Manchester City duo Micah Richards and Nedum Onuoha returned to action on Wednesday night in a 0-0 friendly draw with Metalurh Zaporizhya.The defensive duo played 77 minutes against the Ukrainian side at City's training camp in the Rottach-Egern area of southern Germany and showed no signs of the injury problems that dogged them last season.

New City chief Mark Hughes named a strong starting line-up ahead of next week's UEFA Cup first qualifying round tie against Faroe Islands outfit EB/Streymur.

Darius Vassell squandered City's best chance early on but opportunities were at a premium after that as Hughes utilised his squad by making 10 changes.

City team: Hart (Schmeichel 46), Onuoha (Mee 77), Richards (Williamson 77), Dunne (Garrido 55), Ball (Logan 55), Petrov (Weiss 65), Johnson, Hamann (Ireland 46), Vassell (M. Mills 77), Bianchi (Castillo 65), Corradi (Evans 46).

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