manager Manuel Pellegrini persevered with two strikers in Aguero and Edin Dzeko but that meant the teams midfield was overwhelmed at times, like it had been in games against Champions League heavyweights Barcelona, Bayern and Borussia Dortmund in recent years.Roma thrived in the first half, with Gervinho ubiquitous in his roving attacking role and Miralem Pjanic showing vision as the playmaker in a fluid midfield that had too much movement for City.Maybe we were not very accurate with our passing, Pellegrini said, so when we started losing too many balls we did not have enough midfielders to recover.City improved after bringing Frank Lampard on for Dzeko and shifting to a 4-5-1 formation, but never seriously threatened Lukasz Skorupskis goal despite dominating possession late on.After opening with a 1-0 loss in Munich, Citys Champions League struggles continue. Despite the vast sums of money in the six-year regime of Sheikh Mansour, the club has only advanced from the group stage once in three seasons.We have just one point, Pellegrini said, but also we are just three points behind Roma so there are a lot of things, to play for.Citys only clear-cut chance of the first half was the penalty, awarded when Maicon tugged Aguero as the striker ran onto David Silvas pass. Maicon, who endured a disappointing year at City in the 2012-13 season, was the last man but received only a yellow card.Aguero picked himself up and sent Skorupski, standing in for the injured Morgan De Sanctis, the wrong way from the spot.City described Totti as a legendary player in a post on the clubs Twitter account before the game, adding: Hes never scored in England, has he?Obviously, that was tempting fate.Totti created a chance for Maicon with a brilliant through ball with the outside of his foot in the sixth minute. Maicon crashed his shot against the bar, keeping Citys lead intact, but Totti made no mistake when he had his first sight on goal.Radja Nainggolan slipped a pass through a gaping hole in Citys defence and Totti showed a turn of pace, to run onto the ball and clip a delicate shot over goalkeeper Joe Hart.Last-ditch tackles were required in Citys defence in the 15 minutes either side of halftime and Hart produced a brilliant save early in the second half to deny Pjanic.Roma deserved a point and showed it could be one of the surprises of this seasons competition, having started group play with a 5-1 thrashing of CSKA Moscow. Cheap Shoes Uk Wholesale . Watching them over the past year - and in some cases, two years - has given us a starting point for this seasons Craigs List. Wholesale Shoes Uk Online . 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Scherzer tossed six shutout innings, outdueling Boston ace Jon Lester and leading the Tigers to a 1-0 win over the Red Sox in the opener of a three-game series. "The rain delay had no effect on me," said Scherzer, who won his sixth straight start and lowered his league-leading ERA to 1.83. "When I went back out there for the fourth, it was the same." So was his stuff. The reigning AL Cy Young Award winner allowed just three hits over six-plus innings before being removed after a leadoff single by Mike Carp in the seventh. "This might have been the best his stuff has been all year," Tigers manager Brad Ausmus said. Scherzer (6-1) disagreed, citing a below-average changeup and his four walks, one of which was intentional. "Its always going to drive me crazy when Im not throwing first-pitch strikes and when Im walking guys," said Scherzer, who struck out seven. "Even though I wasnt able to do that tonight, when runners were on base I was still able to make big-time pitches." Joba Chamberlain retired the side in the eighth and closer Joe Nathan pitched a perfect ninth for his 11th save of the season. Torii Hunter delivered an RBI single in the first inning for the Tigers, playing their first game against the Red Sox since losing last years American League Championship Series in six games. Times have changed. Detroit has baseballs best record at 25-12, winning 13 of its last 16 games and nine in a row on the road. Scherzer is a major reason why. He faced the minimum through three innings before rain halted play with one out in the top of the fourth. While it definitely put a damper on the marquee matchup of aces, the delay barely slowed Scherzer, who stayed warm by throwing in the cages and was ready to go when the game restarted ahead of schedule. "For me, once I was able to get loose, I felt the same," he said.dddddddddddd Had the delay lasted longer, Scherzers night may have prematurely come to an end. "Right around an hour would have been too much," Ausmus said. "Theres a little bit of a grey area on either side of that, but if it had gone much longer, he probably would have been done." Following the delay, David Ortiz recorded Bostons first hit with a two-out single in the fourth, but was left on base when Scherzer fanned Carp. David Ross singled to begin the sixth but was stranded on third when Scherzer struck out Napoli. "I didnt pitch my best, but when runners were on base and I needed to make big pitches, I made big pitches," Scherzer said. "Thats the difference in the game." Lester (4-5) exited the game after five innings and 94 pitches. He gave up just one run on four hits with seven strikeouts and three walks. "With the rain delay, we were in that situation nearly an hour and werent going to push Jon more than the five innings tonight," Boston manager John Farrell said. "But to think one run in the first inning was going to be the difference, probably didnt anticipate that." Lester laboured through a 27-pitch first inning, highlighted by Hunters run-scoring single that plated Ian Kinsler, who singled. "I actually felt better coming out of the rain delay then I did coming into the game," Lester said. "I felt like I threw the ball a lot better the last two innings than I did the first three. I felt like I could have gone one more, but it wasnt my decision." NOTES: Lester and Scherzer had faced off just once before, on Sept. 3, 2013, in a 2-1 Boston victory. Lester earned the win, allowing one run in seven innings with nine strikeouts and no walks. Scherzer yielded two runs over seven innings. ... Cabrera entered the game batting .522 (12 for23) with one homer in his career against Lester. He went 0 for 2 with a walk Friday. ... Ortizs fifth-inning single extended his season-long hitting streak to nine games. ... 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